Leslie Zampetti

About

Leslie Zampetti launched Open Book Literary after experiences with Odom Media Management, Dunham Literary, and The Bent Agency.
A former librarian in special, public, and school libraries, Leslie’s focus is on the right book at the right time for the reader. Having negotiated with organizations from Lexis-Nexis to elementary school PTAs, she obtains terms that favor her clients while building satisfying relationships with publishers. And after cataloging rocket launch videos for NASA & model rocket ships for elementary school, she welcomes working with the unexpected challenges that pop up in publishing.
Leslie serves as Board Member and on the Copyright, Communications, and Programming Committees of the Association of American Literary Agents, and she is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Leslie received her B.A. in English from Wake Forest University and her M.L.I.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a writer herself, familiar with querying from both sides of the desk.

Country & Year Established

United States

Agent since 2018

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children, Middle grades, Young adults.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Fabulism, Historical, Magic Realism, Women's Fiction
Fantasy Subgenres: Fabulism, Magic Realism
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Caper/Heist, Cozy, Cross-Genre, Detective, Historical, Noir, Police Procedural, Private Investigator
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Chick Lit, Contemporary, Gothic, Historical, Regency, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense, excluding Erotic Romance

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics (Excluding: Politics/Political Science, Religion/Spirituality).

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Middle grades, Young adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Nature/Environment: General, Environmental issues.
Place/Regions: General, See guidelines.
Science.
Society/Culture: Crime.
Visual Arts.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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27 min | 33.5 mean avg | 33.0 median | 41 max days (6.2 std dev)

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The agent will try to make a decision within 42 days.
Most recent response reported was received on 13 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 03 Aug 2026.
Date compiled: 16 Sep 2026 21:41 UTC (less than a minute ago).
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Last Updated: 14 Aug 2026

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