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Mara Hollander

An agent with Azantian Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Mara Hollander started her publishing career at FinePrint Literary Management and joined Azantian Literary Agency in 2025. Prior to working in publishing, Mara earned a bachelor's degree at Georgetown University and a PhD and Pitt Public Health, and was a professor researching US health care policy. Mara believes stories make us who we are and that everyone deserves a chance to write their own. She is actively seeking to represent authors from communities traditionally underrepresented in publishing, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and disabled and/or chronically ill writers. In her free time, she writes fantasy novels, watches a shocking amount of figure skating, roots for the Washington Nationals and Georgetown Hoyas, and daydreams about petting dogs.

Country & Year Established

United States
Agent since 2024

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Human-created work only; no AI use allowed
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In fiction, I’m seeking accessibly-written novels for Adult and YA audiences that rip your heart out and make you forget the world around you.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults, All ethnic groups/populations, All sexual identities. Excluding: Children, Middle grades.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Women's Fiction
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Political Thriller

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.

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Mara is also interested in narrative nonfiction for adult audiences about mental illness and/or substance use disorders and the American health care system.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: General, Mental health, See guidelines.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.

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Mara Hollander Submission Statistics

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We have received 2 reports from 2 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 84 days. (50.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 84 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 23 Jan 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 03 Jan 2026.
Date compiled: 07 Sep 2026 19:20 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 12 Apr 2026

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