Mark Falkin

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

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Literary agent, Mark Falkin: Licensed in Texas, I’ve practiced entertainment, intellectual property, and civil rights law for 20+ years, representing hundreds of artists (a platinum seller and Grammy® winners among them, e.g., Toadies, Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, Antibalas, Chomsky, Richard Swift, Vallejo, The Deathray Davies), entrepreneurs and businesses, shopping artistic projects, drafting and negotiating entertainment contracts, securing trademarks and copyrights, licensing and selling intellectual properties, establishing businesses, litigating disputes. While I do maintain my Bar card--having worked too hard to attain it and bearing too many battle scars from practicing with it to bear not to--I am a full-time literary agent representing fiction and nonfiction, leaning toward upmarket thrillers like client Louisa Luna’s Edgar winning Alice Vega Novels (Doubleday) and Tell Me Who You Are (FSG), Meagan Jennett's You Know Her (MCD/FSG), and Dana Cann’s The Ghosts of Bergen County (Tin House); literary gems like Brittany Ackerman's The Brittanys (Vintage), Ery Shin's Spring on the Peninsula (Astra House), Mark Dunn's Ella Minnow Pea (Anchor Books), and Christian TeBordo's The Mammoth Arms; crime like Peter Farris's The Devil Himself (Arcade); horror like Gemma Amor's The Folly (Polis Books); and award-winning YA like Teffanie Thompson's Dirt. In nonfiction, I prefer to work with big idea books written by people with big ideas like client and peace activist Christian Picciolini’s memoir White American Youth and Breaking Hate (Hachette Books), political columnist David Masciotra's Exurbia Now (Melville House), filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau's West Side Story: The Making of the Steven Spielberg Film (Abrams), Spielberg: The First Ten Years (Insight Editions), and The De Palma Decade (Hachette/Running Press), sexpert podcasters Amy Baldwin's and April Lampert's Shameless Sex (BenBella), screen critic Kristen Lopez's But Have You Read the Book? (TCM/Running Press), and Whitney Houston's bodyguard (yes, that one) David Robert's memoir Protecting Whitney (Chicago Review Press).

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Slower: Mark Falkin's overall average response time is slower than most agents.

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Audience:

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

Genres:

General
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Film/Television: General, See guidelines.
Memoir.
Music: General, See guidelines.
Sports/Recreation: General, See guidelines.
Visual Arts: General, See guidelines.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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We have received 5 reports from 5 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

252 min | 314.4 mean avg | 318.0 median | 379 max days (1,023.2 std dev)

Pending

4 responses are pending (21 min | 74.8 mean avg | 65.5 median | 147 max days waiting | 996.2 std dev) from 4 different members

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This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting a reasonable amount of time, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 07:40 UTC (2 hours, 4 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 26 Jun 2026

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