Meredith Kaffel Simonoff An agent with The Gernert Company (see other agents at this agency). About Meredith joined The Gernert Company in 2022 after sixteen years agenting at DeFiore and Company and the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency. Her tastes encompass high-staked literary and upmarket fiction that makes you feel and think deeply, select nonfiction for fiction readers, and prize-winning poets crafting prose that takes a big narrative swing. She inclines toward stories that offer delight, escape, provocation, and/or consolation. She is as equally drawn to novels of abundant charm, humor (warm or mordant), voice, and heart as she is to elegant, morally complex, seductively charged fiction. She’s particularly seeking literary love stories in unusual settings; novels of messy joy; novels grounded in our world but which ambitiously play with the magical or speculative to electric result; stories that incorporate the natural world in a moving and revelatory way; propulsive novels reimagining age-old tropes, and immersive elevated fiction of all kinds that allows readers to deep dive, experience enchantment, approximate the divine, or otherwise embrace the beauty—however hard it may sometimes be to remember it—of being alive. Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, Meredith graduated from Yale University. She is proud stepmom to two daughters. This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting 42 days, assume your submission will not be accepted. Country of Publication United States Professional Associations Member of AALA AI Policy Human-created work only; no AI use allowed Statistics Synopsis Slower Meredith Kaffel Simonoff's overall average response time is slower than most agents. Collapse section Fiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children.Genres: GeneralLengths: NovelStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.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: BookStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. Go to agent's webpage Report: Submission/Query Correction/Update New Cover ArtSocial:Instagram @thegernertco For the Agent: Request Interview Duosuma Submission Manager Link to Duotrope Agent Impersonation Scams are becoming commonplace.A legitimate agent will not contact you and request money to represent you. Never pay an agent an up-front fee. That is not how literary agent representation works. Agents earn a commission only after they've landed a publishing deal for you. Also, agents scarcely ever contact writers. If an agent that you haven't queried contacts you about representation, be suspicious. Look up the agent and check if the email address is correct for that agent/agency. Meredith Kaffel Simonoff Submission Statistics The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the agency or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics. Filter: Category: All Categories Fiction Nonfiction Group by submission Include outliers Include other agents at the same agency Accuracy We have received 6 reports from 6 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information. Days Reported 26 min | 250.0 mean avg | 137.0 median | 576 max days (503.3 std dev) Pending 3 responses are pending (2 min | 80.0 mean avg | 80.0 median | 115 max days waiting | 818.9 std dev) from 3 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days Other Information The agent will try to make a decision within 42 days. (83.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 42 days.) This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted. 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