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Michael Congdon

The last time the agent had an active listing on Duotrope, the agent was affiliated with Don Congdon Associates, Inc. (see other agents at this agency).

Permanently Closed: This agent is no longer accepting queries (June 2025). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Following a career in journalism and public relations, Michael became a literary agent after he joined the Harold Matson Company in 1977. He left Matson in 1983 to start Don Congdon Associates, Inc., with his father, Don, of which he is now President. He has served on the Board of Directors, and as Literary Vice President, of the Association of Author’s Representatives (AAR, now AALA) and has been a member of the organization’s Ethics, International and Program committees. He has interest in, and represents, a variety of non-fiction, such as history, military history, biography, current affairs and narrative non-fiction (adventure, medicine, nature and science). While open to receiving new work by authors who have self-published previously, he is not interested in signing up works which, themselves, have already been self-published.

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Country & Year Established

United States
Agent since 1977

Professional Associations

Member of AALA

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Health/Medicine.
History: General, Biographies, Military history.
Nature/Environment.
Science.
Society/Culture: Current events.
Other: See guidelines.

Submissions:

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

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Dates

Last Updated: 29 Jun 2025

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