Michele Mortimer

An agent with Darhansoff & Verrill (see other agents at this agency).

About

Michele started with the agency as a freelance reader and joined full-time in 2003. She handles serial rights, permissions, and the editorial desk.

This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting 56 days, assume your submission will not be accepted.

Country

United States

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Regular Speed: Michele Mortimer's overall average response time is within a normal range for agents.

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Agent-wise, she currently considers: literary fiction; historical fiction; sophisticated genre (crime, mystery, thrillers, horror); upmarket character-rich women’s fiction and smart romance; realism-based young adult fiction.

Audience:

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

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical, Women's Fiction
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Crime
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Agent-wise, she currently considers: memoirs, essays, and narrative nonfiction. Nonfiction interests include: music, sports, wellness, the natural world, animal welfare, feminism, true crime, sociology, and culture both pop and serious.

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...
Health/Medicine: General, See guidelines.
Lifestyle: Mind-body-spirit, See guidelines.
Memoir.
Music.
Sexuality/Gender: Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: Crime, Pop culture.
Sociology.
Sports/Recreation.

Submissions:

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

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Michele Mortimer Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

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

68 min | 84.2 mean avg | 81.0 median | 105 max days (275.4 std dev)

Pending

2 responses are pending (40 min | 55.0 mean avg | 55.0 median | 70 max days waiting | 642.0 std dev) from 2 different members

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Date compiled: 07 Sep 2026 19:20 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2026

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