Nick Mullendore

An agent with Vertical Ink Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Nick Mullendore is the Founder & President of the Vertical Ink Agency, which he established in 2016, and he is also a co-owner and the Managing Partner of Loretta Barrett Books, Inc., where he started in 1998, and which he now operates as Vertical Ink’s sister agency. A member of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA), Nick first came to publishing through the acclaimed quarterly literary journal The Missouri Review, where he was a student-intern and then an assistant. He attended the NYU Summer Publishing Institute, and then began his publishing career in publicity at HarperBusiness, the trade business books imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. There, he learned in-depth the world of major publishing before making the leap to the agency side. Over the years, he’s worked with authors such as Ray Kurzweil, Mariah Stewart, Mark Nepo, Jason Bell, Jessica Bird/JR Ward, George Weigel, Betty White, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Chaz Bono, Phil Plait, Harold Schechter, MJ Rose, Carol Goodman, Jack Kelly, Noah Levine, Dr. James Martin, Wayne Muller, Bill O’Hanlon, Melvin Urofsky, Theresa Rebeck, and many others on a wide variety of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books, and he has a wealth of experience selling US, Canadian, UK, translation, audio, and television and film rights.

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Nick is more selective when it comes to the fiction he takes on, but it’s fair to say that loves fiction that successfully rides the line between “literary” and “literate” while still maintaining something of a commercial sensibility.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General

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

He specializes in nonfiction, particularly in the genres of Mind/Body/Spirit, Health & Wellness, Business & Leadership, Inspiration & Motivation, Current Events & Politics, Popular Science & Psychology, Pop Culture, Memoir, Humor, History, and Sports, and is willing to consider proposals in other nonfiction genres as well.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Business/Finance.
Health/Medicine.
History.
Lifestyle: Mind-body-spirit.
Memoir.
Politics/Political Science.
Psychology.
Science.
Society/Culture: Current events, Pop culture.
Sports/Recreation.

Submissions:

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

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Last Updated: 02 Aug 2026

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