Patrice Caldwell

An agent with The Caldwell Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Patrice Caldwell is the Founder & CEO of The Caldwell Agency, which she launched in 2025. A former children’s book editor turned literary agent and author, Patrice was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She has been named one of Forbes’s “30 Under 30” as well as a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree.
Patrice is also the internationally bestselling author of Where Shadows Meet and the editor of the anthologies A Phoenix First Must Burn and Eternally Yours. After years of living in New York City, she returned home to the DFW area of Texas, where she now lives with her three cats and so many books.

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United States

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Statistics Synopsis

Slower: Patrice Caldwell's overall average response time is slower than most agents.

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Audience:

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

Genres:

Fantasy Subgenres: Gothic, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Gothic, Paranormal, Romantic Fantasy
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Audience:

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

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Memoir.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Patrice Caldwell Submission Statistics

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We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

18 min | 135.3 mean avg | 100.0 median | 288 max days (214.9 std dev)

Pending

2 responses are pending (62 min | 89.5 mean avg | 89.5 median | 117 max days waiting | 1,463.6 std dev) from 2 different members

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 70 days. (66.7 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 70 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 19 May 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 04 Sep 2025.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 04:24 UTC (5 hours, 44 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 06 Aug 2026

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