Stacey Donaghy

An agent with Donaghy Literary Group (see other agents at this agency).

About

Stacey has always been a voracious reader and a fan of all things writing. She loves discovering new voices and working with her clients to build long term writing careers.
Her journey began with an agency in New York, where she wore many hats from team manager and trainer to intern, then agent. While there she sold her first two six figure deals. This coupled with her experience and formal education and training in the areas of Management, Social Services and Adult Education, Stacey brings a wealth of technical and professional experience to the literary world.
Donaghy Literary Group opened in 2013 and to date, Stacey has sold a total of 10 six figure deals, as well as many other sales in a number of genres. Her client projects have been sold to a variety of Publishing Houses such as Harpercollins, Simon and Schuster, Hachette Book Group USA, Sourcebooks, Kensington, Entangled and others.
Stacey represents NY Times, USA Today, and Amazon Bestselling Authors, as well as Authors who have been nominated or have won awards for various works.

Country of Publication

Canada

Professional Associations

Member of PACLA

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Fiction Open

Stacey is interested in receiving queries for Adult fiction. She is particularly interested in domestic suspense, psychological suspense and thrillers, contemporary romance and romantic comedy. She lives for an unreliable narrator, so if you have one please send it her way! Where thrillers are concerned she is only interested in domestic and psychological thrillers and is not currently seeking other types. Hoping to see more #ownvoices and diverse works in the genres listed.
Wishlist:
Psychological thrillers
Domestic suspense
Diverse voices
Romance
Not interested in: science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, picture books, self-help, or cookbooks.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults, All ethnic groups/populations.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Women's Fiction
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Subgenre: Psychological

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Society/Culture: Ethnicity/Race.

Submissions:

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

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Last Updated: 26 Aug 2026

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