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Color Coding: Purple indicates a Wildcard, Grey indicates a Literary Agent, Green indicates a paying publication, and Blue is everything else.

Stephen Barr

Writers House has been around for over forty years, and in addition to being an actual house (it's true! Check our website!), it's one of the largest literary agencies in the industry, representing fiction and non-fiction of every stripe. I've been with Writers House for a little over nine years now, and while I'm not an actual house (couldn't get the permits), I'm a pretty omnivorous agent.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 20.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Rachel Beck

Rachel Beck joined Liza Dawson Associates in 2020 after working at a boutique literary agency for 4 years. She has been in the publishing industry since 2009 and worked at Harlequin editing romance novels for nearly 6 years before transitioning her skills to the agent world in order to be an advocate and champion for authors. She lives outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, three young children, and an endlessly entertaining cat…
Genres: General, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 49.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Jessica Berg Wildcard

Jessica Berg is a literary agent, author, and the founder of Rosecliff Literary, where she champions bold, emotionally resonant fiction with unforgettable characters, strong stakes, and a sense of urgency. She earned her MFA from Spalding University and contributes regularly to Writer’s Digest…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.3 days.

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Marisa A. Corvisiero

Marisa A. Corvisiero is the founder and CEO of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, an attorney, and our Senior Literary Agent. During the few years prior to starting her own agency, Marisa worked with another well known New York City Literary Agency, where she learned invaluable lessons and made a name for herself in the industry. She is also a Literary Consultant, Speaker, Author and continues to practice law in New York City with specialties in Publishing, Corporate, and Trust & Estates…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 5.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Dead Man Publishing

The focus of our publishing is on poetry and experimental writing. Bending and breaking the rules of what is expected is appreciated, cherished, valued. So the genre of poetry, being a genre where rule-breaking happens most often, is usually where we find ourselves drawn. Still, bring me something astonishing, and I will devour it.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Novella, Fiction Collection, Novel.
Payment: + No advance. No royalties. Free copy(ies). Details: If 100 copies are sold, a contracted share of the profits is paid.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 118.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Grace Demyan

Grace joined the Harvey Klinger Literary Agency in 2025, where she is thrilled to begin building a list as an Associate Agent. She is interested in a wide range of fiction and always on the lookout for underrepresented authors. In general, she loves quirky-off beat storytelling that can deliver heartfelt and thoughtful messaging, characters with richly developed relationships, and stories that center around a fantastical or often-overlooked setting…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Jennifer Herrera

Jennifer Herrera joined the David Black Agency in 2015 after working at Fletcher & Company and Europa Editions, where she was an early advocate of Elena Ferrante. She went to college in Ohio, where she studied Philosophy, French, and Russian, and has master’s degrees in Philosophy and Social Sciences. Her authors have been awarded the Harriet Tubman Prize, nominated for the J…
Genres: General, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 130.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Cameron McClure

Cameron McClure joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2004. She represents a small and select group of authors and specializes in fiction. She is especially looking for projects that combine genre style plotting with literary quality writing. She’s up for anything speculative, and is interested in seeing science-fiction and fantasy, mystery and suspense, horror, and projects with multi-cultural, international, environmental, and LGBTQIA+ themes…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 45.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Laura Rennert

Laura Rennert has been with the agency since 1998. She specializes in all categories of children's books, from picture books to young adult. On the adult side, she represents literary-commercial fiction, thrillers, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, speculative fiction, and select historical fiction. Her sweet spot in the market is literary voice and commercial conception…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 22.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Slant Books Fees

Slant is an independent, not-for-profit literary press specializing in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, philosophy, theology, and belles lettres. Slant books are marked by the kind of meticulous craft and passion for language that are harder and harder to come by in our age of instant publishing and literary gimmickry. These are books that will lodge themselves in readers’ lives.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Novella, Fiction Collection, Novel.
Payment: + No advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 94.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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