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General Novels

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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.

Kurestin Armada

I love working with creators to form a roadmap for the rest of their career. Talking to people with projects that are ambitious, strange, personal, and just outrageously fun is the spark that keeps me going. I'm here to be their advocate and make sure they can keep writing for years and years to come. My main focus is genre fiction (so speculative in some way) but I enjoy stories that range widely across that spectrum…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 182.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Lauren Bajek

Lauren Bajek joined Liza Dawson Associates as an assistant in 2021. Previously, she was a bookseller and the science fiction and fantasy buyer for the Elliott Bay Book Company. Lauren represents adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as upmarket fiction, mystery, and romance with speculative elements. She represents very select science/nature nonfiction, but she does not represent children’s books or YA…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 54.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Marissa Brown Wildcard

Marissa Brown has always been a reader. She is never without a book (or three, just in case). But it wasn't until high school that she realized she could have a career in books. She studied English Literature at DePauw University in Indiana prior to attending the NYU Summer Publishing Institute. There she was introduced to the world of literary agencies and immediately knew she wanted to become an agent, which led her to Pippin…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 21.3 days.

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Dzanc Books

Dzanc publishes innovative and award-winning literary fiction and nonfiction, including short story collections and novels by accomplished and award-winning writers such as Roy Kesey, Yannick Murphy, Peter Markus, Hesh Kestin, Kyle Minor, Michael Czyzniejewski, Suzanne Burns, Peter Selgin, Laura van den Berg, Robert Lopez, Dawn Raffel, Jeff Parker, Terese Svoboda, and Henning Koch.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 64.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Katie Grimm

Katie Grimm joined Curtis, Brown, Ltd. in 2024 as an agent after fifteen years at Don Congdon Associates, Inc. Her clients have received numerous awards and distinctions, such as the Booker International Prize, the O. Henry Award, the Pura Belpré Honor, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and have been finalists or listed for the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Fiction Collection, Novel.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 123.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Zoe-Aline Howard

Zoe-Aline Howard began working as an agent in 2022, while earning her BFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Certificate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She has had the privilege to work across publishing in multiple capacities, including an internship at Lookout Books, and her current role as Senior Literary Publicist at Pine State Publicity. As Director of Pine State Literary, she represents adult literary fiction and adult nonfiction…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Western.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 25.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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JackLeg Press Fees

JackLeg employs an environmentally sustainable publishing model and a rigorous editorial process to bring the best new and familiar voices into the literary world. We stress authenticity, collaboration, and bold thinking. JackLeg Press believes in a collaborative partnership with our writers.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Fiction Collection, Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 124.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Lauren Khan

Lauren Khan joined FinePrint Literary in 2025 as an Associate Agent following an internship at Triada US Literary Agency. She first entered the publishing world as an author. Prior to transitioning to agenting, she worked for over seven years as a corporate lawyer in New York City. Lauren brings both editorial and transactional expertise to her clients. Lauren lives with her family in her small beach hometown in Florida…
Genres: General, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 0.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Narrative Magazine Fees

Narrative is dedicated to advancing literature in the digital age by supporting the finest writing talent and encouraging reading across communities and generations, in schools, and around the globe. Our digital library of new literature by celebrated authors and by the best new and emerging writers is available for free. Since 2003 Narrative has been at the forefront of a new kind of library—a global meeting place, if you will, where readers and writers meet…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novella, Novel Excerpt, Novel.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $250-$500 for 500 to 2,000 words; $500-$1,000 for over 2,000 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 44.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Michaela Whatnall

Michaela Whatnall joined the agency’s West Coast office in 2019. They received a degree from Emory University in English and linguistics, completed the Columbia Publishing Course, and have experience in school & library marketing, bookselling, and reviewing for trade publications. In 2023, Michaela was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree in recognition of their work as an agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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