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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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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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Caitlin Blasdell

Caitlin Blasdell has been a literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates since 2002 with a focus on commercial fiction. Before becoming an agent, she was a senior editor at HarperCollins Publishers. A graduate of Williams College, she lives in Westchester with her husband and four sons. Caitlin specializes in quality commercial fiction including science fiction & fantasy, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, and women’s fiction. She also handles a few select middle grade and YA authors.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 2.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Melanie Figueroa

I want to work with the kind of stories that both create and sustain life-long readers—books that make me sigh with contentment, learn something new, or take delight in the unexpected. Those stories stay with you, and they're a gift I want to help give readers by lifting up the voices of talented and hard-working creatives…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 53.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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CoCo Freeman

CoCo Freeman recently joined the agency. She is a graduate of Bard College with a B.A. in Written Arts. Before joining Linda Chester, CoCo worked for Tom Yoon Productions developing projects and editing existing material. She is looking for smart adult commercial fiction, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction, young adult, middle grade and select picture books.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Suspense/Thriller, Western.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.3 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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Hillary Jacobson

Hillary Jacobson represents a wide array of adult and young adult fiction, as well as select non-fiction. She began her career at ICM in 2015 and joined CAA in 2022 following the agency’s acquisition of ICM. A lifelong obsessive reader, she is always on the hunt for writing that provokes a strong emotional reaction, adds an important perspective to the cultural conversation, or challenges the reader's beliefs…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 57.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Sara Megibow

Sara is the President and Senior Literary Agent of Megibow Literary Agency. She has worked in publishing since 2006 and represents New York Times bestselling authors including Rebecca Roanhorse, Margaret Rogerson, Roni Loren, Jason M. Hough and Jaleigh Johnson. Sara specializes in launching debut authors and working on long-term career development and profit strategy with them. She is a graduate of Northwestern University with degrees in Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and American History…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novel.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 26.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Nat 1 Publishing

Here at Nat 1 Publishing, we like the strange, quirky, and unique. Our origins were the product of a string of jokes and shitposts that went too far; they went so far that half a dozen novellas later we thought, “Well, damn. Might as well legitimize this monstrosity.”
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novelette, Novella, Novel.
Payment: + No advance. >=15% royalties. Details: 50% royalties on novelettes and novellas.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 24.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 52.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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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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