Literary Agent Response Statistics

The Top 25 Literary Agents Representing Category: Fiction

Here are some statistics based on the responses that have been reported within the last 12 months for agents with at least 5 different people reporting responses within that period.
Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status.

The Slowest

The agents with the slowest mean average response times reported.

1. Audrey Crooks (Trident Media Group)

403.4

2. Amelia Appel (Triada US Literary Agency)

387.3

3. Sarah Bedingfield (Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency)

381.3

4. Jason Yarn (Jason Yarn Literary Agency)

369.4

5. Rachel Ridout (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)

356.2

6. Connor Smith (Hesperides Literary)

344.2

7. Reiko Davis (DeFiore and Company)

338.2

8. Renée Zuckerbrot (Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents)

327.4

9. Julia Kenny (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency)

325.4

10. Mark Falkin (Falkin Literary)

314.4

11. Jordan Hill (New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.)

284.1

12. Bridget Smith (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.)

270.0

13. Renee C. Fountain (Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management)

247.2

14. Ty Anania (WME Books)

239.2

15. Jo Ramsay (Transatlantic Agency)

228.3

16. Kurestin Armada (Root Literary)

213.4

17. Cecilia "CeCe" Lyra (Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.)

212.4

18. Alexa Stark (Writers House LLC)

210.9

19. Erik Hane (Headwater Literary Management)

207.5

20. Brianne Johnson (HG Literary)

205.0

21. Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary Agency)

203.1

22. Melissa Danaczko (DeFiore and Company)

202.7

23. Maggie Cooper (Aevitas Creative Management)

193.3

24. Susan Armstrong (C&W Literary Agency)

190.9

25. Claire Friedman (InkWell Management)

181.8

The Fastest

The agents with the fastest mean average response times reported.

1. Lauren Khan (FinePrint Literary Management)

0.6

2. James McGowan (BookEnds Literary Agency)

0.8

3. Warren Frazier (John Hawkins and Associates, Inc.)

1.3

4. Brent Taylor (July First Literary)

1.9

5. Caitlin Blasdell (Liza Dawson Associates)

2.4

6. Jon Michael Darga (Aevitas Creative Management)

2.4

7. Ashley Reisinger (Triada US Literary Agency)

2.8

8. Miriam Cortinovis (Ki Agency)

2.9

9. Grace Demyan (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)

3.9

10. Ismita Hussain (Great Dog Literary)

4.4

11. Charlie Serabian (Martin-Newens Literary Management)

4.5

12. Marisa A. Corvisiero (Corvisiero Literary Agency)

4.9

13. Natalie Sun (HG Literary)

5.0

14. Marin Takikawa (The Friedrich Agency LLC)

5.7

15. Amanda Jain (BookEnds Literary Agency)

6.2

16. Sasha Landauer (Writers House LLC)

7.4

17. Lindsay Guzzardo (Keystone Literary Agency)

8.0

18. Lori Galvin (Aevitas Creative Management)

8.0

19. Stacy Testa (Writers House LLC)

8.2

20. Amy Giuffrida (Belcastro Agency)

8.6

21. Shannon Hassan (Marsal Lyon Literary Agency LLC)

8.8

22. Jane Chun (Transatlantic Agency)

8.9

23. Laurie Dennison (Creative Media Agency, Inc.)

9.2

24. Abby Saul (The Lark Group)

9.6

25. Robert (Bob) G. Diforio (D4EO Literary Agency)

10.0

The Least Responsive

The agents least likely to respond to queries.
Not enough data to report in this category.

The Most Approachable

The agents most likely to respond favorably.*
Not enough data to report in this category.

Remember: The more people who report their response times to us, the more accurate our statistics are. Please report your responses to us!

Date compiled: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 9:23:28 PM UTC.