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)

389.0

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)

352.0

6. Reiko Davis (DeFiore and Company)

338.2

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

327.4

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

325.4

9. Elizabeth Copps (Confluence Literary Agency)

293.2

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

270.0

11. Meredith Kaffel Simonoff (The Gernert Company)

269.3

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

268.4

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

247.2

14. Evan Gregory (Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency)

242.4

15. Kurestin Armada (Root Literary)

213.4

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

212.4

17. Alexa Stark (Writers House LLC)

210.9

18. Erik Hane (Headwater Literary Management)

207.5

19. Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary Agency)

203.1

20. Brianne Johnson (HG Literary)

200.3

21. Maggie Cooper (Aevitas Creative Management)

193.3

22. Susan Armstrong (C&W Literary Agency)

190.9

23. Claire Friedman (InkWell Management)

181.8

24. Melissa Danaczko (DeFiore and Company)

179.2

25. Lauren Liebow (Aevitas Creative Management)

177.7

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)

1.6

5. Caitlin Blasdell (Liza Dawson Associates)

2.3

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. Charlie Serabian (Martin-Newens Literary Management)

4.5

11. Marisa A. Corvisiero (Corvisiero Literary Agency)

5.0

12. Ismita Hussain (Great Dog Literary)

5.0

13. Natalie Sun (HG Literary)

5.0

14. Amanda Jain (BookEnds Literary Agency)

5.8

15. Marin Takikawa (The Friedrich Agency LLC)

6.4

16. Amy Giuffrida (Belcastro Agency)

7.3

17. Stacy Testa (Writers House LLC)

8.2

18. Lindsey Aduskevich (Martin-Newens Literary Management)

8.5

19. Lindsay Guzzardo (Keystone Literary Agency)

8.6

20. Jane Chun (Transatlantic Agency)

8.7

21. Shannon Hassan (Marsal Lyon Literary Agency LLC)

8.8

22. Abby Saul (The Lark Group)

9.1

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

9.2

24. Lori Galvin (Aevitas Creative Management)

9.2

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: Sunday, September 27, 2026 8:12:36 AM UTC.