Literary Agent Response Statistics Report: The top 25 lists: Slowest, Fastest, Most Approachable, Least Responsive Top 50 Slowest Top 50 Fastest Top 50 Most Approachable The Summary: Overall Agent Response Statistics The Uncharted The Lesser Known The Personable The Unresponsive The Extremely Challenging Category: Category: Fiction Category: Nonfiction Category: Poetry Most Non-Responsive Agents in Category: Fiction 47 category: fiction agents have at least a 33% rate of submissions reported as 'Lost/Returned or Never Responded' and have at least 5 people reporting responses within the past 12 months. Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status. TitleGenresLengths Laura Blake Peterson (Curtis Brown, Ltd.)General Mystery/Crime Suspense/ThrillerNovel Jamie Carr (The Book Group)GeneralNovel Audrey Crooks (Trident Media Group)General Fantasy Science FictionFiction Collection Novel Ethan Ellenberg (Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency)General Fantasy Mystery/Crime Romance Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Paul Lucas (Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC)General Fantasy Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Cecilia "CeCe" Lyra (Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.)General Horror Mystery/Crime Romance Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Chris Parris-Lamb (The Gernert Company)GeneralNovel Angeline Rodriguez (WME Books)General Fantasy Horror Science FictionNovel Eric Showers (Howard Morhaim Literary Agency)Fantasy Horror Science FictionNovel Claudia Ballard (WME Books)GeneralFiction Collection Novel Catherine Cho (Paper Literary)General FantasyNovel Ginger Clark (Ginger Clark Literary)General Fantasy Horror Romance Science FictionNovel Meredith Kaffel Simonoff (The Gernert Company)GeneralNovel Martha Wydysh (Trident Media Group)General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerFiction Collection Novel Matt Bialer (Sanford J. Greenburger Associates)General Fantasy Mystery/Crime Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Lisa Erbach Vance (The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency)General Romance Suspense/ThrillerNovel Bridget Smith (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.)General Fantasy Science FictionNovel Annie Hwang (Renegade Literary) TEMP CLOSEDGeneralNovel Julia Kenny (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency)General Suspense/ThrillerFiction Collection Novel Alex Reubert (HG Literary)General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Reiko Davis (DeFiore and Company)GeneralFiction Collection Novel Susan Armstrong (C&W Literary Agency)General Fantasy Mystery/Crime Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Renée Zuckerbrot (Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents)GeneralFiction Collection Novel Ashley Lopez (Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents)General Horror Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Jo Ramsay (Transatlantic Agency)General Fantasy Mystery/Crime Romance Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Eloy Bleifuss Prados (Neon Literary)Open to All/Most Genres GeneralNovel Jennifer Carlson (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency)GeneralNovel Elizabeth Copps (Confluence Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSEDGeneral Horror Mystery/Crime Suspense/ThrillerNovel Mark Gottlieb (Trident Media Group)Open to All/Most Genres GeneralNovel Amanda Orozco (Transatlantic Agency) TEMP CLOSEDGeneral Fantasy Horror Romance Science FictionFiction Collection Novel Sidney Boker (InkWell Management)General Fantasy Science FictionNovel Melissa Danaczko (DeFiore and Company)General Suspense/ThrillerNovel Carleen Geisler (Britt Siess Creative Management LLC)General Horror Romance Suspense/ThrillerNovel Jason Yarn (Jason Yarn Literary Agency)General Fantasy Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSEDGeneral Horror Mystery/Crime Suspense/ThrillerNovel Luke Janklow (Janklow & Nesbit Associates)General Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Barbara Poelle (Word One Literary)General Mystery/Crime Suspense/ThrillerNovel Alexa Stark (Writers House LLC)General Mystery/Crime Suspense/ThrillerNovel Laura Strachan (Strachan Literary Agency)GeneralNovel Jordan Hill (New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.) Novel Brianne Johnson (HG Literary) TEMP CLOSEDOpen to All/Most Genres General Fantasy RomanceNovel Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSEDGeneral Fantasy Mystery/Crime Science Fiction Suspense/ThrillerNovel Maggie Cooper (Aevitas Creative Management) TEMP CLOSEDGeneral RomanceFiction Collection Novel Julie Gourinchas (Bell Lomax Moreton Agency)General Fantasy Horror Science FictionNovel Jim McCarthy (Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC) TEMP CLOSEDGeneral Fantasy Mystery/Crime RomanceNovel Eddie Schneider (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.)General Fantasy Science FictionNovel Natanya Wheeler (Nancy Yost Literary Agency)General Romance Suspense/ThrillerNovel 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: Thursday, November 5, 2026 10:06:07 AM UTC. Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. 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