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Literary Agent Response Statistics

The Top 50: Literary Agents for Category: Fiction who are Slowest to Respond

The following category: fiction agents are among the Top 50 slowest to respond, according to response times reported by our users. (A minimum of 5 people reporting responses to category: fiction submissions/queries required.)
Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status.
TitleGenresLengths
Emily Forland (Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.)
Amelia Appel (Triada US Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSED      
Audrey Crooks (Trident Media Group)   
Sarah Bedingfield (Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency) 
Jason Yarn (Jason Yarn Literary Agency)   
Rachel Ridout (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)      
Connor Smith (Hesperides Literary)    
Renée Zuckerbrot (Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents) 
Julia Kenny (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency) 
Mark Falkin (Falkin Literary)  
Reiko Davis (DeFiore and Company) 
Jordan Hill (New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.) 
Bridget Smith (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.)  
Renee C. Fountain (Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management) 
Jo Ramsay (Transatlantic Agency)     
Elizabeth Copps (Confluence Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSED   
Cecilia "CeCe" Lyra (Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.)     
Brianne Johnson (HG Literary) TEMP CLOSED   
Erik Hane (Headwater Literary Management)
Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSED    
Melissa Danaczko (DeFiore and Company) 
Nicole Cunningham (Trellis Literary Management)  
Alexa Stark (Writers House LLC)  
Maggie Cooper (Aevitas Creative Management) TEMP CLOSED  
Martha Wydysh (Trident Media Group)     
Susan Armstrong (C&W Literary Agency)    
Kurestin Armada (Root Literary)     
Lauren Liebow (Aevitas Creative Management)   
Paul Lucas (Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC)   
Jennifer Carlson (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency)
Eric Showers (Howard Morhaim Literary Agency)  
Claire Friedman (InkWell Management)
Julie Gourinchas (Bell Lomax Moreton Agency)   
Matt Bialer (Sanford J. Greenburger Associates)    
Keith Stillman (Sobel Weber Associates)   
Annie Hwang (Renegade Literary)
Barbara Poelle (Word One Literary)  
Ashley Lopez (Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents)   
Angeline Rodriguez (WME Books)   
Jamie Carr (The Book Group)
Soumeya Bendimerad Roberts (HG Literary) TEMP CLOSED 
Courtney Miller-Callihan (Handspun Literary Agency)     
Bryony Woods (Bryony Woods Literary Agency)   
Kate McKean (Howard Morhaim Literary Agency) TEMP CLOSED    
Larissa Melo Pienkowski (Azantian Literary Agency)   
Andrea Somberg (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)     
Heather Carr (The Friedrich Agency LLC)
Jennifer Herrera (David Black Agency)   
Eddie Schneider (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.)  
Katie Grimm (Curtis Brown, Ltd.) 
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: Saturday, September 5, 2026 9:13:29 PM UTC.

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