Targeted Directory of literary agents and editors of commercial fiction
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Welcome to my personal list of literary agents and publishers / editors who acquire commercial fiction (literary and genre for adults). The list helped me find a literary agent who robbed me, and editors who published me. More about this list...
The Saddler Literary Agency
UK,
www.saddlerliteraryconsultants.com
https://twitter.com/saddlerliterary
John Saddler
john@saddlerj.fsnet.co.uk
INACTIVE?
The Sagalyn Literary Agency
In Partnership with ICM
4922 Fairmont Avenue, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814
www.sagalyn.com
Send queries to: query@sagalyn.com
Raphael Sagalyn (Rafe)
rafe@sagalyn.com
Bridget Wagner (moved to Aevitas)
Jake DeBacher
jake@sagalyn.com
Brandon Coward
brandon@sagalyn.com
Salkind Literary Agency
734 Indiana Street
Lawrence, Kansas 99044
62 Nassau Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
www.studiob.com/salkindagency/agents.html
Neil Salkind
neil@studiob.com
Greg Aunapu
greg@studiob.com
Salky Literary Management
www.salkyliterarymanagement.com
Kate Garrick - Formerly with Karpfinger
Jesseca Salky
Rachel Altemose
raltemose@salkylitmgmt.com
Query Forms on website
Victoria Sanders Literary Agency,
241 Avenue of the Americas,
NEW YORK, NY 10014-4822.
212-633-8811.
www.victoriasanders.com
queriesvsa@gmail.com
Victoria Sanders
vsanders@victoriasanders.com
Diane Dickensheid
Bernadette Baker-Baughman
bbaker@victoriasanders.com
Savvy Literary Services
3 Griffin Hill Ct.
The Woodlands, Texas, USA
www.savvyliterary.com
savvyliterary@gmail.com
submissions@savvyliterary.com
Leticia Gomez
leticia_gomez@peoplepc.com
The Sayle Literary Agency
1 Petersfield, Cambridge CB1 1BB United Kingdom
www.sayleliteraryagency.com
info@sayleliteraryagency.com
Rachel Calder
SBR Media
www.sbrmedia.com
Tabatha Pope
tabatha@sbrmedia.com
Wendy Schmalz Agency
402 Union St. #831 Hudson, NY 12534
www.schmalzagency.com
wendy@schmalzagency.com
Scovil Galen Ghosh
www.sgglit.com
mailroom@sgglit.com
Russell Galen
russellgalen@scglit.com
scglit@aol.com
rgalen@aol.com
Jack Scovil
jackscovil@sgglit.com
Anna Ghosh
Annaghosh@sgglit.com
Ann Behar
annbehar@sgglit.com
Scribe Agency
5508 Joylynne Drive
Madison, WI 53716
Kristopher O'Higgins
submissions@scribeagency.com
ohiggins@scribeagency.com
www.scribeagency.com
Scribblers House
PO Box 1007 Cooper Station
New York, NY 10276
www.clausenmaystahan.com
Stedman Mays
stedmays@scribblershouse.net
query@scribblershouse.net
INACTIVE or Closing
Selectricartists Agency
Selectric Artists 9 Union Square #123
Southbury, CT 06488
www.Selectricartists.com
query@selectricartists.com
Christopher Schelling
christopher@selectricartists.com
crsripley@aol.com
Shadow Mountain Publishing
www.shadowmountain.com
info@shadowmountain.com
Lisa Mangum Managing Editor
Dragon@ShadowMountain.com
Sheil Land Associates Ltd,
52 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS
www.sheilland.com
info@sheilland.co.uk
Sam Boyce
sboyce@sheilland.co.uk
Ian Drury
Idrury@sheilland.co.uk
Gaia Banks
gbanks@sheilland.co.uk
Sonia Land
Vivien Green
Piers Blofeld
Caroline Sheldon Agency
www.carolinesheldon.co.uk
Caroline Sheldon
carolinesheldon@carolinesheldon.co.uk
Felicity Trew - LEFT AGENCY
felicitytrew@carolinesheldon.co.uk
Wendy Sherman Associates Inc
450 Seventh Ave , Suite 3004
New York NY 10123
www.wsherman.com
submissions@wsherman.com
Wendy Sherman
wendy@wsherman.com
Callie Deitrick
callie@wsherman.com
More Agents on website
Shesto Literary
www.shesto-literary.com/submissions/
Camilla Shestopal
Submission form online
Ken Sherman & Associates
1275 N. Hayworth Ste 103
Los Angeles, CA 90046 USA
www.KenShermanAssociates.com
Ken Sherman
Ken@KenShermanAssociates.com
Susan Schulman, A Literary Agency
454 West 44th Street,
New York NY 10036
212 713 1633/4/5 Fax: 001 212 581 8830
www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/Schulman/
schulman@aol.com
Susan@Schulmanagency.com
Scherf Inc. Literary Management
P.O. Box 80180
Las Vegas, NV 89180
(702) 243-4895 Fax: (702) 243-7460
Dietmar Scherf
ds@scherf.com
www.scherf.com
INACTIVE
James Schiavone Literary Agency
3671 Hudson Manor Terrace, #11H
Bronx, NY 10463
https://twitter.com/profschia
http://schiavoneliteraryagencyinc.blogspot.com/
profschia@aol.com
Not Much To See Here
The Shipman Agency
www.theshipmanagency.com
Annie Dewitt
annie@theshipmanagency.com
Blanche Schlessinger Literary Services,
433 Old Gulph Road
Penn Valley, PA 19072
610-664-5513 Fax: 610-664-5959
bmschless@aol.com
DECEASED
Seventh Avenue Literary Agency Inc.
1663 West 7 th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1S4, Canada
(604) 734-3663
Robert Mackwood, Director
rmackwood@seventhavelit.com
www.seventhavenuelit.com
Non-Fiction at time of posting
The Shaw Agency
www.theshawagency.co.uk
Kate Shaw
Query form online
Signature Literary
101 W. 23rd St, Suite 346,
New York, NY 10011
and
4200 Wisconsin Ave, NW, #106-233,
Washington, DC 20016
Phone/fax: 301 896 0185
www.signaturelit.com
Ellen Pepus
ellen@signaturelit.com
Gary Heidt
gary@signaturelit.com
garyheidt@yahoo.com
Simenauer & Green Literary Agency
www.sgliteraryagency.com
Jacqueline Simenauer
jackie@sgliteraryagency.com
Looks INACTIVE
Dorie Simmonds Literary Agency
www.doriesimmonds.com
Queries to: info@doriesimmonds.com
Irene Skolnick Agency
22 West 23rd St., Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10010
sirene35@aol.com
DECEASED
Scribes Editorial & Literary Agency
5 Bradkin Rd.,
Boiceville, NY 12412
www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/Scribes/
Barbara L. Ellis
scribes.editorial.barbara@gmail.com
BEllis7829@aol.com
Sophisticated thrillers
EDITORIAL SERVICES
Sedgeband Literary Associates
7312 Martha Lane
Fort Worth, TX 76112
(817) 496-3652 Fax: (425) 952-9518
sedgeband@aol.com
Contact: David Duperre
Ginger Norton
queries@sedgeband.com
DEFUNCT
Lynn Seligman Literary Agency
400 Highland Avenue
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
(973) 783-3631
INACTIVE
Serendipity Literary Agency
305 Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
www.serendipityla.com
submissions@serendipitylit.com
Kelly Thomas
kellyt@serendipitylit.com
Regina Brooks
rbrooks@serendipitylit.com
SASE not returned
Foladé Bell, thrillers
fbell@serendipitylit.com
The Seymour Agency
475 Miner Street
Canton, NY 13617
(315) 386-1831 Fax: (315) 386-1037
www.theseymouragency.com
Mary Sue Seymour
marysue@theseymouragency.com
marysue@twcny.rr.com
marysue@slic.com
Julie Gwinn
julie@theseymouragency.com
More Agents on Website
Anything with strong Christian themes
Denise Shannon Literary Agency, Inc.
20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1603
New York, NY 10010
(212) 414-2911
fax: (212) 414-2930
www.deniseshannonagency.com
Denise Shannon
dshannon@deniseshannonagency.com
Claire Dee
cdee@deniseshannonagency.com
Queries:
Submissions@deniseshannonagency.com
Charrlotte Sheedy Literary Agency
(in partnership with Salky Agency)
65 Bleecker St., 12th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-780-9800 Fax: 212-780-0308
www.sheedylit.com
Charlotte Sheedy
charlotte@sheedylit.com
Joan Rosen
joan@sheedylit.com
G. Michael Short
11657 Doverwood Drive
Riverside, CA 92505-3216
877-214-8008 877-214-8008
agent@gmsla.com
www.gmsla.com
INACTIVE
Rosalie Siegel International Literary Agent, Inc. AAR
One Abey Dr.
Pennington, NJ 08543
rsiegel@ix.netcom.com
rstrongtho@aol.com
J de S Associates
9 Shagbark Road, Wilson Point
South Norwalk, CT
(203) 838-7571
www.jdesassociates.com
Jacques de Spoelberch
Jdespoel@aol.com
The Spiridon Literary Agency
P.O. Box 47594, 946 Lawrence Ave. E., Unit 2
Toronto, ON M3C 1P0, Canada
Alethea Spiridon
spiridon@rogers.com
NO LONGER AGENTING, EDITORIAL Services now
Lyle Steele & Co Ltd Literary Agents
511 E. 73rd St., Suite 6
New York, NY 10021 USA
lyle_steele@hotmail.com
INACTIVE
The Steinberg Agency
47 East 19th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
www.steinbergagency.com
Peter Steinberg
peter@steinbergagency.com
NOW WITH FOUNDRY
The Shepard Agency
M&T Bank Building Suite 3 1525 Route 22
Brewster, NY 10509
(845) 279-2900 Fax: (845) 279-3239
shepardagency-ldi@mindspring.com
Contact: Jean or Lance Shepard
shepardagcy@mindspring.com
INACTIVE
Scott Shukat Company, Ltd.
340 West 55th Street Suite 1A
New York NY 10019
shukat@interramp.com
Maribel A. Rivas
maribel@shukat.com
emails bounced
INACTIVE
Southern Literary Group
43 Stamford Drive
Lakeview, AR 72642
(870) 431-7006 Fax: (870) 431-8625
bmay@mnthorme.com
Contact: Beverly Maycunich
INACTIVE
Evelyn Singer Agency Inc
C/O Loryn Haber
5227 Malaga Ave.
Sarasota, Florida 34235
Loryn Haber
amessagefromloryn@yahoo.com
INACTIVE
Sligo Literary Agency,
74-923 Hwy 111, Suite 173,
Indian Wells, CA. 92210
RicSligo@aol.com,
Eric G. Bollinger, President,
Also runs McKenna Publishing Group, with editorial service
NOT MUCH HERE
Beverley Slopen Literary Agency,
#711, 131 Bloor Street W.
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1S3, Canada
(416) 964-9598
www.slopenagency.on.ca
Beverley Slopen
beverley@slopenagency.ca
slopen@ca.inter.net
Sobel Weber Associates,
146 East 19th Street,
New York, NY 10003-2404
www.sobelweber.com
Nat Sobel
nsobel@sobelweber.com
Judith Weber
jweber@sobelweber.com
info@sobelweber.com
More Agents on Website
The Soho Agency
16–17 Wardour Mews London W1F 8AT, UK
www.thesohoagency.co.uk
admin@thesohoagency.co.uk
sohoagencysubmissions@gmail.com
firstname@
Julian Alexander
Rowan Lawton
Niamh O'Grady
Alice Saunders
Araminta Whitley
Marina de Pass
marina@
Niamh O'Grady
niamh@thesohoagency.co.uk
more agents and contacts on the website
Southern Sunrise
www.repworld.blogspot.com
Justin Fernandez
lit4@aol.com
INACTIVE
Spectrum Literary Agency
320 Central Park West Suite 1-D
New York, NY 10025
www.spectrumliteraryagency.com
Eleanor Wood or Justin Bell
ruddigore1@aol.com
Denyse King
Djktsla@gmail.com
Eleanor wants snail mail queries
Speilburg Literary Agency
www.speilburgliterary.com
speilburgliterary@gmail.com
Alice Speilburg
Eva Scalzo
Saint Gibson
Agents use online form
Spencerhill Associates
PO Box 374, 24 Park Row
Chatham, NY 12037
www.spencerhillassociates.com
submission@spencerhillassociates.com
Karen Solem
ksolem@klsbooks.com
Nalini Akolekar
Amanda Leuck
aleuck@spencerhillassociates.com
Sandy Harding
Ali Herring
The Spieler Agency
75 Broad St., Suite 304, NY NY 10004
www.thespieleragency.com
Joe Spieler
joe@TheSpielerAgency.com
spielerlit@aol.com
joespieler@aol.com
Victoria Shoemaker
victoria@TheSpielerAgency.com
Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency,
50 Talmage farm Lane,
East Hampton NY 11937.
516-329-3650.
www.spitzeragency.com
spitzer516@aol.com
Philip Spitzer - DECEASED October 2021
Anne-Lise Spitzer
Lucas Ortiz
lukas.ortiz@spitzeragency.com
Kim Lombardini
kim.lombardini@spitzeragency.com.
MSW - Stadler Literary Agency
3202 E. Greenway, Ste l307-l82
Phoenix, AZ 85032
602/569-2481 602/569-2265
Rose Stadler,
bookwoman@USWest.net
email bounced
INACTIVE
Cullen Stanley International
www.cullenstanleyinternational.com
submissions@cullenstanleyinternational.com
Cullen Stanley
Jaclyn Gilbert
Starlight Literary
www.starlightliterary.com
querySLA@starlightliterary.com
Lynn Haynes
Jane Starr International Literary Scout
545 Madison Avenue, 7th Flr.
New York, NY 10022
www.janestarr.com
jane@janestarr.com
Nancy Stauffer Associates
PO Box 1203, Darien, CT 06820
203 202 2500
www.staufferliterary.com
nancy@staufferliterary.com
No Genre Fiction Wanted
Emilie Stewart Literary Agency
www.emiliestewartagency.com
Emilie Stewart
emilie@emiliestewartagency.com
Stonesong Literary
www.stonesong.com
submissions@stonesong.com
Adrienne Rosado
arosado@stonesong.com
adrienne@stonesong.com
Alison Fargis
afargis@stonesong.com
Madelyn Burt
mburt@stonesong.com
Emmanuelle Morgen
emorgen@stonesong.com
Kim Lindman
klindman@stonesong.com
Alyssa Jennette
ajennette@stonesong.com
Melissa Edwards
Storm Literary Agency
www.stormliteraryagency.com
stormliteraryagency@gmail.com
Victoria Selvaggio
vicki.stormliteraryagency@gmail.com
Heather Cashman
More agents on website, some use QueryManager
Strachan Literary Agency
PO Box 2091,
Annapolis, MD 21404
www.strachanlit.com
Laura Strachan
query@strachanlit.com
lhstrachan@strachanlit.com
Merisa Zappieri
The Stefanidis Agency, Inc.
25 NW 23rd Place, Suite 6
Portland, OR 97210
www.stefanidis-lit.com
Theresa Stefanidis
info@stefanidis-lit.com
INACTIVE
Abner Stein
UK,
www.abnerstein.co.uk
abner@abnerstein.co.uk
says subsidiary rights only
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
65 Bleecker Street,
New York, NY 10012,
www.sll.com
www.sll.com/our-team
info@sll.com
Peter Matson
peter@sll.com
Philippa Brophy
flip@sll.com
Neeti Madan
neeti@sll.com
Mary Krienke
mary@sll.com
Sarah Landis
slandis@sll.com
Danielle Bukowski
danielle@sll.com
Doug Stewart
doug@sll.com
More agents on website
Sternig & Byrne Literary Agency,
3209 S. 55,
Milwaukee WI 53219-4433.
414-328-8034.
www.sternig-byrne-agency.com
jackbyrne@hotmail.com
jackbyrne@aol.com
Jack Byrne
Sci-Fi and Mystery
Robin Straus Agency
229 E. 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-472-3282 Fax: 212-472-3833
www.robinstrausagency.com
robin@robinstrausagency.com
springbird@aol.com
info@robinstrausagency.com
Straus Literary
319 Lafayette Street, Suite 220,
New York, NY 10012
646-843-9950
646-390-3320 (fax)
Jonah Straus
Jonah@strausliterary.com
www.strausliterary.com
www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/strauslit/
queries@strausliterary.com
Pam Strickler, Author Management
P. O. Box 505, New Paltz, NY 12561
www.pamstrickler.com
Mostly romance, historical fiction
mail@pamstrickler.com
pdsnewyork-query@yahoo.com
DECEASED
The Stringer Literary Agency LLC
P.O. Box 770365
Naples, FL 34107
Marlene Stringer
stringerlit@comcast.net
www.stringerlit.com
http://queryme.online/StringerLit
Marianne Strong Literary Agency
65 East 96th Street
New York, NY 10128
(646) 579-9866
www.stronglit.com
www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/stronglit/
Marianne Strong
mariannestrong@stronglit.com BOUNCES
Diana Oswald (mystery, suspense)
queries@stronglit.com BOUNCES
Rebecca Strong International Literary Agency,
235 West 108th St #35
New York, NY 10025
212 865 1569
www.rsila.com
query to: info@rsila.com
rstrongtho@aol.com
WESBITE APPEARED HACKED at time of publishing of this info
Wendy Strothman Literary
Wendy Strothman
strothmanagency@gmail.com
www.strothmanagency.com
Lauren MacLeod - No Adult Fic at present
lauren@strothmanagency.com
The Stuart Agency
260 West 52nd Street, Suite 24C
New York, NY 10019
www.stuartagency.com
Andrew Stuart
andrew@stuartagency.com
Query Form on Website
Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency
W.R.P.O. Box 39588
White Rock, BC V4B 5L6
604) 538 3478 Fax: (604) 531 3022
www.swayzeagency.com
Carolyn Swayze
carolyn@swayzeagency.com
Lesley Owen
reception@cswayzeagency.com
Kris Rothstein
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Emma Sweeney Agency
245 East 80th St, Ste 7E
New York, NY 10021
www.emmasweeneyagency.com
info@emmasweeneyagency.com
emma@emmasweeneyagency.com
Margaret Sutherland Brown
margaret@emmasweeneyagency.com
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