Happy Wednesday, writers!
Here are 6 agents who opened to queries in the past week (May 20 - 26), along with information about what they’re looking for, some of their published titles, and their query link.
If you missed last week: 11 other agents opened to queries. Check out the list here!
Note that some of these agents may already be closed to queries.
Best of luck, and happy querying!
This newsletter is purely informational and is not an endorsement of any particular agent or agency.
1. Katherine Odom-Tomchin of Folio Literary Management
At Folio, Kat enjoys working with and being a part of Folio’s closely-knit team of skilled agents and works hard to strategically place the agency’s audio rights with the industry’s top audio publishers. She also acts as a subagent for BenBella Books and Regal House Publishing, and sells audio rights on behalf of the storied authors of Harold Ober Associates and Emma Sweeney Agency.
Kat’s interesting in dark, mind-bending fiction, non-fiction stories of triumph over extreme hardship, psychological thrillers, grounded/hard science fiction, horror, LGBTQIA+, psychology, true crime, journalistic nonfiction, and narrative nonfiction.
Published titles: The September House by Carissa Orlando, Down the Hill by Susan Hendricks, Bed of Roses: A Novel by Caylee Hammack and Carolyn Brown
Ready for feedback that takes your story to the next level?
“Because of Alyssa’s feedback on my query letter, I was able to obtain a reputable agent who then sold my book to a top 5 publisher!”
—Bailey Evers, contemporary romance author
Get your query professionally edited
2. Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Katharine is actively building her client list, she likes books that have a clear benefit for readers’ lives in categories of food, travel, lifestyle, home arts, beauty, wisdom, relationships, parenting, and fresh looks, which might be at issues, life challenges or popular culture. When reading fiction she wants to be compelled and propelled by urgent storytelling, and hooked by characters. For memoir and femoir, she likes to be transported to a world rarely or newly observed.
Published titles: Girl Walks Out of a Bar by Lisa Smith, The New Rules of Attraction by Arden Leigh, Sell Your Story in A Single Sentence by Lane Shefter Bishop
Psst: I wrote a book! Check it out ☺️
Check out 4 more agent profiles:
Comments
Nothing yet. Say the first thing.
Sign in to join the conversation.