Memoir Literary Agents

Our list is diverse and far-reaching. In non-fiction, it includes narrative, popular science, memoir, history, psychology, business, biography, food, and travel. In many cases, we sign authors who are especially adept at writing books that cross many of these categories at once. In fiction, we represent literary, women's, and commercial. The Literary Agents list includes agents and literary agencies that represent poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, plus details about the kind of books they're interested in representing, their clients, and the best way to contact them.

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By Jasmin Darznik

Grand Central, 2011

By Colin Dayan

LARB Books, 2019

By Diane di Prima

Viking Penguin, 1998

By Lillian Faderman

Bloomsbury, 2020

By Anika Fajardo

University of Minnesota Press, 2019

By Darcy Gaechter

Pegasus, 2020

By Andrea Hutton

Harper Wave, 2015

By Maxine Hong Kingston

Knopf, 1989

By Deborah Layton

Doubleday, 1998

By Jennifer McGaha

Sourcebooks, 2018

By Cecily McMillan

Nation Books, 2016

By Nikki Meredith

Kensington, 2018

By Anchee Min

Bloomsbury, 2014

By Pat Montandon

Harper, 2007

By Frederic Morton

Simon & Schuster, 2005

By Laura Roppe

Avalon Publishing Group Hachette, 2012

By Lisa See

St. Martin's, 1995

By Leanne Shirtliffe

Skyhorse, 2013

By Jane Vandenburgh

Counterpoint Hachette, 2013

By Pat Welsh

Chronicle Books, 1996

By Natalee Woods

Amberjack Publishing, 2018

By Irvin Yalom

Basic Books, 2015

» GAIL HOCHMAN Garage saleing.

Gail Hochman developed her career by representing what she loves most to read: works of literary fiction, idea-driven non-fiction, literary memoir and children’s books. Her authors’ works have become bestselling novels, successful films and television series, and international publishing phenomena, and have earned their authors prizes ranging from the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and PEN/Faulkner Award to the Guggenheim Fellowship, Lambda Literary Award, and the Caldecott and Newbery Medals. Gail has taught a class in the role of the literary agent at NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and she is active in numerous charities and foundations which support the needs of women and children in New York City and the writing community. Throughout her tenure as President of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, she has helped the organization to develop more effective educational programs for its member agents and to serve as an advocate for authors’ rights. Query by email only.

ghochman@bromasite.com

» MARIANNE MEROLA

Marianne Merola co-ordinates a global network of foreign co-agents charged with licensing the work of the agency’s authors to a worldwide audience. She values strong and unique narrative voices and domestically represents bestselling and award-winning writers of compelling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. Query by email only.

mmerola@bromasite.com

» EMILY FORLAND

Emily Forland represents voice-driven literary fiction and non-fiction, among them bestsellers and prize winners, and has a special place in her heart for original writing that jumps off the page. Equally drawn to a traditional domestic novel as she is to more idiosyncratic work, she seeks out beautifully crafted writing, characters that come fully alive on the page, and stories rooted strongly in their setting. Humor is always welcome. In addition to literary fiction, she represents memoir, narrative nonfiction, history, biography, food writing, cultural criticism, graphic novels, and young adult fiction. Query by email only.

eforland@bromasite.com

» EMMA PATTERSON

Emma Patterson represents fiction ranging from dark, literary novels to historical and upmarket fiction; narrative non-fiction that includes memoir, investigative journalism, and popular history; and young adult fiction along similar lines. She is drawn to both domestic and far-flung settings (while remaining on Earth) that are original and transporting. She is looking for fresh, lyrical, and voice-driven writing, suspenseful plots, emotional narratives, and unforgettable characters. Query by email only.

epatterson@bromasite.com

» JODY KAHN

Jody represents both literary and upmarket fiction, as well as narrative nonfiction; across all categories she enjoys books that are beautifully written while also containing a rich storyline, and she’s especially looking for deeply drawn characters and voice-driven narratives. Humor is always a plus. She’s also interested in untold stories, misunderstood populations, and anything that’s plugged into the current cultural conversation. In nonfiction, she’s seeking narratives related to culture, social justice, sports, food, history, literary memoir and journalism. Above all, she wants to be gripped by what she’s reading and taken into a new and riveting world, one that touches her with layers of complexity and does not easily let go. Query by email only.

jkahn@bromasite.com

» HENRY THAYER

Henry Thayer represents non-fiction on a wide variety of subjects and fiction that inclines toward the literary. He is looking for new, engaging voices and compelling narratives. His wide-ranging interests include American history, popular music, and sports, among others. Query by email only.

hthayer@bromasite.com

Memoir Literary Agents

» MITCHELL WATERS

Mitchell Waters represents a wide and diverse array of literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction, including mystery, history, biography and memoir. He is particularly drawn to historical fiction and voice-driven narratives, especially when both dark and humorous. He is also looking for realistic young adult fiction. He served for ten years on the Board of Directors of the Association of Authors’ Representatives and is currently head of the membership committee. Query by email only.

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mwaters@bromasite.com

» CARL D. BRANDT

List Of Memoir Literary Agents

Carl D. Brandt’s young aspirations as a journalist served him well when in 1957 he joined his mother Carol Brandt in representing authors in the firm his father had founded. He has represented over his long career towering talents in nature writing, geopolitics, military history, lifestyle philosophy, American history, biography, sociology, education as well as in adult and children’s fiction. His clients have won the Nobel Prize, Cervantes Prize in Fiction, Pulitzer Prize, Newbery Award and National Book Award, among others. Carl D. Brandt passed away in August 2013.