The agent is looking for upmarket, literary, and commercial fiction, young adult, middle grade, memoirs, and non-fiction that provoke strong emotional reactions, add important perspectives to the cultural conversation, or challenge readers' thinking. They are particularly interested in epic love stories, family sagas, books about books, whimsical and speculative fiction, suspenseful novels with secrets and lies, horror elements, and ownvoices narratives.
Hillary Jacobson is a literary agent at CAA representing upmarket, literary, and commercial fiction, as well as select young adult, middle grade, narrative non-fiction, and memoir. She is known for her brand of representing "complicated women" and seeks writing that provokes strong emotional reactions, adds important cultural perspectives, or challenges readers' assumptions.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Please send your pitch and the first ten pages of your manuscript in the body of an email. I respond to every query, and my average response time is about a month.
Last verified: March 27, 2026
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