Books that are compulsive, contagious, and creative, with a focus on voice-driven contemporary stories, ambitious projects, coming-of-age narratives, charming and stylized love stories, and genre-bending literary fiction.
Picture books (typically), genre fiction (category romance, high fantasy, cozy mysteries, westerns, procedurals, military), faith-based books, practical nonfiction, screenplays.
Jess Regel is a literary agent at Helm who represents adult, young adult, and children's fiction, as well as limited nonfiction. She is passionate about discovering books by historically excluded writers and seeks compulsive, creative, and commercially appealing literary fiction that bridges the literary-commercial divide.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected]. You will receive a confirmation of receipt, but due to the volume of queries received, personal responses are not guaranteed. No response within a month is a pass. If interested in reading more, the agent will be in touch.
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency
Response time: ~10 weeks
Aevitas Creative Management
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Olswanger Literary