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Zachary Honey

FinePrint Literary Management

United States

Open to Queriesquery_manager
Submission GuidelinesWebsite
Manuscript Wish List (MSWL)

Looking For

Adult thrillers, mysteries, and select horror or historical fiction set in rural places, mountainous regions, or other hard-to-reach corners of the world. The agent is particularly interested in supporting underrepresented authors, especially those from the American indigenous community.

Not Looking For

Fantasy, sci-fi, screenplays, stage plays, TV scripts, poetry.

Themes & Elements

rural placesmountainous regionshard-to-reach cornersfascinating settingsmemorable charactersunputdownable stories

Tone & Style

strong writing
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About

Zachary Honey is a North Carolina-born, Montana-raised literary agent who studied film production and philosophy at Montana State University and earned a master's degree from the University of Nottingham. He joined Fine Print Literary Management in 2020 as an assistant and became an Associate Agent in 2022. He entered the publishing industry after publishing short stories and attending the NYC Pitch Conference, and maintains close connections with writing communities in Boston and New York.

Submission Guidelines
Format: query_manager
Submission Page: https://QueryManager.com/agentzhoney
Guidelines:

Open to queries from April 26-June 30 Send a query letter with a blurb of your book, your bio, and the opening chapter via Query Manager. Fiction: In fiction, I'm looking for adult thriller, mystery, select horror, and select historical fiction. Extra points for rural and mountainous settings or stories set in the American south. (I am not the best to represent military, political, or spy thrillers). Non-Fiction: In Non-fiction, I'm interested in sports, video gaming, music, board gaming, golf, outdoors. Word count: Not the best person to represent books under 70K words or over 120K.

Social

Twitter / X@@agentzhoney

Sources

MSWL ProfilePersonal Website

Last verified: March 15, 2026

Audience

Adult

Genres

Literary Fiction
Upmarket Fiction
Mystery
Thriller

Focus Areas

underrepresented authorsAmerican indigenous

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