Jackie Williams has joined The Knight Agency and seeks fantasy, science fiction, mystery, suspense, contemporary, and young adult. She was previously with Chronicle Books. Learn more (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Emily Forney has joined BookEnds Literary Agency; she was most recently a publishing and editorial fellow for the LA Review of Books. She seeks fiction and nonfiction in middle grade and picture books, as well as young adult and adult fiction. She would like to see more fiction from BIPOC in particular. Learn more.
Desiree Wilson has joined the Bent Agency. Previously, she was a freelance literary consultant and worked as an editor at Oni Press. She’s looking for horror novels (all ages); memoir, especially from BIPOC authors; YA and adult science fiction and fantasy; short story collections of LGBTQ+ fiction; and more. Read her full guidelines.
Two agents have joined Aevitas Creative Management: Karen Brailsford and Georgia Frances King. Brailsford is based in Los Angeles and is especially interested in arts and entertainment, memoir, biography, health and wellness, and spirituality. King is based in New York and is interested in nonfiction books about emerging science and technology, futurism, design, culture, and the arts.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
