Agents and Editors for Manuscript Mart Fall 2026
Mark your calendars!
Registration for Manuscript Mart Fall 2026 (November 10–14) will open on Thursday, September 10, for GrubStreet members and on Monday, September 14, for everyone.
Scroll below to peruse the agents and editors participating in Manuscript Mart Fall 2026. This fall, connect one-on-one with top literary agents who represent novelists and get personalized feedback on your work. We will continue to add agents and editors over the coming months, so keep checking back!
Scholarships
Scholarships are available for the Manuscript Mart, with applications accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline on Wednesday, October 6, 2026. Since funds are limited, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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Editor: Foyinsi Adegbonmire
Foyinsi Adegbonmire is an Editor at Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. She acquires Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction and is open to contemporary, mystery, romance, and fantasy, while enjoying lighthearted stories with conversational narrative voices. Learn more.
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Agent: Jessica Berg
Jessica Berg is the founder and agency director of Rosecliff Literary, a boutique agency built on the belief that ambitious writers deserve transparency, strategy, and a seat at the table. Jessica is currently seeking both fiction and nonfiction projects with strong voice, emotional resonance, and something subversive at their core. Learn more.
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Editor: Leland Cheuk
Leland Cheuk is the founder of 7.13 Books and lives in Los Angeles. 7.13 Books is looking for literary fiction for adults—novels and short story collections—and leans heavily toward debut authors. Learn more.
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Agent: Jane Chun
Jane Chun joined Transatlantic in 2023 after four years at Janklow & Nesbit Associates and represents writers and writer-illustrators across middle grade, YA, and adult in fiction and select nonfiction. Learn more.
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Agent: Lily Dolin
Lily Dolin joined Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. in 2025, after five years in the publishing department at United Talent Agency. She represents authors in both fiction and nonfiction, including YA, with books ranging from commercial to literary and everything in between. Learn more.
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Agent: Katherine Fausset
Katherine Fausset is an Agent and Vice President at Curtis Brown, Ltd., where she specializes in literary and upmarket fiction, and select non-fiction. Learn more.
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Agent: James Farrell
James Farrell is a literary agent with Curtis Brown and received a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and a master’s degree from Bath Spa University. His reading interests include literary and upmarket adult fiction, non-fiction, and science fiction. Learn more.
REGISTER FOR JAMES FARRELL
Agent: Alexandra Franklin
Alexandra Franklin joined Curtis Brown in 2023 after assistant and associate agenting experience at Writers House and at Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. She primarily represents upmarket and book club fiction and narrative nonfiction. Alexandra serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Literary Agents as well as the AALA's communications and ethics committees. Learn more.
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Agent: Veronica Goldstein
Veronica Goldstein is an agent at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner with over ten years of experience, having previously worked at UTA and Fletcher & Company. She’s drawn to distinctive voices with a fresh story to tell and a strong sense of urgency, especially Americans whose stories have been underrepresented in publishing and international writers. Learn more.
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Agent: Susan Graham
Susan Graham joined Dunow, Carlson, and Lerner Agency in January 2025 after nearly a decade as an agent at Einstein Literary Management. They represent illustrators across format and age categories, genre and speculative fiction, select nonfiction, and children's and young adult prose. Learn more.
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Agent: Chelsea Hensley
Chelsea Hensley is an agent at Mad Woman Literary Agency representing a varied list of clients writing across ages and genres and a few who are also illustrating. She began her agenting career in 2020 and continues to build a list that reflects her own diverse tastes, from the lushest of fantasies to the tensest thrillers, steamy, hilarious romcoms to smart sci-fi, lyrical picture books to plucky middle grade, and imaginative, innovative horror to intelligent, deeply researched nonfiction. Learn more.
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Agent: Zoe-Aline Howard
As Director of Pine State Literary, Zoe-Aline Howard represents adult literary fiction and adult nonfiction. Zoe-Aline began working as an agent in 2022, while earning her BFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Certificate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Learn more.
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Editor: Dan López
Dan López is an Associate Editor at Counterpoint Press based in Los Angeles. His interests include literary and commercial fiction, cultural histories, works in translation (particularly from the Spanish), and books that explore the Latine experience. Learn more.
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Agent: Tyler Monson
Tyler joined Sterling Lord Literistic in 2023, where he represents forthcoming books by Maggie Menditto (Norton, 2027), Kira Chung Judish (Harper, 2027), and Andrew Patrick Higgins (Minotaur, 2028). He's actively building his own list of distinctive, voice-driven writers, while working closely alongside authors including Gabrielle Zevin, Patrick deWitt, Jason Rekulak, and Matthew Quick. Learn more.
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Agent: Kiana Nguyen
Kiki Nguyen started in publishing in 2015 with an internship with Wunderkind PR, an independent book publishing PR company, working on campaigns with authors such as Ernest Cline. There, she discovered a practical industry for her codependent love of fiction. She joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2016. Learn more.
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Agent: Amaryah Orenstein
Amaryah Orenstein, founder and president of GO Literary, is actively seeking works that wed beautiful writing with a strong narrative and tackle big issues in engaging, accessible, and even surprising ways. Amaryah began her career at the Laura Gross Literary Agency in 2009 and, prior to that, worked as an Editorial Assistant at various academic research foundations, including The Tauber Institute, where she edited books for Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England. Learn more.
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Agent: Courtney Paganelli
Courtney Paganelli is an Agent at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency. She represents both fiction and nonfiction and has a special place in her heart for type-A protagonists, engaging enemies-to-lovers narratives, and whodunits that have her stumped until the final page. Learn more.
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Agent: Rebecca Podos
Rebecca Podos (she/they) began her career as a literary agent in 2011, and is now Managing Partner at Neighborhood Literary. She is currently looking for Young Adult and Adult genre fiction, with select nonfiction projects considered. Learn more.
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Agent: Elizabeth Pratt
Elizabeth Pratt joined Trellis Literary Management after working at Park, Fine & Brower and The Wylie Agency. She looks for fiction from diverse perspectives and emerging voices that takes something familiar and turns it on its head, recounts history from a different point of view, sheds light on something previously unnoticed, or makes us think about the world in a different way. Learn more.
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Agent: Michelle Richter
Michelle is Vice President of Fuse Literary representing leaders in the crime fiction community, award-winners, and debut authors. Michelle is a sucker for fiction that taps into her emotions, with the kind of voice that instantly identifies a book as that author’s, whether crime fiction, book club, women's, or contemporary romance. Learn more.
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Agent: Rebecca Rodd
Rebecca Rodd is an Agent at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency where she began in 2020. She represents both fiction and nonfiction writers covering all age groups. Learn more.
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Agent: Hailey Stephens
Hailey Stephens is an associate agent at Rosecliff Literary, a member of the AALA, and a passionate advocate for writing (both fiction and non-fiction) that changes minds and inspires community. Hailey specializes in Commercial Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers/Suspense, Memoir, and Narrative Nonfiction. See the complete list of what she will consider here.
REGISTER FOR HAILEY STEPHENS
How to Register for Manuscript Mart Appointments (once registration has opened)
Registering with an agent or editor for the Manuscript Mart is similar to signing up for a regular GrubStreet class or event.
Follow these simple steps to book your appointment:
- Make sure you are logged in to your GrubStreet.org account.
- Check below for the agent or editor with whom you’d like to book an appointment.
- Click the registration link below the agent or editor’s profile to go directly to their registration page.
>>> The REGISTRATION LINK you need to click on looks something like this: REGISTER FOR [AGENT NAME]
- Once on the registration page, you can add an appointment to your shopping cart and check out when you’re ready.
Important Note About Appointment Scheduling
- Manuscript Mart appointments will take place online over Zoom.
- Zoom links and schedule times will be assigned mid-October and be emailed to each participant by 11:59 PM EDT on October 27, 2026.
- Meetings will run twenty minutes and start on the half-hour during each agent's or editor's availability windows.
Cancellation Policies
Up until the manuscript sample submission deadline and close of registration on October 13, 2026, the Manuscript Mart adheres in a similar manner to GrubStreet's Refund and Cancellation Policy. If you cancel:
- At least 10 business days prior to the close of registration on October 13, you will receive a credit minus 15% OR a refund minus 30% (85% or 70% of total cost).
- 9 business days until 1 business day after the close of registration on October 13, you will receive a credit minus 30% (70% of total cost).
- More than 1 business day after the close of registration on October 13, you will receive no refund or credit.
- You may, however, transfer your appointment to another appointment if accomplished before the close of registration on October 13.
If your manuscript sample is not received by the submission deadline of 11:59 PM EDT on October 13, 2026, your appointment will be considered cancelled and ineligible for refund or credit.