Manuscript Mart 2025: Fiction Agents

Chris represents a broad range of both fiction and non-fiction as an Aevitas agent based in the NY Metropolitan area. He aims to work with some of the culture’s best writers, thinkers and experts—authors whose work helps us to interpret and understand our times as well as our future.

Haley Casey is an associate agent at Creative Media Agency and is actively building her list, is seeking diverse and compelling stories, and is ready to assist her authors in achieving their publishing goals..

Jennifer Chen Tran is a literary agent at Glass Literary Management. With over a decade of experience in publishing, Jennifer is passionate about nurturing and championing authors and their creative lives.

Maggie Cooper is an agent with Aevitas Creative Management, representing adult fiction and select nonfiction projects, with an emphasis on queer and trans stories and books that make our world kinder, weirder, more joyful, or all of the above.

Reiko Davis has been an agent at DeFiore and Company since 2016. Before that, she was at Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency for four years.

Alexandra Franklin joined Curtis Brown in 2023 as an associate in the dramatic rights department and as an associate agent in the books department.

Veronica Goldstein joined UTA in 2023 after seven years with Fletcher & Company. She’s drawn to distinctive voices with a new story to tell and a strong sense of urgency, especially Americans whose stories have been underrepresented in publishing and international writers.

Susan Graham (they/them/theirs) 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, children's creators, and adult genre fiction.

Zoe-Aline Howard joined Howland Literary while earning her BFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Certificate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She has had the privilege to work across publishing in multiple capacities, including an internship at Lookout Books and as a literary publicist at Pine State Publicity.

Carrie Howland is a twenty-year veteran in the publishing industry. She worked for fourteen years as a literary agent at two New York City based agencies before founding her eponymous agency, Howland Literary, LLC in 2018.

Emma Kapson is a Junior Agent at Verve Talent & Literary. She is passionate about literature and bringing stories she believes in to life in various mediums like film, television, and audio.

Kat joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2019 and is drawn to literary and commercial voices within the adult and YA markets, as well as adult nonfiction.

Sandy Lu founded Book Wyrm Literary Agency in 2020 after working as a literary agent for more than a decade at various boutique NYC agencies. Her client list includes Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Publishers Weekly, New York Times, and USA Today bestsellers; Stoker Award, Hammett Prize, and Anthony Award nominees; Goodreads Choice Awards finalists; and a New York Times Best of the Year recipient.

Alec Yoshio MacDonald joined Straus Literary in 2018, having previously worked at the League of Women Voters of the Bay Area and Browne & Miller Literary Associates in Chicago.

Oakland-born law grad, Taj McCoy is a romance author, literary agent, and higher education consultant. Taj joined Rees Literary Agency in 2022 and aims to widen the entryway for marginalized authors and to normalize Black joy, fat joy, celebrations of culture, and love without limitations.

Kiki Nguyen is an assistant literary agent with DMLA, where she is building her client list within young adult and adult fiction with a focus on queer and BIPOC authors.

Amaryah Orenstein, president of GO Literary, represents a wide array of literary and commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction.

Courtney is an agent with LGR Literary and enjoys reading voice-driven commercial fiction, dark psychological fiction, and heartwarming romantic comedies.

Sharon Pelletier joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working in editorial at small presses and as a B&N bookseller, was named senior agent in 2021 and named vice president in 2024.

Leah Pierre is a Senior Agent at Ladderbird Literary Agency and has been with them for five years. She is a tenacious advocate for BIPOC writers and is always looking for ways to bring more diverse intersectionality to the publishing industry.

Elizabeth Pratt joined Trellis Literary Management after 1.5 years at Park & Fine Literary and Media. Prior to that, she worked at Universal McCann and The Wylie Agency.

Kiele Raymond (Senior Agent) grew up reading in the beautiful seacoast area of New Hampshire before pursuing her studies in literature and anthropology with a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. from the University of Chicago. She launched her publishing career at Simon & Schuster in 2011 and joined Thompson Literary Agency in 2017 to seek out bold new voices in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction.

Lauren Scovel began her publishing career as an editorial intern at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth (now part of Aevitas Creative Management) and is now an agent with Laura Gross Literary Agency.

Eric Smith is a literary agent and Young Adult author from Elizabeth, New Jersey. As an agent with P.S. Literary, he’s worked on New York Times bestselling and award-winning books.

Mariah Stovall is an agent at Trellis Literary Management, where she represents adult literary and upmarket fiction and narrative nonfiction, all with an emphasis on innovation, voice, and underrepresented perspectives.

Rebecca Strauss is an agent at DeFiore and Co. and focuses on literary and commercial fiction, women's fiction, fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, YA, pop culture and select non-fiction.

Mitchell has been an agent for thirty years, first at Curtis Brown, Ltd. and now at Brandt & Hochman. He represents a wide and diverse array of literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction.

Michaela Whatnall is an agent with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret and represents middle grade and young adult fiction across genres; upmarket adult fiction and grounded fantasy; and select picture books, graphic novels, and narrative nonfiction.

Jade Wong-Baxter joined the Frances Goldin Literary Agency in 2021 and is looking for adult literary/upmarket fiction and narrative nonfiction, with an emphasis on narratives by and about people of color, as well as the perspectives of marginalized identities.

Leslie launched Open Book Literary after prior experiences at Odom Media Management, Dunham Literary, and The Bent Agency, and a writer herself, is very familiar with querying from both sides of the desk.