Agents and Editors for Manuscript Mart 2025
Scroll below to peruse the agents and editors participating in Manuscript Mart 2025!
Note: Registration for Manuscript Mart is now open.
Agents and Editors whose appointments have sold out may be found by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
How to Register for Manuscript Mart Appointments
We’re using a new registration process this year that’s similar to signing up for a regular GrubStreet class or event.
Follow these simple steps to book your appointment:
- Check below for the agent or editor you’d like to book an appointment with.
- 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 over Zoom.
- Zoom links and schedule times will be assigned mid-month in April 2025 and be emailed to each participant by 11:59 PM EDT on May 1, 2025.
- Meetings will run twenty minutes and be scheduled to start on the half-hour during each agent or editor's availability windows.
Cancellation Policies
Up until the manuscript sample submission deadline and close of registration on April 8, 2025, the Manuscript Mart adheres to GrubStreet's Refund and Cancellation Policy.
After the Manuscript Mart close of registration at 11:59 PM EDT on April 8, 2025, there are no refunds or credit for cancellations of Manuscript Mart appointments. If your manuscript sample is not received by the submission deadline of 11:59 PM EDT on April 8, 2025, your appointment will be considered cancelled and ineligible for refund or credit.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available for the Manuscript Mart, with applications accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline on 4/1. Since funds are limited, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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Agent: Jane Chun (New!)
LITERARY FICTION, YA, MEMOIR
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.
Literary Magazine Editor: Darcy Gagnon (New!)
NONFICTION, ESSAYS
Darcy Jay Gagnon is an essayist from Washington D.C. and a senior nonfiction editor for The Rumpus. You can find his essays in Gulf Coast, Essay Daily, March Xness, and The Rumpus.
Agent: Leonicka Valcius (New!)
YA, HISTORICAL FICTION, MULTICULTURAL
Léonicka Valcius is a 2024 graduate from the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and a Literary Agent at Transatlantic Agency. She represents books for children and adults with a focus on commercial and genre fiction by writers of color. Books she has worked on include THE WORLD SO WIDE by Zilla Jones, WAIT LIKE A SEED by Erin Alladin, THE MOONLIGHT BLADE by Tessa Barbosa.
Editor: Foyinsi Adegbonmire
YA, MYSTERY, ROMANCE
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.
Literary Magazine Editor: José Araguz
FICTION, NONFICTION
José Angel Araguz, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Suffolk University where he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Salamander and is also a faculty member of the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program. He blogs and reviews books at his personal site, The Influence.
Agent: Susan Graham
YA, CHILDREN'S BOOKS, LGBTQIA+
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.
Literary Magazine Editor: Sacha Idell
FICTION, NONFICTION
Sacha Idell is a writer and translator and is coeditor of The Southern Review.
Agent: Emma Kapson
LITERARY FICTION, HISTORICAL FICTION, WOMEN'S ISSUES
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.
Agent: Alec MacDonald
LITERARY FICTION, HISTORICAL FICTION, MEMOIR
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.
Agent: Taj McCoy
MEMOIR, YA, WOMEN'S ISSUES
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.
Agent: Kiana Nguyen
Agent: Courtney Paganelli
LITERARY FICTION, MEMOIR
Courtney is an agent with LGR Literary and enjoys reading voice-driven commercial fiction, dark psychological fiction, and heartwarming romantic comedies.
Agent: Leah Pierre
CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ROMANCE, SCI-FI
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.
Agent: Lauren Scovel
LITERARY FICTION, MEMOIR, MULTICULTURAL
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.
Literary Magazine Editor: Mimi Wong
FICTION, NONFICTION
Mimi Wong is Editor-in-Chief of The Offing, an online literary magazine publishing creative writing in all genres and art in all media. The Offing actively seeks out and supports work by and about those often marginalized in literary spaces and was the recipient of a Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
Literary Magazine Editor: Allison Wright
FICTION, NONFICTION
Allison Wright is the publisher and executive editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review. Her writing has appeared in CNN, The Atlantic, VQR, Popular Mechanics, Literary Hub, and elsewhere.
Agent: Leslie Zampetti
HISTORICAL FICTION, MYSTERY, YA
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.
Agent: Chris Bucci (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Haley Casey (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Jennifer Chen Tran (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Maggie Cooper (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Reiko Davis (SOLD OUT)
Reiko Davis has been an agent at DeFiore and Company since 2016. Before that, she was at Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency for four years.
Agent: Lily Dolin (SOLD OUT)
Lily 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.
Agent: Brenna English-Loeb (SOLD OUT)
YA, THRILLER, MEMOIR
Brenna English-Loeb works with authors of adult genre fiction and adult nonfiction, with select YA and crossover clients. She joined the Transatlantic in 2019 after working for several years at Janklow & Nesbit Associates and Writers House, working with New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors across multiple genres.
Agent: Alexandra Franklin (SOLD OUT)
Alexandra Franklin joined Curtis Brown in 2023 as an associate in the dramatic rights department and as an associate agent in the books department.
Agent: Veronica Goldstein (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Zoe Howard (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Carrie Howland (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Kat Kerr (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Sarah Khalil (SOLD OUT)
Sarah Khalil is a literary agent with Calligraph representing serious nonfiction and memoir. Radical thought, artful storytelling, and propulsive narrative are the cornerstones of her taste. She is also seeking select fiction in the same space.
Agent: Sandy Lu (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Allison Malecha (SOLD OUT)
LITERARY FICTION, MEMOIR, HISTORICAL FICTION
Allison Malecha joined Trellis Literary Management as Director of Foreign Rights after several years at Bettina Schrewe Literary Scouting. She represents a small, selective list of domestic clients split evenly between fiction and nonfiction.
Agent: Amaryah Orenstein (SOLD OUT)
Agent: Sharon Pelletier (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Elizabeth Pratt (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Kiele Raymond (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Eric Smith (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Mariah Stovall (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Rebecca Strauss (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Mitchell Waters (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Michaela Whatnall (SOLD OUT)
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.
Agent: Jade Wong-Baxter (SOLD OUT)
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.