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Literary Agents
For more information on finding an agent, visit Writing-World.com's Book Publishing Section.
- Agents: A Primer, by Harold Underdown
- http://www.underdown.org/agents.htm
- Focuses primarily on finding an agent for children's literature.
- Agent Query
- http://www.agentquery.com/resource_ww.aspx
- This site is packed with information about agents, including a database of literary agents that can be searched by keyword, nonfiction topic or fiction genre.
- Association of Authors' Representatives
- http://www.aar-online.org/mc/page.do
- The primary organization of literary agents, with FAQs, a "canon of ethics," and a list of members.
- Bill Hammon's List of Literary Agents
- http://www.wrhammons.com/literary-agents-books.htm
- A lengthy list of agents, with information on what books those agents have represented.
- BloomsburyMagazine.com: Literary Agents UK
- http://www.BloomsburyMagazine.com/writersarea/AgentsUK.asp
- BloomsburyMagazine.com: Literary Agents US
- http://www.BloomsburyMagazine.com/writersarea/AgentsUS.asp
- Book Proposals
- http://www.hiwrite.com/
- This site offers free help to writers who are working on a
book proposal. It also helps you find a literary agent and write
a query letter.
- Finding a Good Agent or Publisher, by Gary Kessler
- http://www.writers.net/articles/writers/method_madness.php
- Fishing for an Agent? Use the Right Bait, by Brian Hill and Dee Power
- http://www.brianhillanddeepower.com/agents.html
- A very good overview of what agents look for and why so many proposals are rejected.
- Hunting for a Literary Agent, by Chuck Rothman
- http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/agents.htp
- Literary Agents
- http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/litag.htm
- Links to agent lists and to a variety of articles on finding (and using) an agent.
- LitMatch.net
- http://www.litmatch.net
- A useful site that includes a directory of literary agents and agencies, as well as resources like links to agent blogs.
- Preditors and Editors: Agent Listings
- http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubagent.htm
- A good place to look for warnings against agents who are "not recommended."
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