The 2020 A&E Conference includes agents from a notable list of reputable literary agencies. More will be added weekly, so check back often! Click on the linked agency names to be routed to the agency website. 

Stephanie Delman, Sanford & Greenburger Associates

Laura Gross, Laura Gross Literary

Sandy Lu, L Perkins Agency

Tanya McKinnon, McKinnon Literary

Christina Morgan, Serendipity Literary Agency

Bobby O’Neil, FinePrint Literary

Duvall Osteen, Aragi, Inc.

Kiele Raymond, Thompson Literary Agency

John Rudolph, Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret

Stephanie Delman, Sanford & Greenburger Associates

Stephanie Delman joined Sanford J. Greenburger Associates in early 2012 and worked closely with agency president Heide Lange before building her own list. She represents authors who write for the adult market, with a focus on fiction: literary/upmarket, psychologically propulsive suspense, near-historical, and genre-bending narratives that contain elements of surrealism, magic, or sci-fi. In non-fiction, Stephanie is seeking longform reportage and expert accounts of far-flung corners of the world. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars program, Stephanie considers herself a “hands-on” agent and is eager to work with debut authors who are serious about their craft.

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Literary
Nonfiction: Narrative, Pop Culture

Laura Gross, Laura Gross Literary

Laura Gross of the Newton Highlands, Massachusetts–based Laura Gross Literary Agency has been a literary agent for over 25 years. She represents a broad range of fiction and nonfiction writers. She is captivated by beautiful writing, loves learning, and is particularly interested in reading about history, politics, and current affairs, as well as novels about families, no matter where they’re set. After completing a degree in comparative literature at Brown University, she began her publishing career as an assistant at two leading New York literary agencies. She then became the youngest editor at one of New York’s oldest publishing houses. She had a brief foray outside of publishing—in film—but quickly returned to working with books and with writers who inspire her. She grew up in London, where she worked for a prominent literary agent as well as for three members of Parliament.

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Literary, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Nonfiction: Narrative, Current Events, History, Biography

Sandy Lu, L. Perkins Agency

Sandy Lu is a senior agent at the New York–based L. Perkins Agency. She represents literary and commercial fiction, young-adult fiction, and select nonfiction. Her clients include Stoker Award nominee Michael Boccacino, Kindle bestselling author Dot Hutchison, and New York Times Best of the Year recipient Randall Silvis. In fiction, she is looking for dark literary and commercial fiction, mystery, thriller, psychological horror, paranormal/urban fantasy, historical fiction, and YA.  In particular, she is looking for historical thrillers or mysteries set in Victorian times. In non-fiction, she is looking for narrative non-fiction, history, biography, pop science, pop psychology, pop culture (music/theatre/film), humor, and food writing. She is also actively searching for espionage fiction and non-fiction set in China between the two World Wars.

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Literary, Women’s, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Short Fiction, Historical, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Nonfiction: Narrative, History, Biography, Pop Culture, Science, Food Writing
Children’s: YA Fiction and Nonfiction,

Tanya McKinnon, McKinnon Literary

Tanya McKinnon is the co-founder of the McKinnon Literary where she represents New York Times Bestselling non-fiction, award-winning public intellectuals, award-winning children’s books, and New York Times bestselling graphic novels. She specializes in non-fiction that addresses cultural issues as well as gender, race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. She is most drawn to work that pushes political and cultural boundaries. This can be in categories such as history, sociology, psychology, anthropology, medicine, cultural criticism, memoir, popular culture, journalism, and sheer whimsy. She looks for story-driven fiction that takes us into the lives of complicated and deeply human characters.

Actively Seeking

Nonfiction: Narrative, History, Biography, Memoir, Pop Culture, Essays
Children’s: YA Fiction and Nonfiction, MG Fiction and Nonfiction

Christina Morgan, Serendipity Literary Agency

Christina Morgan has over a decade of professional book publishing experience, including editorial positions at Amistad/HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and as an agent for Curtis Brown Ltd. At Amistad she was a part of a team that published numerous New York Times bestsellers including Confessions of a Video Vixen, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. At HMH she worked with some of the world’s most esteemed authors including, Umberto Eco, Amos Oz, Gunter Grass and Alice Walker. 

Prior to working in book publishing she worked as a journalist, writing for numerous magazines and newspapers. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Columbia Publishing Course.  

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Literary, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Short Fiction
Nonfiction: Narrative, Current Events, History, Biography, Memoir, Pop Culture
Children’s: YA Fiction and Nonfiction, MG Fiction and Nonfiction, Early Reader

Bobby O’Neil, FinePrint Literary

Bobby O’Neil began his publishing career as an assistant at William Morris Endeavor, after taking on internships in both publishing houses and literary agencies. After two years at WME, he moved to Folio Literary Management where he worked in foreign rights. In 2019 he joined FinePrint as an Associate Agent and is currently developing his client list. Bobby is looking for middle grade and young adult fiction across the board ranging from the grounded to the fantastic. In adult fiction, he is primarily interested in fantasy and speculative fiction that push the conventions of the genre, and character-driven commercial fiction. For nonfiction, he loves a strong narrative and is especially partial to memoir and historical. He is drawn to powerful voices and unique points of view that tell the stories from underrepresented communities.

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Women’s, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Nonfiction: Narrative, History, Memoir, Pop Culture, Lifestyle
Children’s: YA Fiction and Nonfiction, MG Fiction and Nonfiction

Duvall Osteen, Aragi, Inc.

Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc., where she represents award winning fiction and non-fiction, and select graphic novels. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South, multi-generational storytelling, literary suspense, and new takes on socioeconomic issues. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern Cultural Studies from the University of Mississippi.

Actively Seeking

Fiction: Literary, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Nonfiction: Narrative, History, Biography

Kiele Raymond, Thompson Literary Agency

Kiele Raymond grew up on the New Hampshire seacoast. She began her publishing career at Simon & Schuster in 2009, contributing to multiple New York Times bestsellers at both Touchstone and Gallery Books. Five years later, she left New York to freelance and travel across Europe before settling happily back in Brooklyn. Kiele received her B.A. in Anthropology and English Literature from Johns Hopkins University and her M.A. in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. She joined TLA in 2017 to seek out bold new voices in literary fiction and is especially interested in writers from all corners who, in the words of Hermione Lee, stand at “an odd angle to the world.” Her clients include Peace Medie, Ari Braverman, Nichole Perkins, Tana Wojczuk, Miles Fuller, and Courtney Emerson, among others. 

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Literary, Women’s, Historical, Short Fiction
Nonfiction: Narrative, History, Biography

John Rudolph, Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret

John Rudolph joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2010 after twelve years as an acquiring children’s book editor. On the adult side, he is primarily interested in narrative nonfiction, especially in music, sports, history, popular science, “big think”, performing arts, health, business, memoir, military history, and humor. He reps a very limited amount of literary and commercial adult fiction as well. On the children’s side, he is keenly interested in middle-grade and young adult fiction, children’s nonfiction for all ages, and he would love to find the next great picture book author/illustrator.

Actively Seeking

Fiction: High Concept Commercial, Literary, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Graphic Novels
Nonfiction: Narrative, Current Events, History, Biography, Memoir, Pop Culture, Essays, Lifestyle, Family Parenting
Children’s: YA Fiction and Nonfiction, MG Fiction and Nonfiction, Early Reader, Picture Book