Science Fiction, or SciFi, books are a big market in the book publishing industry. If you are writing one you know that getting the right literary agent, one that has a specialty in the Sci Fi fiction division, is crucial to your book’s success or failure.
Science Fiction tends to deal with technology, robots, aliens, intergalatic mission, etc… This is the genre that made Isaac Asimov famous. Writers in this field include Charles De Lint, Phillip K Dick, Terry Pratchett, and Kim Stanley Robinson. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series shows how well the interweavings of different world maps and characters can come together and have a near cult like following. Star Trek, Star Wars, and any of the other Map based “other worlds” are in this category. It is a growing field that once was just privy to “basement dwelling geeks who read in between rounds of Dungeons and Dragons”… now it is everywhere and a huge market.
Publishers of Sci Fi include this very well respected list of companies:
Harcourt Trade Publishers, Polaris, HarperCollinsPublishers Australia , Victor Gollancz, Knopf, Avon Eos Books, Baen Books, Bantam Spectra Books, Del Rey Books, HarperCollins UK Voyager, The Science Fiction Book Club, Simon & Schuster , Orbit, Pyr, Firebird, House of Stratus, Hodder Headline, DAW Books, Chaosium, HarperPrism, Penguin Putnam, Tor Books, Warner Aspect Books, White Wolf, TSR, Scholastic Books.Below are literary agents that all deal with Sci Fi fiction and are all, at the time of this article’s writing, taking submissions and queries. Each literary agent is profiled with contact information and the other genres they represent. Polish off that query, make that hook the best it can be, and good luck in your quest for representation.
Robin Rue
Writers House
21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
rrue@writershouse.com
(No Email Queries, please)
Represents Sci Fi, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, YA, Thrillers, and Suspense.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Ginger Clark
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Ten Astor Place, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10003
gc@cbltd.com
Represents Sci Fi, Chick Lit, Mystery, Horror, Fantasy, Romance, YA, Children’s, Middle Grade, and Pop Culture.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Jane Chelius
Jane Chelius Literary Agency
548 Second Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
jane@janechelius.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, Commercial Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Women’s Fiction, Romance, Thrillers, Suspense, Humor and Satire, Science, How to, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nature and Ecology.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Shana Cohen
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc.
381 Park Avenue South, Suite 914
New York, NY 10016
sc@skagency.com
Represents Sci Fi, Mystery, Fantasy, and YA.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Michael Congdon
Don Congdon Associates, Inc.
156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625
New York, NY 10010
dca@doncongdon.com
Represents Sci Fi, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Biography, and Fantasy.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Jean Naggar
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc.
216 East 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
jnaggar@jvnla.com
(No Email Queries, please)
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, True Crime, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Adventure, and Multi Cultural.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Michael Psaltis
Psaltis Literary
New York, NY 10040
michael@mpsaltis.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Thrillers, Suspense, Short Stories, Food and Lifestyle, Science, Cookbooks, Narrative Nonfiction, Health and Fitness.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Ethan Ellenberg
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
548 Broadway, #5E
New York, NY 10012
agent@ethanellenberg.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, True Crime, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Women’s Fiction, Romance, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, YA, Thrillers, Suspense, Children’s, Multi-Cultural, Biography, Science, Memoirs, Adventure, and True Story.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Evan Marshall
Evan Marshall Agency
Six Tristam Place
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
evanmarshall@TheNovelist.com
(No Email Queries, please)
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, Chick Lit, True Crime, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Women’s Fiction, Romance, Family Saga, YA, Thrillers, and Suspense.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Jennifer Jackson
Donald Maass Literary Agency
121 West 27th Street, Suite 801
New York, NY 10001
jjackson@maassagency.com
Represents Sci Fi, Chick Lit, True Crime, Mystery, Christian, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Women’s Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, YA, Thrillers, Suspense, Multi-Cultural, Military or Espionage, and Offbeat or Quirky.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Rachel Vater
Lowenstein-Yost Associates
121 West 27th Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10001
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, Chick Lit, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Thrillers, Suspense, Spirituality, Business, Women’s Issues, Narrative Nonfiction, Finance, Psychology, Health and Fitness, and Cultural Social Issues.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency
Lori Perkins
L. Perkins Agency
5800 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
lperkinsagency@yahoo.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, True Crime, Horror, Fantasy, Humor and Satire, Thrillers, Suspense, Gay and Lesbian, Erotica, Drama and Music, Art, Dating and Relationships, Women’s Issues, Pop Culture, Narrative Nonfiction, Film and Entertainment, Humor, and Home Design.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
Kirsten Wolf
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
244 Fifth Avenue, Floor 11
New York, NY 10001
kirsten@grinbergliterary.com
(No Email Queries, please)
Represents Sci Fi, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Erotica, Multi Cultural, Romance, YA, Children’s, Middle Grade, History, Biography, Food and Lifestyle, Science, Cookbooks, Spirituality, Pop Culture, Health and Fitness, Humor, and Technology.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.
