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Harvey Klinger Literary Agency·US

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Represents
literary fictionnear historical fictionnarrative non-fictionadventurepopular sciencehistory
+5 morepoliticscurrent affairssocial historymemoirbiography
Looking for
Query Letter, Synopsis, Author Bio, First Five Pages
How to submit
Email
Recently verified·Last verified: 2 May 2026

Wendy Levinson is a literary agent at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency based in US. Their list focuses on genres including literary fiction, near historical fiction, and narrative non-fiction. Currently open to submissions. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Wendy began her career on the editorial side of publishing at St. Martin's Press and HarperCollins, then worked in the motion picture business before joining literary agencies. She is a graduate of Amherst College and lives in Greenwich Village with her husband and two children.

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