Dunow, Carlson, and Lerner Literary Agency

Literary fiction, upmarket fiction, narrative non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Veronica Goldstein is drawn to distinctive voices with a fresh story to tell and a strong sense of urgency, especially Americans whose stories have been underrepresented in publishing and international writers. She represents narrative and personally-driven nonfiction about feminism, pop culture, science, technology, politics, and the natural world, as well as literary and upmarket fiction with an original, contemporary voice and can't-put-it-down storytelling.

Please email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. You are encouraged to address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, nonfiction, narrative nonfiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Giuliana Vasile is an avid fiction reader with a deep appreciation for transportive novels that inspire a sense of romance in the modern age. In nonfiction she is drawn to fresh narrative voices and books that foster and satiate curiosity.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of the manuscript below the letter. Address the email to Giuliana Vasile if she is the intended agent. DCL permits submitting to more than one agent at a time if the query letter indicates which agents are being queried. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, non-fiction, children's

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

She is often drawn to voice-driven writing with a sense of playfulness or sharpness, strong geographical sensibility, or work that thoughtfully explores culture, recent history, or current human experience.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Encourage addressing email to a specific agent. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Eleanor Jackson represents authors of fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of categories, including literary, upmarket and commercial fiction, memoir, essays, food, science and history. She loves narrative nonfiction with a strong voice and outsider perspective, and novels with great storytelling and deeply imagined worlds. She looks for writers who span genres and take risks with their work.

Please email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. We encourage you to address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, children's, young adult, non-fiction

Query Letter, First Ten Pages

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Children's fiction, young adult fiction, genre fiction, speculative fiction, non-fiction, illustration

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Susan Graham represents illustrators across format and age categories, genre and speculative fiction, select nonfiction, and children's and young adult prose. They are very interested in children's and young adult nonfiction.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, horror, romance, literary fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Ambitious worldbuilding, strong voices, fast-paced plotting, cross-genre elements, dark romance, and anything slightly unhinged.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

She represents nonfiction of all kinds, including photography, humor, pop culture, history, memoir, investigative journalism/current events, and science. On the fiction side, she seeks out novels that pay equal attention to voice and plot.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first 10 pages

In nonfiction, she is interested in bold contemporary voices, extraordinary untold stories, investigative journalism, pop culture, biography, memoir that often blends personal narrative with cultural analysis, food writing, and narrative nonfiction projects. In fiction, she is looking for voice- and character-driven novels, especially upmarket or literary fiction that resonates emotionally.

Please email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Fiction, non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

She has a soft spot for dark, literary fiction, and is on the lookout for writing that immediately draws her in, bold voices, unlikeable narrators, and stories that linger.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Literary fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, narrative non-fiction, biography, memoir, current affairs, cultural criticism, science, sports, children's

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

He works primarily with quality fiction – literary, historical, strongly written commercial – and with voice-driven nonfiction across a range of areas including narrative history, biography, memoir, current affairs, cultural trends and criticism, science, and sports.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Non-fiction, literary fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Erin primarily works with authors of nonfiction and select literary fiction for adults, with special interest in memoir, secret histories, music biography and pop culture, science, humor, cultural criticism, and untold stories of all kinds.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to the specific agent. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate which agents you are querying.

Children's

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

He is keen to develop partnerships with authors and artists who wish to look beyond the obvious and strive for the exceptional.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

He seeks exclusively nonfiction, including promising, eloquent, scholarly authors with general readership cross-over potential in all fields of history (American, European, Indigenous, Asian, African) as well as psychology, the environment, and biography.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to the specific agent you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Non-fiction, fiction

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

Lerner represents non-fiction writers in the areas of science, psychology, history, cultural studies, true crime and memoir.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com, and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to a specific agent who you think might be the right fit. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but please indicate in your letter which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.

Literary fiction, commercial fiction, speculative fiction, magical realism, mystery, suspense, memoir, pop culture, science, social commentary

Wants: Query letter, first ten pages

She is looking for upmarket fiction, both literary and commercial, with dynamic characters and elevated language, enjoying elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, mystery, and suspense. In nonfiction, she seeks unusual personal narratives, pop culture and science, and social commentary.

Email query letters to mail@dclagency.com and paste the first ten pages of your manuscript below your letter. Address your email to the specific agent. Submitting to more than one agent at a time is permitted, but indicate which agents you are querying. Emails with attachments will not be opened.