Agent profile summary
- Represents
- adult fictionliterary fictioncommercial fictionthrillersmysterybook club fiction
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historical fictionnarrative nonfictionmemoirwomen's issuescross-cultural nonfictionhistoryhumorquirky nonfiction - Looking for
- Liza Dawson specializes in smart, plot-driven bestselling fiction; memorable, confidently written literary fiction; page-turning thrillers with spycraft, foreign intrigue, or unusual careers; mysteries with brainy detectives; literary fiction for book clubs; and breakout historical novels. In nonfiction she is drawn to cross-cultural and women's issues by experts, narrative history, memoirs about escape from closed or repressive societies, and books by journalists and poets making sense of place, race, the environment, Wall Street, Washington, or the South.
- How to submit
- Liza Dawson is currently closed to queries according to her official profile. Her profile says to send only a query letter in the body of the email to queryliza@lizadawsonassociates.com, and the agency submissions page says to query only one Liza Dawson Associates agent at a time.
Last checked 6 Jul 2026·Last verified: 6 Jul 2026