How To Snag a Young Adult Book Agent: Where to Target Your Queries

YA (Young Adult) 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 YA division, is crucial to your book's success or failure. Below are literary agents that all deal with YA 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.

Daniel Lazar
Writers House
21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
dlazar@writershouse.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Mystery, Commercial Fiction, Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction, YA, Thrillers, Suspense, Gay and Lesbian, Middle Grade, Graphic Novels, Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, and Humor.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.

Faye Bender
Faye Bender Literary Agency
337 West 76th Street, #E1
New York, NY 10023
Fayebender@fbliterary.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction, YA, Thrillers, Suspense, Childrens, Middle Grade, Biography, Science, Self Help, Memoirs, Women's Issues, Pop Culture, and Health and Fitness.
They are currently accepting queries at this agency.

Kristin Nelson
Nelson Literary Agency, LLC
1732 Wazee Street, Suite 207
Denver, CO 80202
query@nelsonagency.com
Represents Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Women's Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, YA, Multi-Cultural, Middle Grades, Memoirs, and Narrative Nonfiction.
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.