4 Literary Agents for Non-Fiction Writers

Have a book waiting to be published stashed away in your closet or somewhere in your hard drive? Contact these agents who specialize in non fiction books with your proposal.

Before you settle on any agent make sure:

• They are member of Association of Authors' Representatives(AAR) or any reputed industry organization
• Have a demonstrated work history
• Clear payment terms

The Sagalyn Agency: Accepts queries by email only, send it with a cover letter as body of the email and not as an attachment. Bestsellers of Sagalyn Agency include: The Whole New Mind (Penguin), Homo Politicus (Doubleday) and Happier (McGraw-Hill).

Send query at: query@sagalyn.com

Website: http://www.sagalyn.com/index.htm

Address: 4922 Fairmont Avenue, Suite 200, Bethesda MD 20814

Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency: Send queries/proposal via snail mail with a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) only and not as an email.

Send query at: 440 West End Ave. #15D, New York, NY 10024

Email: rrosenkranz@mindspring.com

Carol Mann Agency: Prefers queries/proposal via snail mail, also accepts email queries. Carol Mann Agency's writers include: Tim Egan, Mona Charen, and Fox Butterfield.

Send query at: 55 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Email: submissions@carolmannagency.com

Linda Konner Literary Agency: Send query with SASF via post. Linda Konner Agency has sold books to publishers like Perseus Publishing, Doubleday and Ballantine.

Send query: 10 W 15^th St. Suite 1918, New York NY 10011

Email:ldkonner@cs.com