2009 Guide To Literary Agents (Guide to Literary Agents)

I wish that I would have had a guide like this when I published my last book.

The information is accurate, well organized and very helpful.

See also:

How to Get a Literary Agent

How to Write a Great Query Letter

While I prefer the Jeff Herman book (hence 4 stars for this not 5), this is nonetheless a vital tool for anyone who wants to be an author, and I know people who have succeeded in getting a literary agent (and, even more important, published by good publishers) as a result of buying it. In fact why not get both this book and Jeff Herman's and see if you end up getting published! I owe my literary career to my agents and no decent author can get on without one. Christopher Catherwood (author of CHURCHILL'S FOLLY on Churchill's creation of Iraq in 1921- which had an agent)