Matthew Bialer, Literary Agent Matthew Bialer is an active literary agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, open to queries.
Matt has been in the publishing community since 1985, and worked at two major literary agencies before joining the Greenburger team in 2003.
He represents fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, and mysteries as well as a select group of literary writers, and also loves smart narrative nonfiction including books about current events, popular culture, biography, history, music, race, and sports. While his list includes many veteran bestselling authors including Patrick Rothfuss and Tad Williams, he also enjoys finding unique new voices.
Submitting to Matthew Bailer:
To submit your work:
Please send query letter in the body of your email to querymb@sjga.com, and then send the following as an attachment: the first three chapters of your book (for fiction) or your complete book proposal (for nonfiction).
No snail-mail queries will be accepted.
Due to the high volume of submissions that Matt receives, he is unable to respond personally to each individual query.
If you do not hear back within eight weeks, it means that Matt is declining the opportunity to represent your work.
Hints
Include 'Query: [your book’ title] by [your name]' in the subject line.