Alexa Stark is a Senior Literary Agent at Writers House.
She joined Writers House in 2022 after ten years at Trident Media Group. She is open to submissions.
About Alexa Start
Alexa Stark is a Senior Literary Agent at Writers House, where she represents literary and upmarket fiction along with select nonfiction. She joined Writers House in 2022 following ten years at Trident Media Group and previously worked at Curtis Brown. Her authors have been recognized by honors including the PEN/Faulkner Award, National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35, Lambda Literary Award, Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.
Stark is drawn to bold, distinctive voices and fiction that combines strong literary writing with compelling storytelling. Her interests include relationship-driven fiction, coming-of-age stories, historical fiction with a modern edge, speculative and surreal work, elevated suspense, social thrillers, and smart book-club fiction. Her nonfiction interests include memoir, cultural criticism, popular science, psychology, parenting, and women’s issues. She is currently open to email queries.
Alexa Start — Literary Agent
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Submission Details for Alexa Start
Alexa's submission instructions vary slightly from the Writers House general submission guidelines:
Send a query letter to astark@writershouse.com with the first five pages of the manuscript pasted into the body of the email.