Danielle Bukowski is an active literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. She is currently open to submissions.
Represents: Literary Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Book Club Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Saga, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, LGBTQ+ Fiction, Multicultural Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction
About Danielle Bukowski
Danielle Bukowski is a literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc., where she has worked since 2014. She represents literary and upmarket fiction, genre-bending commercial fiction, speculative fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Her clients have received honors including Lambda Literary Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, Hugo Awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and National Book Award 5 Under 35 recognition.
Bukowski is particularly interested in distinctive voices, high-concept premises, stylish prose, unusual settings, and fiction that blends literary and genre elements. She enjoys weird and surreal stories, historical fiction that speaks to the present, inventive family sagas, light horror, and work rooted in unusual communities or workplaces. In nonfiction, she seeks deeply researched narrative projects that use specific subjects or personal experience to illuminate larger cultural and social questions.
Danielle Bukowski
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Queries should be emailed to danielle@sll.com
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About Danielle Bukowski:
Danielle Bukowski is the foreign rights manager and an associate agent at Sterling Lord Literistic. She is looking for literary fiction, smart bookclub fiction, upmarket fiction, and select nonfiction.
Submission Guidelines Details for Danielle Bukowski
Bukowski’s current wishlist emphasizes strong voice, high-concept premises, stylish prose, unusual settings, historical fiction that resonates with the present, weird or surreal elements, and characters who feel vividly real. Her June 2026 wishlist specifically mentions feminist westerns, lightly altered versions of our world, obscure or non-Western retellings, light horror, haunted apartments, innovative family sagas, unusual workplaces, road trips, and transit-centered stories.
Market Types Represented: Commercial Fiction, History, Journalism, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Travel, Women's Fiction
Email: danielle@sll.com
Accepts: Commercial Fiction, History, Journalism, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Travel, Women's Fiction
Web Address: www.sll.com
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