The original online writers' market resource — established 1994
The Market List Writers' Markets & Literary Agents Established 1994

Dorian Karchmar

Verified 8/23/2026

Open to Submissions

1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

Commercial fiction, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Biography, Food & Lifestyle, Women's Issues

Dorian Karchmar, Literary Agent 1325 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Commercial fiction, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Biography, Food & Lifestyle, Women's Issues

William Morris Endeavor

Dorian has been a Partner-agent at WME since 2005. Raised by refugee parents in New York City, Dorian holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa, and lives in upper Manhattan with her husband and two teenagers.

Expertise

Dorian focuses on literary and crossover fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Some of the writers with whom she works are: Amor Towles; Tressie McMillan Cottom; the late Paul Kalanithi; Daniel James Brown; Beth Macy; Heather McGhee; and Jacqueline Woodson.

She seeks material that feels both highly relevant and timeless, executed with a distinctive voice, structural mastery, and emotional depth. She collaborates closely with writers to build enduring careers.

For your query

For fiction projects, please send your query and the first 10 pages of your manuscript. For nonfiction projects, please just send the query letter, no sample pages needed.

Find Agents