Gail Hochman, Literary Agent Gail Hochman is an active literary agent at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc., open to queries via email.
About Gail Hochman
Gail Hochman developed her career by representing what she loves most to read: works of literary fiction, idea-driven non-fiction, literary memoir and children’s books. Her authors’ works have become bestselling novels, successful films and television series, and international publishing phenomena, and have earned their authors prizes ranging from the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and PEN/Faulkner Award to the Guggenheim Fellowship, Lambda Literary Award, and the Caldecott and Newbery Medals.
Gail has taught a class in the role of the literary agent at NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and she is active in numerous charities and foundations which support the needs of women and children in New York City and the writing community. Throughout her tenure as President of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, she has helped the organization to develop more effective educational programs for its member agents and to serve as an advocate for authors’ rights. Query by email only.
Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. represents fiction and non-fiction for the general trade market. We work with literary and commercial fiction, mystery/thriller, memoir, narrative non-fiction, journalism, history, current affairs, books on health, science, popular culture, lifestyle, and art history, and children’s books.
We do not handle screenplays or textbooks.
We accept queries by email and regular mail; however, we cannot guarantee a response to queries. For queries via regular mail, be sure to include a self-addressed stamped envelope for our reply. Query letters should be no more than two pages and should include a convincing overview of the book project and information about the author and his or her writing credits. Unsolicited query inquiries are not accepted by phone.
Address queries to the specific Brandt & Hochman agent whom you would like to consider your work. Agent email addresses and query preferences may be found at the end of each agent profile on the AGENTS page of this website.
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Query letters should be no more than two pages and should include a convincing overview of the book project and information about the author and their writing credits.