Harvey Klinger Literary Agency is an active agency representing a diverse range of fiction and nonfiction authors. The agency is currently open to submissions.
About Harvey Klinger
Harvey received his M.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. He began his publishing career at Doubleday where he expected to become the next Max Perkins among editors. Instead, he left and worked for a literary agent for eighteen months and began forming his first client list. A two-year stint followed in association with an independent publicist. Harvey created his own independent operation in October, 1977 and has never looked back. He personally loves great adult commercial and literary fiction; and in non-fiction, books with a strong narrative voice in all disciplines, but written by an author who already has an established professional platform in one’s field of expertise.
He does not personally accept submissions for science fiction, fantasy, or children’s books and those submissions should not be sent directly to him.
Harvey Klinger Submission Guidelines
We are always interested in considering new clients, both published and unpublished. Bear in mind, however, that we take on only a very small number of new authors in any given year.
Make your submission letter to the point and as brief as possible. We recommend including a short synopsis of your work, an author bio, and the first five pages of your manuscript (pasted into the body of your email, no attachments please).
We are currently accepting submissions sent via email. We do not respond to queries sent by regular mail. Under no circumstances should a full-length manuscript be submitted unless requested, and we will not read unrequested email attachments.
We are currently not accepting submissions of previously self-published material.
Note: Due to the high volume of e-mail queries Harvey Klinger receives, he will only respond to those in which he is genuinely interested.
Hints
Do not query more than one agent at Harvey Klinger, Inc. at a time. Do not attempt to query via phone. Do not send us your screenplays. While we do handle film rights for our clients, we do not accept screenplay submissions.