Henry Thayer is an active literary agent at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.
Henry is currently open to submissions.
Represents: Biography, history, current affairs, international relations, politics, the arts and sciences, sports, popular culture, literary fiction, genre fiction (especially novels bridging literary and genre)
About Henry Thayer
Henry Thayer is a literary agent at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents. He is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents (member since 2012) with more than ten years of industry experience. Public deal announcements credit him with representing authors including Dean W. Ball, David M. Sacks, and Charles Wilkinson.
Thayer primarily represents nonfiction—biography, history, current affairs, international relations, politics, the arts and sciences, sports, and popular culture—along with literary and genre fiction, especially novels that bridge the two. His interests include American history, popular music, film, and basketball.
He looks for engaging stories that make complex ideas accessible and bold arguments that challenge conventional wisdom, as well as new, compelling voices in fiction.
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From the Henry Thayer Submission Guidelines:
Query by email only. Email a query of no more than two pages, including a compelling overview of the project, author information, and writing credits.
Address queries to the specific Brandt & Hochman agent you would like to consider your work. As of the agency’s March 2020 notice, mailed query letters are not accepted until further notice; send queries via email.
Responses are not guaranteed, and no response deadline or explicit one-agent-at-a-time rule is published.
Current Wishlist:
Engaging nonfiction that makes complex ideas accessible to the curious reader, and bold arguments that challenge conventional wisdom. New, compelling voices in literary and genre fiction, especially novels that bridge the gap between the two. Interests include American history, popular music, film, and basketball, alongside biography, history, current affairs, international relations, politics, the arts and sciences, sports, and popular culture.