Hillary Jacobson is an active literary agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) She is currently accepting submissions via email.
About Hillary Jacobson
Hillary Jacobson is a literary agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where she represents a broad range of adult and young adult fiction along with select nonfiction. She began her agenting career at ICM Partners in 2015 and joined CAA in 2022 following CAA's acquisition of ICM. Her interests span literary, upmarket and commercial fiction, romance, family sagas, speculative fiction, suspense, thriller, horror, young adult and memoir.
Jacobson is particularly drawn to emotionally resonant stories, complicated female characters, sweeping family and relationship narratives, high-concept premises, and fiction that combines strong storytelling with cultural or social insight. She enjoys speculative work with a touch of magic, dark and character-driven suspense, upmarket romance and rom-coms, and stories from underrepresented perspectives or settings outside the United States. She is currently accepting submissions by email.
Hillary Jacobson — Literary Agent
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Hillary Jacobson is currently accepting submissions by email at hillary.jacobson@caa.com. Send a query or pitch along with the first 10 pages of the manuscript pasted directly into the body of the email.
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