Joshua Bilmes - Literary Agent Joshua Bilmes is the President and Founder of JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., a prominent agency specializing in science fiction and fantasy. As of September 2026, he is closed to unsolicited queries, with plans to reopen in 2027
About Joshua Bilmes
Joshua Bilmes is the President and founder of JABberwocky Literary Agency, which he established in 1994. He began his publishing career at Scott Meredith Literary Agency and has since built JABberwocky into an agency particularly well known for science fiction, fantasy, horror and other forms of genre fiction. His longtime clients include bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris and Grady Hendrix.
Bilmes represents science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, thrillers and other commercial and genre-blending fiction, along with selected nonfiction in areas such as history, popular culture, business, sports and entertainment. He looks for compelling storytelling across genre boundaries and encourages writers to include relevant information about themselves as well as their manuscripts when querying. He is currently closed to unsolicited queries through the end of 2026 and plans to reopen in the new year.
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Joshua Bilmes is the President and founder of JABberwocky Literary Agency, which he established in 1994 after beginning his publishing career at Scott Meredith Literary Agency. His path into publishing started in high school through his interest in science fiction and Analog magazine, which led to freelance reading work and eventually professional agenting. JABberwocky has since developed long-running relationships with major bestselling authors including Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris, Grady Hendrix, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Peter V. Brett, Jack Campbell, Elizabeth Moon, Simon R. Green, and Tanya Huff. Awful Agent
Although Bilmes is especially associated with science fiction and fantasy, his interests are broader and include horror, mystery, genre-blending fiction, and selected nonfiction, particularly entertainment-related subjects. He also scouts for new writers at conventions and emphasizes that a query should tell him something meaningful about both the manuscript and the author.