Joy Tutela, Literary Agent Joy Tutela is an active literary agent at the David Black Literary Agency, open to queries through her Manuscript Wishlist page.
A member of AAR, Joy Tutela has been with the David Black Literary Agency since 1998.
Joy represents various genres of books, including projects in the following categories: narrative nonfiction, science, health, memoir, history, politics, self-help, investment, business, women’s and LGBTQ+ issues, parenting, humor, craft, cooking, lifestyle and entertainment, commercial and literary fiction, and middle grade and young adult.
She represents the New York Times bestselling authors Maggie Smith, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, Jenny Sanford, cartoonist Bob Eckstein, and Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin’s Catification. She also represents the New York Times bestselling Atkins series, as well as David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim’s bestselling Intellectual Devotional series. Joy’s other bestselling authors include Stephen Puleo, Lisa J. Edwards, Kim Sunée, and Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne.
Submissions
At this time, no paper query submissions will be accepted. Any materials sent to us by mail will not be read or returned. We also do not accept queries over the phone.
TO QUERY THE AGENCY:
The below agents are currently accepting new queries, please visit their individual pages to get a better sense of what kind of material they are looking to represent. Some agents might have more specific instructions for what to submit, but if they do not, then please send a short and concise letter to the email of the specific agent that you would like to query. This query letter should briefly describe your book, include information about any previously published works, and describe your intended audience.
Remember that this letter is our introduction to your work and who you are as an author and, if applicable, an expert in your field. If someone kindly referred you to us, please do let us know.
For nonfiction queries, please attach a proposal of your book. For fiction queries, the first several chapters should suffice.
Please only query one agent at a time. Usually, if the agent that you have queried is not interested but thinks that someone else in the agency might be, they will pass your material along.
Please also note that we do not work with projects that have been created by AI, or where AI has been heavily used throughout the creative process. Storytelling is an art-form best done by humans, and we reserve the right to run any query we receive through an AI detector.