Lynn Nesbit is co-founder and a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit Associates.
About Lynn Nesbit
Lynn Nesbit began her publishing career at the Sterling Lord Agency in 1960 and later established and led the literary department at the agency that became International Creative Management. In 1989, she joined Morton Janklow to establish Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Over her career, Nesbit has represented many prominent and award-winning authors and has received several honors for her contributions to publishing and literature.
Nesbit represents both fiction and nonfiction. Her client list has included writers and public figures such as Robert A. Caro, Joan Didion, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ronan Farrow, Andrew Sean Greer, Maaza Mengiste, Jayne Anne Phillips, Richard Price, Gay Talese, and Tom Wolfe. She remains an active member of the Janklow & Nesbit literary team.
Lynn Nesbit — Literary Agent
Submitting Your Work to Lynn Nesbit
Janklow & Nesbit accepts submissions by email only and does not accept submissions written with artificial intelligence.
For fiction, send an informative description, a brief synopsis, and the first ten pages. Include the sample pages in the body of the email below your query.
For nonfiction, send an informative description, a full outline, and the first ten pages of the manuscript. Include the sample pages in the body of the email below your query.
For picture books, send an informative description, a full outline, a picture book dummy, and at least one full-color sample. Attach the dummy as a PDF and the full-color samples as JPEGs or PDFs.
For graphic novels, send ten illustrated pages with text as a PDF attachment and include a synopsis in the body of the email below your query.
Direct your submission to an individual agent and send your materials to submissions@janklow.com.
Due to the volume of submissions received, the agency cannot respond to every query and will contact writers if interested in pursuing a submission.
Before querying Lynn Nesbit
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