The Book Group is an active, full-service literary agency based in New York and is currently open to unsolicited submissions.
The agency was founded in 2015 by longtime publishing professionals Julie Barer, Faye Bender, Brettne Bloom, and Elisabeth Weed.
The Book Group Submission Guidelines
Submitting Your Work to The Book Group
The agency represents a broad range of literary and commercial work, including fiction, thrillers, fantasy, horror, young adult and children’s books, narrative nonfiction, memoir, journalism, cookbooks, and illustrated projects. The Book Group also handles foreign rights and works with film and television adaptations of its clients’ books.
Before submitting to The Book Group
The Market List recommends you verify the market is active and accepting submissions before sending your manuscript via regular mail. You may verify a market status by either visiting their website, calling their listed phone number, or confirming via regular mail that the market is still active before sending them your work.
To be sure your submission is appropriate for this market, we recommend you familiarize yourself with The Book Group by reading a sample issue before submitting.
If you have recently submitted to The Book Group or have experience with this market, please submit a comment below. Recent submission response times are always welcome and helpful to other writers.
Market Type: Literary Agency
From the Guidelines
The Book Group accepts electronic queries only at submissions@thebookgroup.com.
Writers should choose an agent from the agency’s team, address the query to that agent, include the agent’s name in the subject line, and paste the first 10 pages beneath the query letter in the body of the email.
Attachments are not accepted