If you’ve been looking for a literary agent to represent your work, you might feel overwhelmed by the myriad possibilities.

To help narrow the field, we’ve been spending time on QueryTracker looking at who’s actively building their lists and responding to queries. The result is this roundup of literary agents currently on our radar—agents worth a closer look as you get ready to query.

Marisa Corvisiero

Founder and CEO at Corvisiero Literary Agency. QueryTracker deemed her the most queried and also most responsive agent in their system. She’s been an agent for 17 years and focuses mainly on romance, women’s fiction, thrillers, adventure, paranormal, fantasy and urban fantasy, science fiction, YA, children’s books, and non-fiction. Authors she’s represented include James Dashner, Carly Phillips, and Tish Rabe. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Laura Rennert

An executive agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency, and comes in as the second most queried and most responsive agent on QueryTracker. She’s been with her agency for 28 years and is open to queries two weeks of every month. She specializes in children’s books, but also looks for genre fiction—thrillers, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, and speculative fiction. Authors she’s represented include Shannon Messenger, Claudia Gray, Joe Hart, and M.J. Hastings. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Cameron McClure

A literary agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency, and among the top ten most queried and most responsive agents on QueryTracker. She’s been with her agency for 22 years, and she specializes in speculative fiction. She is interested in seeing science-fiction and fantasy, mystery and suspense, horror, and projects with multi-cultural, international, environmental, and LGBTQIA+ themes. Some of her clients include Robert McCammon, Robert Jackson Bennett, Jo Walton, S.B. Divya, and Ruthanna Emrys. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Sandy Lu

Founder and sole agent at Book Wyrm Literary Agency, and among the top ten most queried and most responsive agents on QueryTracker. She founded the agency in 2020 after a decade working at other agencies. She is looking for historical fiction, paranormal fiction, and nonfiction related to science or history. Authors she’s represented include Jeneva Rose, Heather Levy, and Randall Silvis. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Haley Casey

An associate agent at Creative Media Agency and among the top ten most queried and most responsive agents on QueryTracker. She’s been an agent for six years, and focuses on women’s fiction, grounded genre fiction, romance, book club fiction, and nonfiction. Authors she’s represented include Stephanie Campisi, Emma Duval, Isabella Ford, S.G. Prince, and Alli Vail. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Melanie Figueroa

A literary agent at Root Literary and among the top ten most queried and most responsive agents on QueryTracker. She’s been an agent for 10 years and is looking for general fiction, mystery, romance, suspense/thriller, fantasy/science fiction, and juvenile fiction. Authors she’s represented include Natalie Sue, Nataly Gruender, Amelia Diane Coomb, Kim Neville, and Kelly Hill. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Michaela Whatnall

A literary agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret and among the top ten most queried and most responsive agents on QueryTracker. She’s been an agent for seven years and is mostly interested in middle grade, YA, upmarket adult fiction, and grounded fantasy. Authors she’s represented include Jenna Miller, Sophie Wan, Jasminne Paulino, and Kika Hatzopoulou. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Amanda Jain

A literary agent at BookEnds and in the top ten most responsive agent list on QueryTracker. She’s been at her agency for 10 years and represents adult romance, mystery/crime/thrillers, upmarket and book club fiction, horror, and science fiction & fantasy. Authors she’s represented include Anna Kaling, Emily Sullivan, and Briar Boleyn. For her submission guidelines, visit here.

Lauren Khan

An associate agent at FinePrint Literary Management and in the top ten most responsive agent list on QueryTracker. She’s been an agent for one year, and she’s looking for adult and YA commercial fiction, women’s fiction, romance, mysteries, thrillers, and non-fiction. Authors she’s represented include Kym Dehoney and Stephanie Kreml. For her submission guidelines, visit here.