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Literary agents who want books like Gideon the Ninth

14 agents have named Gideon the Ninth as a comparable title on their wishlist, and 7 are open to queries. If you’re pitching something in this lane, these are the agents to know. Always confirm an agent’s submission window before you query.

14 agents7 open to queries
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Allegra Martschenko
BookEnds
Open to queries

This is Allegra's broadest and most passionate category, and their definition of 'speculative' is intentionally wide: fantasy, science fiction, fabulism, horror

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Bridget Smith
JABberwocky Literary Agency
Open to queries

This is the center of gravity for her list. She gravitates toward the literary end of the genre spectrum — voice and character come before plot mechanics, and w

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John Baker
Bell Lomax Moreton Agency
Open to queries

He has a genuine appetite for work that resists genre labels entirely — books that leave editors simultaneously confused and electrified. The test is whether a

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Lee O'Brien
Looking Glass Literary & Media
Open to queries

O'Brien wants fantasy across all age groups and across the tonal spectrum — from vast, world-built secondary-world epics to quieter, grounded stories where magi

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Maeve MacLysaght
Aevitas Creative Management
Open to queries

MacLysaght is hunting for dark, layered adult speculative fiction with real literary texture—think necromantic or body-horror aesthetics, queer villains who are

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Paula Weiman
ASH Literary
Open to queries

Wants second-world and contemporary fantasy with unique magic systems and efficient world-building — no invented-language vocabulary required to follow along. S

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Rose Ferrao
P.S. Literary Agency
Open to queries

Ferrao is looking for romantasy that earns both halves of its label — meaning serious worldbuilding and plot alongside genuine romantic chemistry, not one at th

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Fabienne Schwizer
Ki Agency
Closed

Beyond horror and romance, she is open to the full speculative range in adult fiction — fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, folklore-infused work, gothic

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Hannah Fergesen
KT Literary
Status unverified

This is clearly Hannah's highest-priority adult category. They want fully realized secondary-world fantasy with intellectual ambition, grounded narratives that

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Jennifer Jackson
Donald Maass Literary Agency
Closed

Grounded SF and futurism are front-of-mind priorities, as is space opera. Jackson wants work that earns its ideas — speculative premises that feel inevitable on

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Jon Cobb
HG Literary
Status unverified

He is actively seeking fantasy and speculative fiction that draws on non-European folklore, mythology, and cosmology—African, Filipino, South Asian, and other t

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Kurestin Armada
Root Literary
Closed

Armada's middle-grade appetite is broad but specific: voice-driven mysteries with series potential, upmarket stories with a vivid sense of place, humor-forward

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Lisa Abellera
Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Closed

This is where Abellera's most recent and most competitive deal-making lives. She wants fiction rooted in non-Western cultures — particularly Asian and AAPI-insp

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Tamara Kawar
DeFiore and Company
Closed

A well-documented strength backed by confirmed sales. For science fiction, she wants space opera, post-apocalyptic fiction, grounded speculative work, and ident

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