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Literary agents who want books like Hamnet

8 agents have named Hamnet as a comparable title on their wishlist, and 6 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.

8 agents6 open to queries
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Ciara Finan
Curtis Brown Group
Open to queries

She loves rich, transporting historical novels — immersive rather than dry, character-led rather than purely event-driven. Her taste stretches from literary his

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Danielle Egan-Miller
Browne & Miller Literary Associates
Open to queries

She has a specific and enthusiastic appetite here: fictionalized real figures, sweeping love stories, a dash of mystery or suspense, Old Hollywood settings, and

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Jenny Bent
The Bent Agency
Open to queries

Bent consistently closes major and pre-empt deals in adult fiction — historical fiction (particularly WWII-set), women's fiction with emotional depth, and liter

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Katie Grimm
Curtis Brown
Open to queries

Grimm's core territory. They want fiction with a singular voice and strong emotional stakes — contemporary, historical, speculative, and mysterious all qualify,

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Laura Crockett
Triada US Literary Agency
Open to queries

In the adult market specifically, Crockett is looking for historical fiction that surfaces a perspective or angle that feels fresh rather than well-trodden. Her

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Meg Wheeler
Westwood Creative Artists
Open to queries

Wheeler's broadest and most active category. The key criterion is that fiction must be set in the real world — present, past, or near-future — rather than a ful

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Kendyll Drilling
Corvisiero Literary Agency
Closed

The 1900 cutoff is firm — she prefers eras before heavy industrialization. Crucially, the historical setting must be structurally load-bearing: the time and pla

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Rach Crawford
Wolf Literary
Closed

Crawford gravitates toward intimate, single-consciousness novels—what she calls 'burrowing deep into one captivating weirdo'—rather than sprawling ensemble cast

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