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James Mustelier

The Bent Agency

Submission status
Closed
Submission route
QueryTracker
Response time
Assume no reply = no after 4 weeks
Last checked
2 days ago

About

James is a Literary Agent and Editorial Consultant at The Bent Agency.

He joined the agency in 2019 after completing his MFA at the City College of New York, where he edited the literary journal, Promethean. Since then, he has worked both as an agent and an editorial consultant.

Genres

Commercial FictionFantasyHorrorLiterary FictionMysteryNarrative Non-FictionScience Fiction

Looking for

  • high concept literary and genre fiction that he can co-rep with his colleague Jenny Bent
  • compact horror and mysteries with unique hooks and intricate plotting
  • atmospheric thrillers and suspense novels with a strong sense of place
  • unique fantasy/romantasy
  • authors who have successfully been working in the indie space and are now looking to transition into traditional or hybrid publishing
  • voice-driven, literary fiction, including books with genre elements but literary execution
  • grounded speculative fiction with high stakes that touches on contemporary issues

Agency submission guidelines

Writers should review the agency's agents' pages and decide which one to query; email the chosen agent using the address on their page or their QueryManager link if indicated. Writers should not simultaneously query multiple agents at the agency; submit to only one, and if that agent passes the writer may try another. The title of the project should be included in the subject line, with a brief note on who the writer is and what the book is about, then the first ten pages of the book pasted in the body of the email (not as an attachment). For picture books, the complete text should be included; for illustrations, also include a link to the writer's website if available, or two or three PDFs or JPEGs of the work. For graphic novels, the first ten pages of the script should be pasted in the body of the email, as well as the first five pages of the dummy; if the dummy isn't finished, up to three samples of finished work or a link to an online portfolio should be included. Writers should not send an exclusive query, as queries are meant to be shared with multiple agencies. The Bent Agency only accepts email or QueryManager queries; postal mail submissions will be recycled and not returned.

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