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Suggested Etiquette for Contacting Agents:
1. Do not send attached files containing manuscripts to agents unless the agent's guidelines expressly state that those are acceptable within initial correspondence.
2. Email messages should be kept to a length of one or two pages unless explicitly invited to send a manuscript or sample chapters.
3. Authors should advise an agent where the agent was found listed. This helps them offer updates to any incorrect listings.
4. Do not send synopses to screenplay agents or movie production companies.
   Some listings offer legal services only:
5. Do not send queries or submissions to legal services unless the agency specifically states it handles both literary and legal representation.

$ - Indicates verified sales to legitimate royalty-paying publishers on record.

AAR, RWA - Indicates membership in organization or recognition. Lost membership or recognition is lined out.

Wainwright Agency, The: A literary agency. Contact at:

Wales Literary Agency, Inc.: $ A literary agency. Contact at:

Walking Bass: A literary agency representing music books. Affiliated with Mysterious Content Literary Agency.

Wallace Literary Agency, Inc.: A literary agency. Contact at:

Walter Pitkin, Literary Agent (retired): A literary agency. Contact at:

Wanda M. Akin: An agent with the Akin & Randolph Agency.

Warren Cook Agency: A literary agency. Contact at:

Watkins-Loomis Agency, Inc.: A literary agency. Contact at:

Watson and Little Ltd.: A UK literary agency. Contact at:

Waxman Literary Agency: $ Recommended. A literary agency.

Wayne Fontenot: An agent with the Frustrated Writers Literary Agency. Believed in Scottsdale, AZ. Anyone know anymore about this one?

Wayne Kabak: $ A literary agent with William Morris Agency.

Wecksler-Incomco Agency: A literary agency. 5/8/03: A writer reports this agency not taking any new clients. Address reported invalid. Contact at:

Wedemeyer Agency, The: A literary agency. "Please submit first two chapters, a biography and a chapter by chapter outline of no more than three pages. If you send via email, do not send it as an attachment; include it as part of the email." 7/18/06: mailing address reported invalid. Contact at:

Weed Literary: $ A literary agency.

Weingel-Fidel Agency: A literary agency. Contact at:

Welcome Enterprises: A literary agency. Contact at:

Wendi W. Winters, Literary Agent: A literary agency. Address reported invalid. Contact at:

Wendy Burton Brouws: $ A literary agent with For a Small Fee.

Wendy Dupont: A literary agent with Huntington Group. HG Reported out of business. Contact at:

Wendy Goldman Rohm: $ A literary agent with The Waxman Literary Agency.

Wendy Keller: An agent with Keller Media, Inc. (formerly ForthWrite Literary Agency & Speakers Bureau).

Wendy Lawton: A literary agent with Books & Such Literary Agency.

Wendy Lipkind Agency: A literary agency. (Wendy Lipkind: Literary, Adult) Contact at:

Wendy Lukasiewicz: A literary agent with Johanna M. Bates Literary Consultants, Inc.

Wendy Schmalz Agency: $ A literary agency. (adult and children’s literature) Contact at:

Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.: $ Recommended. A literary agency. (Wendy Sherman: Literary, Adult) Contact at:

Wendy Silbert: $ A literary agent with Harvey Klinger.

Wendy Strothman: $ A literary agent with The Strothman Agency.

Wendy Suffield: A literary agent with Merric Davidson Literary Agency.

Wendy Weil Agency: $ Recommended. A literary agency. (Wendy Weil: Literary, Adult) Contact at:

Wesley Neff: $ A literary agent at Leighco. Further information unavailable.

Westwood Creative Artists: A Canadian literary agency. 2/27/08: P&E apologizes for having listed this as defunct. The other Westwood was the one that closed. Contact at:

Whimsy Literary Agency LLC: $ A literary agency.

White Rabbit Literary Agency: an Australian literary agency. Contact at:

Whitney Lee: $ A literary agent with The Fielding Agency.

Wieser & Elwell (formerly Wieser & Wieser Inc.): $ A literary agency. Contact at:

Will Devlin: A literary agent with the Max Gartenberg Literary Agency.

Will Entertainment: Believed to be a literary agency. Contact information unavailable.

Will Hart: A literary agent with Hart Literary Management. Further info unknown.

Will Lippincott: $ A literary agent with Lippincott McQuilkin & Co.

William B. Goodman: $ A literary agent. Further info unknown.

William Clark Associates: $ Recommended. "represents a diverse range of commercial and literary fiction and quality non-fiction to the book publishing, motion picture, television, and new media fields." (William Clark: Literary, Adult)

William (Bill) Contardi: $ A literary agent with Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents.

William Hamilton: A literary agent with A.M. Heath and Co. Ltd.

William Morris Agency UK Ltd.: A UK literary agency. Contact at:

William Talbot: An agent (Dramatic) with Samuel French, Inc.

William W. Levin: An agent with Silver Screen Placements. May also be an agent for Simply Non-Fiction Literary Agency.

Williams & Connolly: A law firm and literary agency.

Williams’ Literary Agency: Believed closed. A literary agency. According to the agency, "Expenses (limited) are deducted from commission after the sale." 7/22/06: Web site is missing and writers report no email responses.

Wilshire Literary Agency: A literary agency. Contact at:

Wingra Woods Agency: A literary agency. Address reported invalid. Contact at:

Winifred Golden: $ A literary agent at the Castiglia Literary Agency.

Winkler Literary Agency: A literary agency interested only in historical romance and historical fiction.

Winnefred Dollar: Believed to be a literary agent with Jody Rein Books, Inc.

Winsun Literary Agency: A literary agency.

Winterbriar Literary Agency and Publishing Company: A literary agency. Editor's note: P&E is not impressed by this site.

Winters, King & Associates : A law firm with a literary agency.

Wit Literary Agency: A literary agency.

Witherspoon Agency: Recommended. Merged to become part of Inkwell Management. Contact at:

WMS. Media, Marketing & Management: $ Believed to be a literary agency. Further information unavailable.

Womack Publishing Agency: "A literary agency that targets both Bible Bookstore and Trade Markets and adheres to the Canon of Ethics of the AAR." Contact at:

WordServe Literary Group: $ A literary agency. Serves mostly the Christian market.

Write Source, The: A literary agency. Contact at:

Write Stuff: A literary agency. Address reported invalid. Contact at:

Write Vision Literary Agency, The: Reported closing as an agency to concentrate on editing services: "...located in Dallas Texas. We are seeking writers for representation. We are accepting submissions from unpublished writers. We accept all genres, we are especially interested in Contemporary Fiction and Multicultural subject matter." Does not accept science fiction - John B. Rosenman.

WriteHigh: $ A literary agency. Anyone know more about this one?

Writer's House, Inc.: $ Highly recommended. A literary agency. Contact at:

Writers and Artists Agency: A literary agency. Contact at:

• 3/18/07 - Here's a new question: If you submitted anything to the Writers' Literary Agency and Marketing Company, did you get rejected? If so, please let P&E know for we all know that real literary agencies are very picky. They only select the work they believe they can sell. We'll post the numbers here. Simply email P&E and tell us you were rejected or not rejected by this agency under any of their many names. Let's find out just how picky this agency is. Oh, if they represented and actually sold your book, we'd like to know that too.
  As of July 08, two manuscripts have been reported rejected.
• Despite a demand by "Sheriff" Sherry of Writers' Literary Agency & Marketing Company (WLA&MC) in July 2007, for a confrontation with its critics in the Absolute Write Water Cooler forum, nothing happened. The critics were on hand, but Sherry wasn't. So much for straight shootin' and straight talk from WLA&MC.

Writers Shop, The: A literary agency. Contact at:

• 4/21/08: Writers Literary Childrens Agency now calling itself Children's Book Publishing Agency. It's still the same. No sales to speak of. No real experience in publishing.

Wylie Agency, Ltd.: A UK literary agency.

Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency: Recommended. $ "A literary agency specializing in fine fiction and non-fiction. For an up-to-date current needs list, submissions guidelines, and information about us, please see our Web site."