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After e-mailing back and forth with someone who subscribes to several of those agent-finding sites, I've compiled a list of literary agents who represent grown-up (not necessarily YA) fantasy. I'm not including full addresses and so forth, because you should check their specific guidelines on their websites or on one of the many "check them out" sites.

In alphabetical order.

Marcia Amsterdam, Marcia Amsterdam Agency
Matthew Bialer, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
Joshua Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary Agency
Caitlin Blasdell, Liza Dawson Agency (may be YA fantasy only)
Jack Byrne, Sternig & Byrne Literary Agency
Kimberley Cameron, Reece Halsey North
Maria Carvainis, Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.
Ginger Clark, Writers House
Frances Collin, Frances Collin Literary Agency
Don Congdon Associates (interested in most commercial fiction)
Nadia Cornier, Firebrand (loves YA of all stripes--

agentobscura)
Lucienne Diver, Spectrum Literary Agency
Dick Duane, Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Associates
Tina Dubois, ICM
Donald Maass Literary Agency (all agents--Jennifer Jackson is one,

arcaedia)
Ethan Ellenberg, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Russell Galen, Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Miriam Goderich, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
Ashley Grayson, Ashley Grayson Literary Agency
Merrilee Heifetz, Writers House
Richard Henshaw, Richard Henshaw Group
Emilie Jacobson, Curtis Brown
Jane Chelius Agency (not verified)
Jeff Kleinman, Graybill & English
Michael Larsen, Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency
Jonathon Lazear, The Lazear Agency
Whitney Lee, The Fielding Agency
Ray Lincoln, Ray Lincoln Literary Agency
Chris Lotts, The Ralph Vicinanza Agency (new agent of

madwriter! Yay!)
Evan Marshall, The Evan Marshall Agency
Julie Mayo, The Lazear Agency
Shawna McCarthy, The McCarthy Agency
Nanci McCloskey, Virginia Kidd Agency
Helen McGrath, Helen McGrath & Associates
Bob Mecoy (NOTE: may not be considering fantasy as of April 2005)
Scott Miller, Trident Media Group
Howard Morhaim, Howard Morhaim Literary Agency
Muriel Nellis, Literary & Creative Artists
Kristin Nelson, Nelson Literary Agency
Fifi Oscard, Fifi Oscard Agency
William Reiss, John Hawkins & Associates
Peter Rubie, The Peter Rubie Literary Agency
Lynn Seligman, Literary Agent
John Silbersack, Trident Media Group
Amy Stout, L. Perkins Associates
Nikki Van De Car, Harvey Klinger
Joe Veltre, Artists Literary Group
James Vines, The Vines Agency
Irene Webb, Irene Webb Literary
Cherry Weiner, Cherry Weiner Literary Agency (may be closed to queries--she always was in the past, but I met her at conferences and sometimes schmoozed one in)
William Morris Agency (Literary Department Coordinator)

I also know that Daniel Lazar has looked at two of my novels, one a fantasy and the other a chick lit, and he's always very responsive. Unfortunately, I haven't hooked him (yet). Andrea Somberg has also moved (twice!) and is no longer with Donald Maass, but with Harvey Klinger. These are Big Secrets that I have now shared with you, so stop being so hostile. (grin)

If you don't have success with an agent, DAW still accepts unagented submissions of partials. I think Tor does, as well. Baen, well, who knows any more, but I'm sure you could look it up on their website. I'll bet they take 'em.

It's finished raining. We needed that. We could use even more rain.