agent research

One of the most common questions I hear from unpublished authors is “How do I find a literary agent?” The question means different things in different contexts, of course. Sometimes the author wants to know about the query process; other times, they actually mean “how do I do the research?” Today, we’re looking at yet another variation on the theme: Where should authors look to learn who appropriate literary agents are, when investigating who to query? This might seem like a simple question to people who’ve been around a while, but many authors don’t know how to identify good agents to research. Let’s