#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event Sept 30, 2026 8AM-8PM ET
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Amy Bishop-Wycisk @abwycisk.bsky.social Pronounced why-zick. NYC. Literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. Opinions my own. Cat mom; fast talker; Garamond enthusiast; she/her. SUNY Geneseo alum.
Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social Literary Agent at Root Literary. Association of American Literary Agents member. 📝 MS in Creative Writing & Book Publishing. 📚 Scorpio. ♏️
MSWL: https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/melaniefigueroa/
Abby Saul @bookysaul.bsky.social agent at The Lark Group (@larkwords.bsky.social) | she/her
Taj McCoy (she/her) @tajmccoy.bsky.social Author, Literary Agent (open to queries), Higher Ed Consultant, Private Chef… tumbleweed.
Author website: https://tajmccoywrites.com
Agency website: https://ldlainc.com
Rep: https://bsky.app/profile/jemiscoe.bsky.social
brooke mondor (is CLOSED to queries) @brookeshelf.bsky.social associate literary agent @ Miller Bowers Griffin ☕️
https://linktr.ee/officialbrookeshelf
Curtis Russell @curtisrussell.bsky.social Founder, President, and Principal Agent at @psliterary.bsky.social. Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling & debut creators for over 20 years. 📚
(He/Him)
www.psliterary.com
Paige Terlip @pterlip.bsky.social Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
www.paigeterlip.com
www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social literary agent at helm literary
website: clairemharris.com
more links: linktr.ee/claire_m_harris
Cole Lanahan @colelanahan.bsky.social Literary agent @TheSeymourAgency repping bold voices & unforgettable stories. Publishing pro, nonprofit exec, advocate, speaker. Coffee & dogs fuel my day.
📬 Queries open via QueryManager 1st–7th each month only.
Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning horror bitch. Co-founder, Darker Times. Writer, critic, listmaker. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Reactor, Vulture, Slate, & more. She/her. 🍉
readjumpscares.com
darkertimes.com
Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social ✨ Beijing儿 American changeling ✨
Culture writer & editor, semiotician, illustrator. Previously @theemancipator.org senior editor
She/her
Kate Garrick @kategarrick.bsky.social He’s already got a decorator. I’m the agent. https://www.salkyliterarymanagement.com/
PDX
T.S. Ferguson @teeess.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Azantian Literary Agency & freelance editor. Mostly jokes + booktalk on here. 🏳️🌈 Witch-lover, gaymer, geek, guncle, unapologetic leftist. He/him
https://beacons.ai/tsferguson
Christine Goss- Closed to Queries @cgossagent.bsky.social Associate Literary Agent with FinePrint Lit.
Shannon Kelly @shannon-kelly.bsky.social Executive editor at Running Press/Hachette. Outfit repeater. Bigger than a breadbox.
hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page/rp-editorial-team/
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Rachel Louise Driscoll @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social Author of histfic | Debut novel NEPHTHYS 🇬🇧 Harvill, Vintage, PRH | THE HOUSE OF TWO SISTERS 🇺🇸 Ballentine, PRH | Rep: Sarah Hornsley PFD Agency | THE SPIDER AND LILY coming March 2027
Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social agent: Marsal Lyon & #rosebudauthor wrangler | author | opinions are my own | she/her
rep: Eva Scalzo
layout: Ana Scribe
Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com Senior Agent at Fuse Literary ⟡ erniechiara.com ⟡ links.erniechiara.com ⟡ Co-editor & contributor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social Oz anthology ⟡ anti-AI
Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
#WritingCommunity
⭐️ Above all else, be kind and have empathy for others. ⭐️
👉 Links: https://linktr.ee/cathiemlla
Stuti Telidevara @stutitelidevara.bsky.social agent at Park Fine & Brower // opinions own // she/her
Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social Building Lit universes with stories that matter || Agent Fuse Literary
Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social I love James Harden & I write about abortioneveryday.com
substack.com/@kylietcheung / kyliewrites.net
Karen Chee @karenchee.bsky.social comedy and also normal stuff
Matthew Norman @thenormannation.bsky.social Author of Charm City Rocks, All Together Now, Last Couple Standing, We're All Damaged, and Domestic Violets. Next up: Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon (Oct 14) - Baltimore, MD
Abigail Frank @abigailcrfrank.bsky.social literary agent @ www.greenburger.com
she/her
Ashly Burch @ashlyburch.bsky.social 
Rebecca Eskildsen @rebeccaesk.bsky.social Writers House. She/her. Open to queries.
https://www.rebeccaeskildsen.com/
Anjanette Barr @bookbarrista.bsky.social Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Temporarily closed to queries.
https://www.dunhamlit.com/how-to-submit
🌎Alaska 💕Books! Tea! Whisky!
Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social Associate EdiTOR at Tor Nightfire. Chaotic neutral, horror fan, cat mom, and "little bisexual gremlin". Opinions my own. she/her. 💖💜💙
Ella Fox-Martens @ellafoxmartens.bsky.social I help make books at Simon & Schuster UK. Writing in The Atlantic, TLS, Baffler, Drift, etc.
Claire Draper 🏳️⚧️♿ @draper-claire.bsky.social Founder & Agent @auliterarymgmt.bsky.social
Check out my #MSWL and buy my books through our website
they/them | 30+ | ♿️
🇵🇸 from the river to the sea
https://auliterarymanagement.com
Stacey Donaghy @donaghyliterary.bsky.social Literary Agent & Founder at Donaghy Literary Group. Lover of caffeine☕️ books, 📚 reality 📺 & hooked on K-Dramas🤩
http://www.donaghyliterary.com/
Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social literary agent at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency // she/her 
Christina Miller @chrissymiller.bsky.social 📚🍷 Admin Coordinator & Jr Agent at Nancy Yost Literary Agency. Just trying to read as many HEAs as possible. Member of AALA. She/Her. 📖 Open to queries.
https://linktr.ee/NYLAChristinaMiller
Morgan @morganstrehlow.bsky.social literary agent | the bindery agency | 📍pa | school board director | swiftie 🫶🏼
Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com she/her
Author. Not the one from Rent.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/maureenjohnsonbooks/
https://maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Hurt CoPain @saeeddicaprio.bsky.social a man. Palestinian 🇵🇸
Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
#DisabilityJustice feed I created:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/feed/aaaba7ikg4sho
More about me
https://linktr.ee/disability_visibility
Miwa Messer @miwamesser.bsky.social “Not a good bullshitter but a good podcast host.” EP/host Poured Over pod on Apple + Spotify. Opinions my own, of course. 📷DP Jolly
Josh Getzler @jgetzler.bsky.social New Yorker, Partner/Literary Agent at HG Literary. I'm here for the books (and sports and music). Closed to Queries but love writers and people who work with them. He/Him
Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
Susan, A Cabbage Man, Graham @grahamophones.bsky.social lit agent at Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner Agency - they/them, let's fight about clowns, icon by @anuanew.bsky.social
Amber Oliver @amberoliver007.bsky.social Author of WHEN THE MUSIC HITS (Ballantine/PRH, 2025)
📍NY born and raised
Senior Editor at Bloomsbury 
Julia Kardon @jlkardon.bsky.social NYC based literary agent/vp @HGLiterary. Twitter escapee. Slow runner. Erstwhile cyclist. Eager for another world. 
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Kristen Arnett @kristenarnett.bsky.social “Orlando's Reigning Big Time Celebrity Author” - The Orlando Weekly
huuuuge lesbian. librarian. dad. floridian. beer drinker. NYT Bestselling author.
Mostly Dead Things & WITH TEETH & STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE
https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com
Shelly Romero @shellyromero.bsky.social Associate Agent | Azantian Literary Agency • PW Star Watch Honoree• Bi Final Girl • she/her 🇭🇳
Website: shellyromero.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/shellyromero
No AI “art” or “writing.”
Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social A LIVING REMEDY, a New York Times Notable Book • ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, National Book Critics Circle finalist • words in NYT Mag, Time, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social Author of MADE FOR YOU, out now, THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Nov 2025) and BEACH BODIES (PRH UK, summer 2025)/ A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks) under pen name Sienna Sharpe.
Literary Agent at Storm Literary.
Tenacious.
Linda Camacho @lindacamacho.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @ Gallt & Zacker Literary; wise-ish Latina; children's VCFA MFA and Cornell alum. Loves TV and giving unsolicited advice. She/her. (Profile Image: Marjorie Buell)
Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social VILE LADY VILLAINS (UK: Penguin Michael Joseph / US: Union Square & Co) ✨Rep: Lauren Bieker✨Editor: khōréō ✨Associate Literary Agent: Tobias Literary Agency✨she/they🏳️🌈🇬🇷
lnk.bio/danaiwrites
Lauren Bieker - is closed to unsolicited queries! @laurenbieker.bsky.social Vice President & Literary agent for FinePrint Literary Management. Dog mom. she/her. opinions are my own
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
www.headwaterliterary.com
www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE out next
Erica Bauman @ericabauman.bsky.social Agent at ACM, stress baker, cat lady, musical theater superfan, TV watcher, donut obsessed, she/her. All views are my own.
https://linktr.ee/ericabauman
Kaitlyn Katsoupis @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social Literary Agent - Belcastro
Freelance Editor - Strictly Textual
Serial comma for life.
She/her. 🏳️🌈
Matt Belford @mwbelford.bsky.social he/him
I work in publishing.
opinions are my own
Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com Agent at kt literary. Legal Counsel for ANSI. Freelance Attorney with Matter Services LLC. Always a nerd. She/her.
www.rebeccamatte.com, www.kt-literary.com
Instagram: @rlmatte_litagent
Bradford Literary Agency @bradfordagents.bsky.social We are a boutique agency passionate about forming true partnerships & building long-term relationships with our clients. Visit us at: https://bradfordlit.com
Hillary Fazzari @hillaryfazzari.bsky.social Lit Agent at @bradfordagents.bsky.social in San Diego, representing Kid Lit, New Adult, and Adult books.
👉 #MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hillary-fazzari
👉 Query Me: https://querymanager.com/query/3240
Quincy Surasmith | ควินซี่ สุรสมิทธ์ @quincetessence.bsky.social Host and Producer of @AsianAmericana.com, a podcast about Asian American culture and history. Actor, journalist, managing editor at @fi2w.org, Thai Chip & Dale. Thai-Teochew American (he/him)
Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence @trishtoneylawrence.bsky.social She/her. Senior agent @ Aevitas Creative Management. Founded real/brilliant, inc. Writer/surface pattern designer. Reign/Sounders/Seahawks fan. I'm always reading. 
James McGowan @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social Senior literary agent, professional snacker.
@bookendsliterary.bsky.social
www.jmcgowanbooks.com
he/him
Header art by David Hohn
lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social chronically tired but determined
✒️ literary agent at belcastro agency
🎨 brand director at alpha publishing services
gen queries: CLOSED FOR 2026
bipoc queries: OPEN
find me everywhere: https://linktr.ee/seraphecda
Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social Literary Agent at Looking Glass Literary & Media. She/her.
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/d21f08914825aedf5fd1678efb75266d2a412690
Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent with Storm Literary Agency | Represents MG, YA, and Adult Fiction | Currently CLOSED to select queries | she/her
https://linktr.ee/michellehauck
Kendall Berdinsky @kenberd.bsky.social literary agent, knitter, survivor enthusiast 
Mara @maraalyse.bsky.social she/her. associate agent @ Azantian Literary Agency and SFF writer. former health policy prof. ✡️. Hoyas 🏀. Nationals ⚾️. Recovering Nagano '98 apologist 🥈⛸.
https://linktr.ee/mara.hollander
https://namedrop.io/marahollander
Vicki Lame @thedaysbetween.bsky.social Executive Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group / Wednesday Books / Saturday Books. Books about Big Feelings. Opinions Mine. She/her. Not here as often as you think.
Amanda Jain @amandajain.bsky.social Literary agent, baseball fanatic, foodie.
Query me at https://querymanager.com/query/ajain
Lynnette Novak, Literary Agent @lynnettenovak.bsky.social Literary agent with The Seymour Agency (she/her)
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Kelly Thomas @kellythomaslit.bsky.social Literary Agent at Serendipity Literary Agency. Screenwriter. Ghostwriter. Freelance Editor. Loves dogs, books, Christmas trees, true crime & all things Disney
Hannah @palindrometodd.bsky.social Literary agent. Grotesquely optimistic. All views my own. ✨ No pitches via DM please ✨ She/her
Ashton Lattimore @ashtonlattimore.bsky.social award-winning journalist & author of historical fiction (ALL WE WERE PROMISED), former EIC @prismreports.bsky.social, recovered lawyer, train station popcorn connoisseur, uppity about hot cocoa
Stefanie Molina-Santos @agentstefanie.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/agent.stefanie | Agent @LookingGlassLit.bsky.social | @litagentsofchange.bsky.social mentee alumni | she/her
Drew @dschnoeb.bsky.social Worcester Human Rights Commissioner. He/Him.
Reid Welsh @reidwelsh.bsky.social Reader, Cook, Skier, and Book Publishing Enthusiast. Penguin Random House Insights & Analytics. Opinions mine.
Jane Chun @janechunlit.bsky.social Literary agent at Transatlantic Agency. Trying to think of what meme most defines me currently.
https://jane-chun.com
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Lauren MacLeod @laurenmacleod.bsky.social Senior literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management by day, but only the dachshund’s second favorite dog parent by night.
Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Treasurer for Literary Agents of Change. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
Alex Sujong Laughlin @alexlaughs.bsky.social Tryhard | co-owner Defector
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Inkoo Kang @inkookang.bsky.social Television critic at The New Yorker. Pronounced in-goo. Get updates from me: https://inkoo.substack.com/ | https://linktr.ee/inkookang
Sara Birmingham @sarabirmingham.bsky.social executive editor at random house. she/her
Katy Hershberger @katyhersh.bsky.social Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc.
KatyHershberger.com
Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social Literary agent at Kimberley Cameron & Associates, AALA member, VONA alum, Filipina/Pinay, and lover of all things books; she/her📚🦄🐲👾🤖💃🏽🕵️♀️👮🏽♀️✍🏾📚
Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at www.HS-LA.com @HSLANews.bsky.social
#WeNeedDiverseBooks.
Story lover. Vintage typewriter obsessed. Feminist. She/Her/Ms
https://linktr.ee/hannah_litagent
Lori Galvin @lorigalvin.bsky.social Books (and book publishing), pets, food, the usual. Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management. 📚 http://QueryManager.com/QueryLoriGalvin
delia @deliacai.bsky.social that deez links girl
Emily Burns @emilyatterbury.bsky.social editor at Spiegel & Grau (she/her)
Roz Foster @rozfoster.bsky.social Writes about meaning and modernity.
rozfoster.substack.com
Also: Senior Agent at Goldin Literary.
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim.bsky.social Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL, Manuscript Wish List® + http://www.ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
Peter Kispert @peterkispert.bsky.social Book editor at William Morrow/HarperCollins. Author of I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM: Stories (Penguin Books).
Posts inane & my own. Here now.
www.peterkispert.com