Agents
Christina Clifford is a recent addition to the Union Literary team, having worked for many years as an agent at Melanie Jackson Agency where she represented several award-winning authors and found US homes for the works of international authors. A lifelong New Yorker and lover of the written word, Christina is looking for both seasoned authors and new voices in fiction and nonfiction. She specializes in literary fiction and has a soft spot in her heart for international fiction hailing from the homeland of authors like William Trevor, Edna O’Brien, and Zadie Smith, not to mention Rohinton Mistry, Mario Vargas Llosa and J.M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer. She is also interested in continuing to build a narrative nonfiction list in the genres of historical biography, memoir, business, and science. She has three children and lives in New York City. You can contact her at christina@unionliterary.com.
Catherine Jones graduated from Kenyon College with a degree in Film and English and a concentration in creative writing. She read for The Kenyon Review and Sweet Literary magazine and continues to work as an international literary scout for Edmison/Harper. She loves character-driven books with heart and humor. She is looking for cinematic speculative fiction like Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time or Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic; literary horror and imaginative fairytale retellings like Christina Henry's Lost Boys or The Chronicles of Alice; gut-wrenching coming-of-age books like Milkman by Anna Burns or Maurice by E.M. Forster; and well-researched, inspiring nonfiction like Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui. Please submit queries here. For all other inquiries, she can be reached at cj@unionliterary.com.
Trena Keating brings a wealth of publishing experience to her work as an agent. Trena, who grew up in the west and has lived in NYC for decades, began her career at Stanford University Press, and went on to roles as a Senior Editor at HarperCollins, Associate Publisher at Plume, and as Editor-in-Chief of Dutton before she decided to become an agent in order to work more closely with writers she admired. In 2012, she co-founded Union Literary, building a list of both fiction and nonfiction authors, including New York Times #1 bestsellers, national bestsellers, award winners, national bookclub picks, and authors with critical acclaim. Her clients appear on national television, are featured in The New York Times, host podcasts, and are covered by major national and regional newspapers. Trena takes equal pleasure in working with masters of the craft and promising new talent, and is always closely involved with both the work of her writers on the page and in their long-term career development. She's most interested in books that draw readers into new perspectives and settings. She loves contemporary fiction with strong narratives, innovative historical fiction, memoirs with compelling voices, groundbreaking expert-based nonfiction, and all accounts that broaden the lens on human experience. She accepts submissions through QueryTracker here and by email. She can be reached at tk@unionliterary.com.
Sally Wofford-Girand has worked with such luminaries as Salman Rushdie, Grace Paley, Kim Edwards, and Alice Hoffman as the foreign rights director at a boutique literary agency. Her particular areas of interest are: history, memoir, women’s issues, cultural studies, and, most of all, fiction that is both literary and gripping. Favorite authors include Cormac McCarthy, Kate Atkinson, Jennifer Egan, Elizabeth Strout, Anne Patchett, John Green, Jose Saramago, and Wallace Stegner. She is a hands-on agent with a passion for great storytelling. She loves the thrill of discovery in working with debut novelists. Sally is on the board of AAR and a board member of Writers Omi, an international writers colony in New York State. Please submit queries here. For all other inquiries, you can contact her at swg@unionliterary.com.
Co-agents
Czech Republic
Kristin Olson agency
France
La Nouvelle Agence
Germany
Liepman Agency
Netherlands & Scandinavia
Sebes & Bisseling
Poland, Eastern Europe & Greece
Graal Ltd.
UK (non-exclusive)
Greene and Heaton
Abner Stein
Rogers, Coleridge, & White
Film
non-exclusively with leading film/TV agents