Elaine Koster Literary Agency LLC is a full service literary agency focusing on quality fiction and non-fiction. Before founding her agency in 1998, Elaine Koster was President and Publisher of Dutton and NAL, divisions of Penguin USA. Some of the authors she published were Stephen King, Ken Follett, Joyce Carol Oates, Diane Johnson, Toni Morrison, Jamaica Kincaid, Eric Jerome Dickey, Erica Jong, Dorothy Allison, Stephen White, Greg Iles,and Peter Straub, among others. Since the founding of the agency in 1998 she has made many high profile deals. Her clients have been winners of many awards and their books have been national and international bestsellers. She takes pride in working closely with her clients. She is a member of the AAR, MWA, Authors Guild, and the Women's Media Group.

The agency represents quality fiction and nonfiction writers. Many of them are award winners and several agency books have been New York Times and national and international bestsellers.

Khaled Hosseini, Kimberla Lawson Roby, Julie Buxbaum, David Ebershoff, Monique Truong,, Victoria Christopher Murray, Trisha Thomas, Francis Ray, Sheridan Hay, Lisa Black, Julie Kramer, Ruiyan Xu, Allison Leotta

THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead),CASTING THE FIRST STONE by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Kensington)BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Morrow) THE 19TH WIFE by David Ebershoff (Random House), THE BOOK OF SALT by Monique Truong (Houghton Mifflin), AFTER YOU by Julie Buxbaum (Dial Press)THE SECRET OF LOST THINGS by Sheridan Hay (Doubleday), LADY JASMINE by Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone); ONE NIGHT WITH YOU by Francis Ray (St Martin's)

AFTER YOU by Julie Buxbaum (Dial Press), )
LADY JASMINE by Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone)
IF YOU WERE MY MAN by Francis Ray (St.Martin's Press)
SILENCING SAM by Julie Kramer (Atria)
LOVE,HONOR AND BETRAY Kimberla Lawson Roby(Grand Central)
US OPEN David Ebershoff (Random House)
TRAIL OF BLOOD Lisa Black (Morrow)
NAPPILY MARRIED Trisha Thomas (St. Martin's)
THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN LANGUAGES OF SHANGHAI (St Martin's)
LAW OF ATTRACTION by Allison Leotta (Touchstone)

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini Film Rights sold to Scott Rudin/Focus Features
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE by Julie Buxbaum: Brazil, Rocco; Canada, Penguin Canada;France, Laffont; Holland, De Bezige Bij; Italy, Peimme; Sweden, Damm; UK, Transworld
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE by Julie Buxbaum optioned for film by 20th Century Fox with Anne Hathaway attached
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini Penguin in Canada, Bloomsbury in the UK;
Bloomsbury Berlin in Germany; Piemme in Italy; Matar in Israel: Belfond in France, De Bezige Bij in The Netherlands;Nova Fronteira in Brazil; Salamandra in Spain; Wahlstrom & Widstrand in Sweden
TAKEOVER by Lisa Black in Japan to Village Books
THE 19TH WIFE by David Ebershoff Audio rights to Random House Audio; film/tv option to Lifetime
THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN LANGUAGES OF SHANGHAI Bloomsbury in UK, Piemme in Italy

UK David Grossman Literary Agency david@dglal.co.uk

Translation: Chandler Crawford, chandler@crawford-agency.com

Bill Koster, Business Manager, billokoster@aol.com
Stephanie Lehmann, Associate Agent,
StephatKoster@aol.com
Ellen Twaddell, Associate Agent and Agency Administrator
EllenatKoster@aol.com

We no longer accept submissions.