The Frances Goldin Literary Agency is one of New York’s premier boutique literary agencies, representing over 150 authors of fiction and nonfiction. Founded in 1977, the agency is committed to books that change the world as well as engage and enlighten. Among our award-winning and bestselling writers are Dorothy Allison, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Eula Biss, John D’Agata, Martin Duberman, Deborah Harkness, Barbara Kingsolver, James Kugel, Adrienne Rich, Siva Vaidhyanathan and Mike Wallace.

As a full-service agency, we handle film, serial, translation and other subsidiary rights sales, as well as offering career management, marketing assistance and online and digital resources for our clients. We are energized by the changing book market and work to help our authors thrive in this challenging publishing environment.

Great stories get my attention, whether for fiction or nonfiction. I agent almost all genres except for romance, science fiction and new-age. In the nonfiction arena, I'm looking for cutting-edge issues, quirky and original memoirs, popular science, history, politics (progressive only), international, multicultural and feminist topics of all kinds. Almost any nonfiction topic in which the writing is strong would capture my interest. Work by journalists, poets and academics wanting to write books for a general market is of special interest.

I also represent selected children's and young adult projects.

Adrienne Rich, icon and poet, author of DIVING INTO THE WRECK, ON LIES, SECRETS AND SILENCE and numerous other works

Ann Jones, journalist and author of WAR IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER,KABUL IN WINTER: LIFE WITHOUT PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN and WOMEN WHO KILL

The Estate of Margaret Wise Brown, author of GOODNIGHT MOON and THE RUNAWAY BUNNY

Dorothy Cotton, civil rights activist, compatriot of Martin Luther King and author of the forthcoming IF YOUR BACK'S NOT BENT

James C. Moore, author of BUSH'S BRAIN

James L. Kugel, Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature and author of HOW TO READ THE BIBLE and IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

Donna Andrews, Agatha-award winning author of MURDER WITH PEACOCKS and YOU'VE GOT MURDER

Earlene Fowler, LA and NY Times bestselling, Agatha award-winning author of FOOL'S PUZZLE and THE SADDLEMAKER'S WIFE

P.J. Tracy, NY Times and London Sunday Times bestselling, Anthony and Gumshoe award-winning authors of the MONKEEWRENCH series

THE CORPORATION: THE PATHOLOGICAL PURSUIT OF PROFIT AND POWER by Joel Bakan
THE AMERICAN PLAGUE: YELLOW FEVER, THE EPIDEMIC THAT CHANGED OUR HISTORY by Molly Crosby
THE SADDLEMAKER'S WIFE by Earlene Fowler
KABUL IN WINTER: LIFE WITHOUT PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN by Ann Jones
MONKEEWRENCH by P.J. Tracy
THE INTENT TO LIVE: ON ACTING by Larry Moss

THE SECRET RESCUE: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF COURAGE AND SURVIVAL by Cate Lineberry (Little Brown)
THE FOREVER FIX: GENE THERAPY & THE BOY WHO SAVED IT (St. Martins)
IF YOUR BACK'S NOT BENT: A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY by Dorothy Cotton (Atria)
OFF THE GRID by PJ Tracy(Putnam)
CARDINAL VALLEY by Earlene Fowler (Berkley)
SOME LIKE IT HAWK by Donna Andrews (St. Martin's)
THE ROAD OUT: COMING OF AGE IN RURAL WHITE AMERICA by Deborah Hicks (California)
STUNTWOMEN: A HISTORY by Mollie Gregory (California)
TELL ME A RIDDLE by Tillie Olsen (Nebraska) (repub - 100th anniversary)

Film - RETURN OF THE MAGI by PJ Tracy - to Double Nickel Productions
Film - MONKEEWRENCH by PJ Tracy - to Harriet Leve Productions

Association of Author's Representatives, Board member
PBS Public television executive and producer
Emmy nomination for "The Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist"
Past President, NY Women in Film & Television

For foreign and audio rights: Matt McGowan - mm@goldinlit.com
UK rights: David Grossman Literary Agency,Ltd - david@dglal.co.uk
Film rights: Please contact me directly

Query via email only. In your email mention that you found me through Publisher's Marketplace. For fiction, your query letter should include a brief synopsis and first 20 pages. For nonfiction, include a brief summary and proposal if you have one. For all queries, please include all relevant information as to your credentials, training and publishing history. We try to look at all queries promptly and, if we are interested, you will get a response.