Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award Finalist

ABOUT FOLIO

Folio Literary Management, LLC is a full-service literary agency located in the historic Film Center Building in Manhattan. Our agents work with some of the most exciting talent in the business, representing bestsellers, thought leaders, celebrities, and award-winners across every genre. In addition to our commitment to contemporary voices, Folio is the custodian of Harold Ober Associates, one of the most storied literary agencies in the world; Folio is dedicated to bringing its legacy into the future. Ober represented some of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chinua Achebe, William Faulkner, J.D. Salinger, Langston Hughes, Lois Lowry, Pearl S. Buck, and Dylan Thomas, among many others.

ABOUT ERIN

Erin Harris is a Vice President and literary agent at Folio Literary Management, where she represents debut and seasoned authors in the areas of literary and book club fiction; narrative nonfiction; Young Adult; and contemporary poetry. A graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the New School, she brings a strong editorial eye and hands-on approach to her agenting practice, ushering writers through all stages of the publishing process and fostering long-term professional partnerships.

Before Erin worked in publishing, she attended Trinity College (Hartford, CT), where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2007 and was named Presidential Fellow of the English Department.

Outside of the office, she is a founder and co-host of the literary event series H.I.P. Lit. She has a deep and abiding love of books and feels very fortunate to work with authors every day!

SELECT AUTHORS

Fiction:

- Allegra Hyde (Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner and author of OF THIS NEW WORLD)

- Erica Ferencik (Indie Next Pick Author of THE RIVER AT NIGHT)

- Daniel Levine (NYT Editor's choice novelist and author of HYDE)

- Adam Wilson (Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and author of FLATSCREEN and WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS FEELING)

- Daniel Peña (Pushcart Prize Winner and author of BANG)

- SJ Sindu (Lambda Literary Award Finalist and author of MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES)

- Natalie Haney-Tilghman (Rona Jaffe Award Winner)

- Tanen Jones (Author of the forthcoming suspense novel THE STAND-IN)

- Katrin Schumann (Author of the forthcoming novel THE FORGOTTEN HOURS)

Nonfiction:

- Carla Power (Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist and author of IF THE OCEANS WERE INK)

- Linda Scott (A thought leader in the Women's Economic Empowerment Movement and author of the forthcoming THE DOUBLE X ECONOMY)

- Hamida Ghafour (Journalist and author of THE SLEEPING BUDDHA)

- Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas (Rona Jaffe Award Winner and author of DON'T COME BACK)

- Myles E. Johnson (Staff writer at VICE)

- JP Brammer (Author of the Holá Papi column in the magazine THEM)

- Erin Khar (Author of the forthcoming memoir HEROINE and advice columnist "Ask Erin" on RAVISHLY)

Young Adult:

- Kit Frick (MacDowell Colony poetry fellow and author of SEE ALL THE STARS and the forthcoming ALL EYES ON US)

- Katie Bayerl (VCFA MFA graduate and author of A PSALM FOR LOST GIRLS)

- Emiko Jean (author of WE'LL NEVER BE APART and the forthcoming EMPRESS OF ALL SEASONS)

- Marie Marquardt (Emory Professor, Founder of El Refugio, and author of DREAM THINGS TRUE, THE RADIUS OF US, and FLIGHT SEASON)

Poetry:

- Madisen Kuhn (author of PLEASE DON'T GO BEFORE I GET BETTER and EIGHTEEN YEARS)

- Upile Chisala (author of NECTAR, SOFT MAGIC, and the forthcoming A FIRE LIKE YOU)

- Iain S. Thomas (author of I WROTE THIS FOR YOU and the forthcoming EVERY WORD YOU CANNOT SAY)

- Elvíra Sastre (author of BASTION)

MANUSCRIPT WISH LIST

Erin is actively seeking bold voices in literary and book club fiction. She loves:

- Literary novels with strong plots and unique premises

- Novels that center underrepresented voices

- Literary novels rooted in a speculative or fabulist tradition

- Imaginative re-tellings of classics, fairy tales, or myths

- Elevated suspense and literary mysteries

- Multi-generational family sagas

- Atmospheric novels with a strong sense of place

- Books that engage with history

- Narratives that play with form and structure

- Thematically unified short story collections

In nonfiction, Erin is looking for:

- Subject-driven narratives

- Social justice

- Feminism

- “Big idea” books

- Memoirs that transcend the author’s personal experience to shed light on larger themes or societal concerns

- Essay collections

*** She especially enjoys working with journalists; academics interested in writing for a trade readership; and thought leaders.

Erin is also selectively seeking Young Adult titles. In Young Adult she gravitates toward:

- #ownvoices narratives

- contemporary realistic

- contemporary with a touch of magic or the uncanny

- speculative

- fantasy

- suspense

HOW TO QUERY ERIN

Please send a query letter and the first 10 pages of your manuscript pasted into the body of your email to: eharris@foliolitmanagement.com. Due to the volume of queries Erin receives, she can only respond to those in which she's interested. She very much looks forward to hearing from you!

Follow her on Twitter: @ErinHarrisFolio

For international rights, please contact Melissa White (Melissa@foliolit.com); for a list of international subagents, please see www.foliolit.com; for dramatic, audio, and other rights, please contact Erin directly.