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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, award-winners, thought leaders, and celebrities across every genre. In addition to our commitment to contemporary voices, Folio is the custodian of Harold Ober Associates and 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; and Young Adult. 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!
AUTHORS
Fiction:
- John Manuel Arias (Canto Mundo Fellow)
- Latifa Ayad (MacDowell Colony Fellow and Runner-Up in the James Jones First Novel Fellowship)
- Rachel Ballenger (Winner of the Inprint Joan and Stanford Alexander Prize in Fiction)
- Lara Ehrlich (Red Hen Press Prize Winner and author of the forthcoming story collection ANIMAL WIFE)
- Erica Ferencik (Indie Next Pick Author of THE RIVER AT NIGHT and INTO THE JUNGLE)
- Allegra Hyde (Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner and author of OF THIS NEW WORLD)
- Tanen Jones (Author of THE BETTER LIAR)
- Jasmine Mans (HBO-featured spoken word poet and author of the forthcoming collection BLACK GIRL, CALL HOME)
- Daniel Levine (NYT Editor's Choice novelist and author of HYDE)
- Daniel Peña (Pushcart Prize Winner and author of BANG)
- Adrienne Perry (Kimbilio Fellow)
- Allie Rowbottom (author of the NYT Editor's Choice selection JELLO-Girls)
- Eric Sasson (Author of MARGINS OF TOLERANCE and the Wall Street Journal column "Ctrl-Alt")
- Katrin Schumann (Washington Post Bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN HOURS and THIS TERRIBLE BEAUTY)
- SJ Sindu (Lambda Literary Award Finalist and author of the forthcoming novel BLUE-SKINNED GODS)
- Emma Sloley (MacDowell Colony Fellow and author of DISASTER'S CHILDREN)
- Michelle Sterling (Boston University MFA graduate)
- Natalie Haney-Tilghman (Rona Jaffe Award Winner)
- Laura Maylene Walter (Yaddo fellow and author of the forthcoming novel BODY OF STARS)
- Adam Wilson (Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and author of SENSATION MACHINES)
Nonfiction:
- John Paul Brammer (Author of the forthcoming memoir HOLA PAPI: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons)
- Hamida Ghafour (Journalist and author of THE SLEEPING BUDDHA)
- Erin Khar (Author of the memoir STRUNG OUT: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me)
- Cathryn Klusmeier (commercial salmon fisherwoman, Oxford graduate, and University of Iowa MFA student)
- Rani Neutill (Professor of Postcolonial literature at Harvard and graduate of Grub Street's Memoir Incubator)
- 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 DOUBLE X ECONOMY)
- Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas (Rona Jaffe Award Winner and author of DON'T COME BACK)
Young Adult:
- Katie Bayerl (VCFA MFA graduate and author of A PSALM FOR LOST GIRLS)
- Kit Frick (MacDowell Colony poetry fellow and author of the B&N YA Book Club Selection I KILLED ZOE SPANOS)
- Emiko Jean (Indie Next Pick author of EMPRESS OF ALL SEASONS, WE'LL NEVER BE APART, and the forthcoming duology TOKYO EVER AFTER )
- Marie Marquardt (Emory Professor, Founder of El Refugio, and author of BEA Buzz Panel Pick DREAM THINGS TRUE, THE RADIUS OF US, and FLIGHT SEASON)
- Jennifer Cox Shah (Lambda Literary Fellow)
- Nicole Umphress
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