ABOUT THE AGENT:

Emily Sacks is a literary assistant at Creative Artists Agency working to build her own list. She is looking for young adult, new adult, fiction, and select nonfiction.

EMILY IS SEEKING:

Fiction: Romance (contemporary, historical, paranormal, romantasy, “BookTok”), Fantasy (high-fantasy, vast world-building, romantasy), sci-fi (space operas, space westerns), fairy tales/folk tales, and short story collections.

Short story collections are underrepresented among literary agents, making it harder for beginning (and even established) writers to make their way into this market. Some writers begin submitting stand-alone short stories to literary magazines, or combine them to form collections, but nevertheless, may find it difficult to emerge in the publishing world and/or find success in submitting to prestigious magazines. Publishing houses sometimes hesitate to accept short story collections due to the fact that they are often harder to market and sell, as opposed to novels.
Because short story collections are a difficult sell to agents, I wanted to interview agents who represent collections, to share their insight with writers on how to succeed with the short story form, as well as shed light on what they personally look for in submissions. The wonderful agents who agreed to this interview include:

• Reiko Davis of DeFiore and Company Literary Management
  
• Kim Lindman of Stonesong Agency
  
• Amanda Orozco of Transatlantic Agency
  
• (See more details on Reiko, Kim, and Amanda below.)