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WME is the original advocate for the world’s most extraordinary artists, content creators, and talent across books, digital media, fashion, film, food, music, sports, television, and theater.

At its core, WME’s books division operates as a boutique literary agency, providing hands-on representation while uniquely positioned to access resources from across the broader WME network.

Our agents work in close partnership with authors through every step of their careers. Alongside bespoke literary representation, WME represented authors have career-building opportunities at their fingertips including film, TV, theater, podcasts, speaking opportunities and more.

Additionally, WME’s books division works to uncover new and unique talent from around the globe.

WME’s books division proudly represents internationally bestselling authors across all genres who have been awarded the most esteemed accolades including The Nobel Prize, The Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award, The Man Booker Prize, The Baillie Gifford Prize, The National Medal of Literature, The Waterstones Prize, The British Book Awards, and more.

We’re so glad you’re here with us — we can’t wait to read your story.

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WME is proud to partner with Lucy Cavendish College to sponsor the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize for unpublished and unagented women and non-binary writers based in the UK and Ireland.

All-Adults-Here-by-Emma-Straub
Badlands-by-Preston-and-CHild-1
Are-You-There-God-by-Judy-Blume
Beautyland-by-Marie-Helene-Bertino
Atlas-of-the-Heart-by-Brene-Brown
Basics-with-Babish-by-Andrew-Rea
True-Gretch-by-Gretchen-Whitmer
The-Wisdom-of-Morrie-by-Morrie-Schwartz
Tom-Clancys-Line-of-Demarcation-1
The-Vacationers-by-Emma-Straub
This-Time-Tomorrow-by-Emma-Straub
When-the-Sea-Came-Alive-by-Garrett-Graff
Amazing-Grace-Adams-by-Fran-Littlewood
A-Different-Drummer-by-William-Melvin-Kelley
Untamed-by-Glennon-Doyle
The-Zookeepers-Wife-by-Diane-Ackerman
When-the-Moon-Hatched-by-Sarah-A.-Parker
When-Breath-Becomes-Air-by-Paul-Kalanithi
Trumpocracy-by-David-Frum
Abundance-by-Klein-and-Thompson-1
Until-the-End-of-Time-by-Brian-Greene
A-Tree-Grows-in-Brooklyn-by-Betty-Smith
A-Leaders-Destiny-by-Elias-Aboujaoude
A-Burning-by-Megha-Majumdar
Token-Supremacy-by-Zachary-Small
Binding-13-by-Chloe-Walsh
Waiting-in-the-Wings-by-Julie-Andrews-and-Emma-Walton-Hamilton
A-Good-Marriage-by-Kimberly-McCreight
What-Happened-To-You-by-Oprah
The-Year-of-the-Locust-by-Terry-Hayes
Bird-Milk-and-Mosquito-Bones-by-Priyanka-Mattoo
Bits-and-Pieces-by-Whoopi-Goldberg
Beautiful-Days-by-Zach-Williams

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