Amelia Atlas

About the Agent

Based in the New York office, Amelia Atlas represents both fiction and nonfiction, with a particular interest in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction in the areas of history, current affairs, science, investigative journalism, and cultural criticism. Authors she represents have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list and have been short- or longlisted for the National Book Award, the International Booker Prize, the NBCC Awards, the NBA “5 Under 35 Award,” and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, among others. In fiction, she’s looking for bold voices and writers with a strong point of view; in nonfiction, she seeks perspective-changing ideas packaged in narrative form; in both, she aspires to represent books that make her both think and feel in equal measure. Select clients include Afia Atakora, Anelise Chen, Mieko Kawakami, Catherine Grace Katz, Leah Litman, Andrew Martin, Ana Raquel Minian, Samuel Moyn, Mark O’Connell, Alex Press, Maria Reva, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, and Joy Williams. She also works with a number of Estates including David Halberstam, Joseph Heller, and Muriel Rukeyser.

Represented authors

• Amelia Atlas
• Caite Dolan-Leach
• Joy Williams