Last edited on: September 19, 2026
The Donald Maass Literary Agency is a literary agency for professional novelists.
Donald Maass’s pioneering work and writing about the development of fiction careers
has made DMLA a leading agency for fiction writers.
Agents Donald Maass, Jennifer Jackson, Katie Shea Boutillier,
Cameron McClure, Michael Curry, Caitlin McDonald, and Paul Stevens
together represent more than 150 novelists and sell more than 100 novels
every year to leading publishers in the U.S. and overseas.
Donald Maass founded the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York in 1980. His agency sells more than 150 novels every year to major publishers in the U.S. and overseas. He is the author of The Career Novelist (1996),Writing the Breakout Novel (2001), Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (2004), The Fire in Fiction (2009) , The Breakout Novelist (2011) and Writing 21st Century Fiction (2012). He is a past president of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.
Genres and Restrictions
Categories Of Interest: FEW NEW CLIENTS ACCEPTED.
Categories NOT considered: No non-fiction or juvenile works.
Recent Successes
Recent Sales: SINS OF THE WOLF/ANNE PERRY/FAWCETT COLUMBINEDEATH MASQUE/P.N. ELROD/ACE BOOKSPASQUALE’S ANGEL/PAUL J. MCAULEY/MORROW
Website:http://www.maassagency.com
Jennifer Jackson, EVP
Address: 1000 Dean Street, Suite 252, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: N/A published
Email: [email protected]
Query Method: Email (currently closed to new queries)
Website: maassagency.com
Email Us: [email protected]
