
With over 450 million native speakers, the Spanish market is full of potential, and the right literary agent can help a Spanish-language author take their career to the next level.
In this post, we’ve rounded up 20 Spanish-language literary agencies who are looking to build their client lists and work with Spanish-speaking and international authors across a variety of genres.
Spanish Literary Agencies
The following literary agencies are based in Spain and work primarily with Spanish-language writers.
1. A.C.E.R. Literaria
Since 1959, A.C.E.R. has represented some of the most talented voices in both fiction in nonfiction.
Based in Madrid, the agency specializes in helping international publishers, literary agents, and authors sell their works in Spanish and Portuguese around the world. They also sell the works of native Spanish-language writers abroad.
Contact: [email protected]
2. Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency
American literary agent Antonia Kerrigan founded this literary agency in the late 1980s in Barcelona.
The agency represents authors of Spanish-language fiction and nonfiction all over the world, as well as other agencies and foreign publishers in Spain.
Contact: [email protected]
3. Book Bank, SL
In 1986, Angeles González Díez founded the Book Bank literary agency in Madrid to primarily represent foreign publishers and literary agents in Spain and Latin America.
However, since Alicia González Sterling took over the company in 1996, the agency has expanded its business to also represent Spanish authors in Spain and around the world.
Contact: [email protected]
4. IMC Literary Agency
Isabel Martí Castro founded the IMC Literary Agency in 2005 to represent Spanish and foreign writers and publishers around the world,
In addition to representing authors of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s and YA books, IMC also functions as an illustration agency.
Contact: [email protected]
5. Página Tres Agencia Literaria
Based in Barcelona, Página Tres works with Spanish, Catalan, English, French, Portuguese and Italian-language writers.
Their agents help authors find suitable publishers, while helping publishers find works and authors of excellent quality.
Contact: [email protected]
6. Pontas Agency
Anna Soler-Pont founded Pontas in 1992 with the aim of representing international women authors around the world.
Based in Barcelona, the agency now represents authors of all genders and functions as both a literary and film agency.
Contact: [email protected]
7. The Ella Sher Literary Agency
Based in Barcelona, the Ella Sher Literary Agency handles the translation rights of Spanish and international publishing houses and represents authors working in every language.
Contact: [email protected]
8. The Foreign Office
The Foreign Office was founded in Barcelona in 2009 by Teresa Vilarrubla, whose literary career spans over three decades.
The full-service literary agency represents a wide range of literary agencies and publishers for Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Contact: [email protected]
9. Agencia Literaria Silvia Bastos
Based in Barcelona, the Silvia Bastos Literary Agency has represented writers of different languages, especially Spanish and Catalan, since 2000.
Their authors include some of the boldest and freshest voices in fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and young adult books. Please note that they are not currently accepting unsolicited submissions, but this may change in the future.
Contact: [email protected]
10. VicLit Agency
After 16 years in the publishing industry, Victor Hurtado decided to start his own literary agency in 2014 to spread the works of Spanish-language writers around both sides of the Atlantic.
Based in Barcelona, the VicLit Agency promotes their authors worldwide in asmany languages as possible, and also in audiovisual formats.
Contact: [email protected]
11. Asterisc Agents
Carlota Torrents founded Asterisc Agents in 2016, working with a carefully selected list of authors and foreign rights agents.
Based in Barcelona, the agency represents Catalan, Spanish, Galician, Basque and Portuguese rights.
Contact: [email protected]
12. Schavelzon Graham
Guillermo Schavelzon founde the Schavelzon Graham agency in Buenos Aires in 1998, before moving the business to Barcelona in 2002.
The agency represents writers of both fiction and nonfiction, the majority of whom write in Spanish and come from Spain or Latin America.
Contact: [email protected]
13. Casanovas & Lynch
The Casanovas & Lynch Literary Agency was founded in Barcelona 1981 by Mercedes Casanovas.
The agency represents Spanish and Latin-American authors worldwide, as well as many foreign publishing houses and agencies for the Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan-speaking territories.
Contact: [email protected]
14. Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria
Sandra Bruna founded her literary agency in Barcelona in 2001. Her team represents national and international authors, as well as foreign agencies and publishers in Spain, Latin America, Portugal, and Brazil.
The agency works with both fiction and nonfiction for all ages.
Contact: [email protected]
15. Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells
The late Carmen Balcells was a driving force behind the golden age of Spanish American literature, known as the “Latin American Boom.”
She ran the Carmen Balcells Agency for over 60 years, in which time the agency has represented the works of six Nobel Laureates in Literature, including Pablo Neruda and Gabriel García Márquez. Today, the agency continues to represent writers of the Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese languages all over the world.
Contact: [email protected]
Latin American Agencies
The following agencies are based in Latin America.
16. Puentes Agency
The only literary agency based in Chile, Puentes Agency represents Latin American authors and illustrators around the world.
Puentes works with fiction authors and illustrators for both adult and children’s books.
Contact: www.puentesagency.com/contact
17. VF Agencia Literaria
After years of editorial and journalistic experience, Veronica Flores founded the VF Literary Agency in 2015.
Based in Mexico City, the agency represents authors and journalists from Mexico and Latin America in the international market.
Contact: [email protected]
United States
These agencies are based in the United States and represent Spanish and other languages around the world.
18. Globo Libros Literary Management
Based in New York City, Globo Libros is an independent literary agency primarily represents authors of nonfiction, many of whom are Latin American and write in Spanish.
In addition to literary representation, Diane Stockwell, the agency’s founder, also performs book-length translations from Spanish into English.
Contact: [email protected]
19. Laura Dail Literary Agency
Laura Dail founded the Laura Dail Literary Agency in 1996. The agency represents a diverse range of fiction and nonfiction, both commercial and literary.
Although the agency is not exclusively dedicated to Spanish-language writers, Dail is fluent in Spanish and has translated several books from Spanish to English. This skill allows her to bring materials originally written in Spanish to English readers.
Contact: www.ldlainc.com/submissions
20. Indent Literary Agency
Colombian-born Andrea Montejo founded the Indent Literary Agency in 2007, after several years at HarperCollins, where she was a founding editor of the company’s Latino and Spanish-language imprint.
Now at Indent, she represents Spanish, Portuguese and English-language authors throughout the world.
Contact: [email protected]
Submitting Your Work to Spanish Literary Agents
Before you submit your manuscript or proposal to any of the agencies on this list, please be sure to review their websites and carefully note any submission guidelines.
You can also review our tips on how to write a great book proposal, if the agency requests one.
If you’re searching for a publisher for your book, we also have a list of Spanish publishers currently open to submissions.
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As a blog writer for TCK Publishing, Kaelyn loves crafting fun and helpful content for writers, readers, and creative minds alike. She has a degree in International Affairs with a minor in Italian Studies, but her true passion has always been writing. Working remotely allows her to do even more of the things she loves, like traveling, cooking, and spending time with her family.