Triangle House Literary is a boutique literary agency founded in 2019 in partnership with the literary community at Triangle House. Our clients have won the PEN Bingham Award, been listed for NYPL Young Lions 5 Under 35, The Center For Fiction First Novel Prize, The PEN Jean Stein Award, The Oregon Book Award, The Kirkus Prize, The Edgar Awards, LAMBDA Awards, and the Believer Book Award and been named books of the year by The New York Times and NPR, among other honors.
Foreign rights are handled by Claire Roberts at Claire Roberts Global Literary Management. (info@clairerobertsglobal.com)
People
Monika Woods
Monika is a literary agent, writer, editor, and founder of Triangle House. She is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo and the Columbia Publishing Course and has worked closely with leading voices in contemporary literature over her decade-long publishing career. Her interests include literary fiction and compelling non-fiction in cultural criticism, food, popular culture, journalism, science, and current affairs.
Monika is particularly excited about plot-driven literary novels, non-fiction that is creatively critical, unique perspectives, a great cookbook, and above all, original prose. To query Monika at Triangle House Literary, please send an email with a description of your project as well as the first ten pages of your manuscript to monika@triangle.house. She will respond if she’s interested in seeing more.
She lives in Brooklyn and Springs, NY with her husband and son.
Renée Jarvis
Renée is an agent at Triangle House Literary. Born and raised in New York City, she graduated from Brooklyn College with a BFA in Creative Writing. She previously worked as an assistant and agent at MacKenzie Wolf Literary and spent two years as a writing teacher at the non-profit organization Legal Outreach.
Renée is seeking narrative nonfiction, adult speculative, upmarket, and literary fiction, and children’s books. She is looking for works that center POC and LGBTQIA+ voices and is particularly drawn to the work of Black writers across the African diaspora. In nonfiction, she is interested in pop culture analysis, cultural histories, linguistics, food writing, international stories, and explorations of music, fashion, and art. In fiction, she loves robust plots, bold characters with a sense of humor, unique formats, stories that explore friendship and family, and lyrical prose.
To query Renée, please send a query letter, synopsis, and the first 30 pages of your manuscript or your full proposal through this form.
Kima Jones
Kima Jones is the founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts, a Los Angeles-based book publicity agency for black and brown writers, where, for five years, she worked as lead strategist on all publicity campaigns. In 2017, Kima founded the Jack Jones Literary Arts retreat—a two-week respite and book incubator for black and brown nonbinary and women writers. The Los Angeles Times called Kima "2018's literary breakthrough" and "an important new voice on the national stage." In 2019, Kima founded Culture, Too—a mentorship conference for black and brown cultural critics. In the spring of 2021, Kima Jones joined Triangle House Literary as an agent where she is interested in representing literary fiction, essay collections, memoir, hybrid texts, commercial fiction, poetry, speculative fiction, science fiction, and horror. She brings more than a decade of marketing and publicity experience into her agenting negotiations. To query Kima at Triangle House Literary, please follow the submissions directions via QueryManager, which include the first ten pages of your manuscript. She will respond if she’s interested in seeing more.
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