Marilyn Allen
Allen O'Shea Literary Agency LLC
Likely Open
Updated: 4/21/2026
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Marilyn Allen is a literary agent and founding partner in the Allen O'Shea Literary Agency who has 25 years of experience doing sales and marketing for publishing houses.
She served as Associate Publisher Director of Marketing and Senior Vice President at HarperCollins and as Vice President at Penguin and Simon & Schuster.
She has directed sales and marketing teams for Penguin Books Simon & Schuster and Avon Books and is co founder and literary consultant for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
She has taught publishing courses at NYU and for Gotham University and frequently conducts publishing seminars and gives speeches at writing conferences.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
Not Available or None Listed
Nonfiction
- Business
- Cookbooks
- Crafts
- Nutrition
- Finance
- Fitness
- Health & Wellness
- History
- Lifestyle
- Parenting
- Politics
- Pop Culture
- Science
- Sports
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About Allen O'Shea Literary Agency LLC
Agency Profile
The Allen O'Shea Literary Agency is an author-centered boutique agency. We work closely with our clients to develop proposals and manuscript materials, and continue our involvement with the author's career to assist in developing marketing and publicity campaigns with the client and publisher. We have excellent industry contacts with publishing personnel as well as in the retail and special sales communities.
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