Madison Smartt Bell
Ayesha Pande Literary
Likely Open
Updated: 8/30/2025
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Agent Bio
Madison is the author of twelve novels and has published three collections of short stories, two biographies, a memoir of travel in Haiti, and two albums with Wyn Cooper.
Born and raised in Tennessee, he has lived in New York, Paris and London.
A graduate of Princeton University and the Hollins College graduate creative writing program, he has taught in many writing programs including Goucher College, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars.
He is interested in literary fiction, noir, criminal procedurals, work from the Caribbean basin and other diasporas, and anything genuinely original and fresh.
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Ayesha Pande Literary is a mission-driven literary agency with a distinctive client list and a long-held commitment to championing historically underrepresented voices and reshaping the cultural conversation.
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