Ron Eckel
Cooke McDermid Literary Agency
Likely Open
Updated: 1/6/2026
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Ron is a literary agent and co-owner of CookeMcDermid and a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Master of Publishing program.
A twenty-nine year veteran of Canadian publishing, he worked with Penguin Canada, Westwood Creative Artists, and Random House of Canada before joining CookeMcDermid in 2009.
He co-owned Cooke International until the end of 2021.
He is particularly drawn to dark fiction in horror, SFF, suspense, and psychological thriller and to non fiction in pop culture, music, pop science, and story driven current affairs.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Horror
- Science Fiction
- Suspense
- Thrillers
Nonfiction
- Current Affairs
- Music
- Pop Culture
- Popular Science
- Sports
Genres Not Represented
- Children’sbooks
- Middle Grade
- Young Adult- Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- @cooking
- Graphic Novels
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About Cooke McDermid Literary Agency
Agency Profile
CookeMcDermid is an internationally focused literary agency with nearly 50 years of experience representing authors and their complete creative rights.
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