Helen Heller
Helen Heller Agency
Likely Open
Updated: 9/2/2025
Agent Information
Agent Bio
Before opening the Agency, Helen worked in senior positions at various publishers, as editor and publisher.
Widely recognized as a top tier agent for thrillers and major front-list fiction, Helen is always open to books that hit the ‘sweet spot’ of commercially successful literary fiction, and is of the strong belief that popular fiction can have serious literary quality.
Helen loves to work with new voices, and in addition to thrillers she is always ready to look at historical, domestic, and contemporary novels with a strong story arc.
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Genres Information
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Thrillers
Nonfiction
Genres Not Represented
- High Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Dystopian
- Juvenile Fiction
Helen Heller Agency
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