Melissa Flashman
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Likely Open
Updated: 9/17/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Melissa Flashman majored in English at Wesleyan University.
After stints in the English PhD program at Johns Hopkins, commercial and indie radio, the advertising world and something called cool-hunting (it was the late ‘90s), she got her first job in publishing working as an assistant in the literary department of ICM before moving to Trident Media Group where she was a literary agent for over ten years before joining Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2017.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- Literary Fiction
Nonfiction
- Cultural
- Investigative Journalism
- Science
- Technology
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Agency Profile
Janklow & Nesbit Associates is a premier literary agency dedicated to the interests of our writer clients in all aspects of their careers. We offer the care and personal attention of a boutique agency and the strength and expertise of a large firm.
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