Marya Spence
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Likely Open
Updated: 9/17/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Raised in California’s Bay Area, Marya earned her BA at Harvard, where she majored in English and was Fiction Editor for the Advocate, and her MFA at New York University, where she also taught undergraduate creative writing.
In her 20s, she worked as a waitress and a nanny, at a bank and at a flower shop, before eventually reviewing books for Publisher’s Weekly and working at The New Yorker, PAPER Mag, Travel & Leisure, Vanity Fair, METROPOLIS Magazine, and more.
Marya values craft from the writer’s perspective and seeks books that immerse, critique, delight, or illuminate.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Fiction
- Literary Fiction
Nonfiction
- Nonfiction
- Cultural
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Pop Culture
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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