Cheryl Pientka
Nancy Yost Literary Agency
Likely Closed
Updated: 11/10/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Cheryl joined Nancy Yost Literary Agency in 2018 as the director of subrights.
She also represents a select list of clients.
She became a part-time assistant in a literary agency in 1999 (with a side hustle of travel book writing) and has sold domestic, foreign and other subsidiary rights for many NYT and internationally bestselling fiction and non-fiction authors of Young Adult, picture book, middle-grade, and adult audience titles.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Mystery
- Upmarket Fiction
- Women's Fiction
Nonfiction
- Animals
- Narrative Nonfiction
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About Nancy Yost Literary Agency
Agency Profile
Nancy Yost Literary Agency is based in New York City. We represent a diverse list of talented, dedicated authors, including New York Times, USA Today, and international best-selling and award-winning writers. Each of the agents brings a varied set of skills, tastes, and backgrounds with them, but all share a passion for good books, hard work, and finding creative ways to help their authors succeed.
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