Elise Capron
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Likely Closed
Updated: 11/9/2025
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Elise oversees daily operations at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency and has worked there since 2003.
She holds a BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College.
Elise focuses on well-written narrative non-fiction (trade-friendly history, cultural studies, and science) and character-driven literary fiction for adults, and she is especially interested in helping scholars and journalists transition to trade readerships.
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Clients
- Edda Fields-Black
- James Tejani
- Bench Ansfield
- Kornel Chang
- Cynthia Barnett
- Luis J. Rodriguez
- Andrew Baker
- Jack Shuler
- Onaje X. O. Woodbine
- Jonathon Keats
- Tiphanie Yanique
- Howard A. Rodman
- Courtney Brkic
- Rachel Toor
- Rikki Ducornet
- Maureen McHugh
Book Sales
- Combee: Harriet Tubman
- The Combahee River Raid
- And Black Freedom During The Civil War
- A Machine To Move Ocean And Earth: The Making Of The Port Of Los Angeles And America
- Born In Flames: The Business Of Arson And The Remaking Of The American City
- A Fractured Liberation: Korea Under Us Occupation
- The Sound Of The Sea: Seashells And The Fate Of The Oceans
- Rain: A Natural And Cultural History
- From Our Land To Our Land: Essays
- Journeys
- And Imaginings From A Native Xicanx Writer
- To Poison A Nation: The Murder Of Robert Charles And The Rise Of Jim Crow Policing In America
- This Is Ohio: The Overdose Crisis And The Front Lines Of A New America
- Take Back What The Devil Stole: An African American Prophet's Encounters In The Spirit World
- You Belong To The Universe: Buckminster Fuller And The Future
- Monster In The Middle
- Land Of Love And Drowning
- How To Escape From A Leper Colony
- The Great Eastern
- The First Rule Of Swimming
- On The Road To Find Out
- The Book Of The Unknown
- Netsuke
- After The Apocalypse
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