Melissa Edwards
Stonesong
Likely Open
Updated: 11/4/2025
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Melissa Edwards is a literary agent and Managing Partner at Stonesong.
After graduating from Washington University in St Louis and Vanderbilt Law School, she began her career as a litigation attorney before transitioning into publishing.
She is a tireless advocate for her clients and a constant partner during the publication process.
Melissa also acts as a contract consultant for authors and agents under MLE Consulting.
She is always interested in developing her adult commercial fiction list, with a particular eye for vibrant and fun women's fiction, stories with magic, mysteries, and thrillers by authors from underrepresented backgrounds, and upmarket book club fiction.
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Clients
- Flora Ahn
- Layla AlAmmar
- Yasmin Angoe
- Bea Birdsong
- Tim Bono
- PhD
- Precious Brady-Davis
- Julia DeVillers
- Christina Dotson
- Maxie Dara
- Stephanie DeCarolis
- Melodie Edwards
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