Melissa Edwards
Stonesong
Likely Open
Updated: 11/4/2025
Should You Query This Agent?
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
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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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Adult Fiction
- Magic
- Mystery
- Thrillers
- Upmarket Fiction
- Women's Fiction
Nonfiction
Genres Not Represented
- Horror
- Science Fiction
- Historical Fiction
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About Stonesong
Agency Profile
Stonesong is a dynamic, forward-thinking, yet traditional literary agency, whose agents represent a wide range of authors, genres, and books, with particular strength in lifestyle, nonfiction, health and wellness, personal development, popular culture, illustrated books, business, humor, and culinary, with a strong presence in children's, middle grade, young adult fiction and nonfiction
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