Sam Hiyate
The Rights Factory
Likely Open
Updated: 11/4/2025
Should You Query This Agent?
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Sam Hiyate is keen to discover new voices and help writers prepare their works for market and build lasting careers.
In the past two decades with The Rights Factory, his hundreds of book deals have resulted in several bestsellers.
He is the host of the podcast Agent Provocateur and regularly appears at writers conferences.
He also teaches publishing at Toronto Metropolitan University and Creative Writing at the University of Toronto.
Before The Rights Factory, he ran the literary division of The Lavin Agency in 2003 and worked as editor and publisher for the small press Gutter Press from 1993 to 2002.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- Crime
- Crossover
- Literary Fiction
- Mystery
- Thrillers
- Upmarket Fiction
Nonfiction
- Business
- Crossover
- Food
- Health & Wellness
- Lifestyle
- Memoirs
- Self Improvement
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About The Rights Factory
Agency Profile
The Rights Factory is an editorial literary agency with agents based around the world. They champion storytellers from creation through publication and support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the publishing industry.
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