Kathryn Willms

Kathryn Willms

The Rights Factory
Likely Closed
Canada
Updated: 11/4/2025
Agent Bio

Kathryn Willms represents writers of ambitious, smart, and transformative nonfiction.

She loves working on projects that ask big questions, upend conventional thinking, and are infused with the writer’s unique passion and expertise.

For over 10 years, Kathryn has built successful partnerships with writers at all stages of their publishing careers.

Prior to becoming a literary agent, she was a freelance editor and self-publishing consultant.

Before that, she was VP and senior editor at Colborne Communications and publisher of the hybrid Iguana Books.

She continues to work as an editor and writer in the education sector for clients such as Oxford University Press, Centennial College, George Brown College, and Say Yeah.

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