Greg Johnson

Greg Johnson

WordServe Literary Agency
Likely Open
USA
Updated: 9/15/2025
Agent Bio

Greg Johnson has been in publishing for more than 35 years and became a full time literary agent in 1994 before founding WordServe in 2003.

He wrote and co wrote 20 works of nonfiction with traditional publishers and was an editor for a teenage boys magazine for five years.

As an agent he has personally represented more than 2,300 books and negotiated more than 2,100 contracts to over 120 publishing imprints.

His stable of authors is near full though he will occasionally take on new authors and projects.

He represents a broad array of adult nonfiction and fiction and works with pastors and speakers.

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