Danielle Bukowski
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
My Manuscript Wish List®
Danielle Bukowski has been at SLL since 2014.
She represents critically acclaimed, award-winning fiction and nonfiction. She is particularly looking for narratives from writers traditionally excluded from the publishing industry. For fiction, she likes books that balance plot with voice, have a strong sense of place, a unique hook, and are stylistically bold; for nonfiction, she’s looking for work grounded in the author’s personal interest, rigorously reported and researched, and will expand the reader’s view of the world (in 2024 she is very selective on taking on new NF). She loves books that blend genres and enjoys horror but is more selective on standard SFF.
Her personal website is kept more updated and includes a submission portal: https://daniellebukowski.com/
If you like the books she’s worked on before, she’d probably like to consider yours on submission.
Danielle is not the right agent for stories centered on sexual assault or disordered eating. She does not represent true crime, romance, or children’s books outside of select YA.
Fun facts about me:
I swim and cycle and cook.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to danielle@sll.com
I accept email queries. Please send your query letter and the first three chapters or 20 pages, depending on your formatting, in the body of the email to danielle@sll.com with “QUERY – YOUR TITLE” in your subject line. Please follow up if you receive other interest and/or an offer of representation, but if I don’t respond within 4 months you may query someone else at the agency if you wish. I respond to all requested full manuscripts.
Please don’t send attachments! I will not open them.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
#ownvoices, AAPI Sci-Fi, Adult, Adult Horror, Adult SFF, Asian American Literature, BIPOC, Book Club, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial adult fiction, Commercial and Literary, Cultural Criticism, Diversity, East Asian Literature, Environment, Family Drama, Feminism, Folklore, Gothic, High Concept, Historical (as long as the period is of consequence), Historical Fiction, Immigrant Voices, Literary Fiction, Marginalized Voices, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural, Multiple POV, Narrative Nonfiction, Smart Beach Reads, Social Issues, South Asian, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, anti-capitalist sci fi, book club fiction, coming of age, contemporary women's fiction, eco-fiction, family saga, family stories, found family, friendship, friendship stories, literary mystery, queer, queer horror, queer narratives, realistic fiction
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