Josi Beck

Josi is the owner of Beck Literary Agency, as well as USA Today Best Selling Author JL Beck.

She brings with her ten-plus years of publishing experience and three-plus years of literary agency experience. She started representing herself when she couldn’t find an agent who she connected with. Through trial and error, she built numerous relationships in the foreign and audio markets, as well as friendships with various authors. After a few of her author friends convinced her to open an agency, she finally did, and Beck Literary Agency was born.

Josi holds an associate degree in business management, is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents, and has a wealth of knowledge and experience.

I’m super interested in: diverse characters with disabilities, own voices, thrillers, horror, dark academia (that takes place somewhere other than a boarding school/university), paranormal romance, retellings that are unique and twisted, character driven plots, rom-com, anything that is going to break my heart (I want to CRY!!). I’m also looking why choose romance, as well as sapphic romance.

The agency as a whole is actively seeking a multitude of genres/tropes/themes, including romance, character-driven stories, trope mash-ups that are unique and fresh, mystery/suspense/thriller, contemporary romance, sapphic romance, upper market fiction, dark romance, horror, dystopian, paranormal romance, fantasy, m/m romance, and speculative fiction.

We do not represent short stories, poems, plays, or scripts.

I’m also not a great fit for YA, and or rockstar romance.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to submissions@beckliterary.com

All submissions should be sent to submissions(AT)beckliterary(DOT)com. If you’re submitting to a specific agent please include that in your email. Any emails must include a query, author bio, and social media links, as well as any relevant information about yourself and or career. Don’t forget to include sample chapters.