Kelly Karczewski

Kelly Karczewski is a literary agent at United Talent Agency. She represents a range of authors in fiction and nonfiction, including podcaster and comedian Brooke Averick, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rosie Grant, New York Times bestselling author and celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton, Financial Audit creator Caleb Hammer, screenwriter and producer Megan Mostyn-Brown, Sabrina Zohar, Serena Kerrigan, Depths of Wikipedia creator Annie Rauwerda, and MeetCutes NYC. She joined UTA in January 2023.

In fiction, Kelly is drawn towards sharp, contemporary stories that draw you in with a strong commercial hook, and keep you reading with effortless, surprising writing. She’s a bit of an omnivore in terms of genre, but anything that might be a GMA Book Club Pick is usually right up her alley. If there’s a lightly speculative element, spiky humor, or an “unlikeable” female character at the center (think Tracy Flick), count her in. She’s also looking for queer stories in horror and literary fiction.

She is on the hunt for the next: Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason; Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin; The Lamb by Lucy Rose; The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai; Yellowface by R.F. Kuang; Hungerstone by Kat Dunn; Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld; anything written by Laurie Colwin or Tom Perotta; Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn; The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden; Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors; and Big Swiss by Jen Beagin.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to kelly.karczewski@unitedtalent.com

Email queries only. Please do not send to multiple UTA agents. Please send the first 10 pages of your manuscript, along with your query letter, to ke**************@**********nt.com with “Query for Kelly Karczewski: TITLE” as your subject heading. She’ll be in touch within 4-6 weeks if she is interested in representing your work. Due to the volume of submissions, she is unable to reply to every query.