Kelly Karczewski

Kelly Karczewski joined UTA in 2023, after almost two years at Fletcher & Company. She is currently building her list in both fiction and nonfiction.

In fiction, Kelly is generally 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, a bit of well-placed humor, or female characters with bite, count her in.

Novels she loved: Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason; The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer; anything written by Rebecca Makkai; Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore; Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley; Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld; Trust by Hernan Diaz; Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead; Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong; The Husbands by Holly Gramazio; The Wedding People by Allison Espach.

For nonfiction, she reads solely to learn something new–and while there is little she isn’t curious about, she’s most interested in expert or platform-driven authors that explore topics with bite, especially those that speak to a larger moment in our culture. She’s always eager to read more about sexuality, conspiracy theories, cults, modern takes on dating & relationships, and feminist history.

She is NOT looking for: POLICE/FBI crime stories, YA, Fantasy, Romance, Kids, Non-platform memoir.

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**************@un**********.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.