Again theres much more about this in my post How to Find a Literary Agent.

Example of query letter to literary agent. It might sound trite but excess words can grate on an agents nerves. Get the agents name and title right. A query letter is a one-page letter sent to literary agents in an effort to get them excited about your book.

A great query letter one that gets an agent to request your manuscript is one that both checks all the boxes and is unique to you your book and the agent in question. Dear NAME OF AGENT I am sending you my query for THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY a young adult novel complete at about 60000 words and set against the backdrop of an actual black mark in Malaysian history. Be focused dont pitch more than one novel or memoir in your letter.

Agents already know that. Sample query letter template included. Literary agent query letter example below will help you improve your pitch to book agents.

Write it poorly and an agent will assume your book is also poorly written. Query Letter Sample The Epiphany. Examples of query letters - Ã â ã because this is important if it is passionate to be published ÃÂ you will almost do nothing to give you a competitive advantage.

On the way to school she is run over by a runaway lorry. Especially if you know that best literary agents get about 1500 questions sometimes else every month. Dont drag out your closing.

There are over 60 query letter examples to literary agents you can read on Writers Digest. To help inspire you weve collected 161 examples of successful query letters from famous authors spanning various genres from crime fiction to. One that caught my eye was an example from The Daedalus Incident.