ELIZABETH KRACHT

An Irish-German American woman with long, auburn hair and smiling blue eyes.

Elizabeth Kracht is a literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates and the author of The Author’s Checklist: An Agent’s Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript. She also works as a freelance developmental editor coaching authors. Elizabeth represents both literary and commercial fiction as well as nonfiction, and brings to the agency experience as a former acquisitions editor, freelance publicist, and writer. In fiction, she represents thrillers, mysteries, literary, commercial, women’s, and historical. In nonfiction, she is interested in finding true crime, investigative journalism, narrative/creative nonfiction, prescriptive, voice- or adventure-driven memoir, high concept, science, spirituality, sexuality, self-help, and pet stories.

Elizabeth is not looking for children’s, poetry or short story collections, screenplays, and previously published works.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

In fiction, Elizabeth is looking for thrillers, mysteries, literary, commercial, women’s, and historical. In nonfiction, she is looking for true crime, investigative journalism, narrative/creative nonfiction, prescriptive, voice- or adventure-driven memoir, high concept, science, spirituality, sexuality, self-help, and pet stories

Specializes In

FICTION: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers/Suspense, Upmarket Women's Fiction

NONFICTION: Adventure/True Story, Cultural/Social Issues, Dating/Relationships, Health & Fitness, History, Humor, Investigative Journalism, Medical, Memoir, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, True Crime, Women's Concerns

Considers

FICTION: Chick Lit, GLBT, Humor/Satire, Romance

NONFICTION: Current Affairs, Food & Lifestyle, GLBT, Gift Books, Men's Concerns, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Pop Culture, Religion, Sports, Travel