Close-up of Amanda Jain with curly brown hair, wearing a black top, standing outdoors with green leafy trees in the background.

Amanda Jain

LITERARY AGENT

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  • Amanda came by her love of reading honestly, inheriting it from parents who always had books close to hand. She began her career in publishing at W. W. Norton, where she spent seven years before pursuing a masters degree in history of the decorative arts. She rejoined publishing shortly thereafter at Inklings Literary Agency, and is excited every day to encounter new writers and their stories.

    Amanda currently reps adult romance, mystery / crime / thrillers, upmarket and book club fiction, horror, and science fiction & fantasy. She also represents narrative nonfiction, especially projects exploring the literary world, art history, material culture, archaeology, food history, social history, and popular science. She loves projects with a strong sense of place and those that create a completely immersive world. She is particularly interested in books that add something important to the conversation, that explore stories we haven’t yet heard, and that introduce new voices to our reading experience. Some favorite non-BookEnds authors include Emily Henry, Carley Fortune, Laura Dave, Simone St. James, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Ruth Ware, Riley Sager, Angie Kim, Erik Larson, and Patrick Radden Keefe.

    Amanda currently lives outside of Washington, DC with her husband and two kids. When she’s not reading, she likes to cook, root for the Cubs, and spend as much time outside as she can.

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  • Amanda is currently looking for adult horror, mystery, romance, upmarket & book club fiction, and science fiction & fantasy projects, and always enjoys historical fiction in all genres. In horror, Amanda would love to see submissions that feature coming-of-age stories like Stranger Things, stories that trend more psychological than bloody, and fresh takes on Gothic or haunted house stories. In romance, she is particularly looking for historical projects that explore time periods often overlooked, such as 1930s America, or that show us well-known periods from a different viewpoint (e.g. South Asians in London during the Regency period). In any genre, she is most interested in those stories that transport the reader and provide a completely immersive reading experience. Some of her favorite non-BookEnds authors include Tana French, Simone St. James, Attica Locke, Tessa Dare, Riley Sager, Jesmyn Ward, and Brit Bennett.

    In non-fiction, she is interested in projects that explore history, the literary world, art history, material culture, archaeology, food history, social history, true crime, and popular science. She is particularly interested in seeing projects that look at the intersection of food and other topics such as gender, race, and economics, and would love to see a thoughtful exploration of food deserts in American cities. Some of Amanda's favorite non-BookEnds authors in nonfiction include Patrick Radden Keefe, Sarah Smarsh, Isabel Wilkerson, and Erik Larson.

    Amanda is not currently seeking children’s books (YA and below), techno or cyber thrillers, erotica, hard or military sci-fi, or high fantasy.

SUBMIT A QUERY

Client Books

  • Red cover with a fierce red dragon coiled around a sword, and the title 'On Wings of Blood' by Briar Bolen in large silver letters. Contains ornate decorative elements and a background of swirling red patterns.
  • Book cover titled "The Bond That Burns" by Briar Boleyn, featuring a black dragon with red eyes and golden decorative elements.
  • Book cover for 'The Wings That Blind' by Briar Boleyn featuring two pink and black dragons amidst white flowers with gold accents, on a gray background.
  • A shirtless man and a woman in a blue dress gazing at each other in a grassy field with white flowers, overlaid with pink and black text for a book cover titled "A Rogue to Remember" by Emily Sullivan, with a subtitle "A League of Scoundrels Novel."
  • Book cover with title 'In Truth: A History of Lies from Ancient Rome to Modern America' by Matthew Fraser. The cover features a pointing hand surrounded by stars and laurel leaves.
  • Book cover titled 'A Mighty Force' featuring a black-and-white photo of Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, with smaller images of a house and rocks, and text indicating it's about Dr. Elizabeth Hayes and her fight for public health, written by Marcia Biederman.
  • Book cover for 'Sealand' by Dylan Taylor-Lehman, featuring a black-and-white photo of people on a structure with a flag, divided into red and cream triangles with text about the story.
  • Book cover for 'Midnight Spells Murder' by Mary Angela, with Halloween decorations including pumpkins, a witch hat, a cauldron, and a haunted house with glowing windows at night.
  • Book cover of 'In Pursuit of Jefferson' by Derek Baxter, featuring a silhouette of a person's profile with a scenic countryside inside, and a map of Europe in the background.
  • Book cover titled "White Line Fever" by KC Jones with the tagline "Terror takes the wheel." The background features a long, empty road through a forest with a pink and purple sunset or sunrise sky.
  • Close-up of a book cover titled 'The Hellion and the Hero' by Emily Sullivan, featuring a woman in a pink dress and a pearl necklace touching a man's chest in a white shirt.
  • Book cover titled 'Duchess Material' by Emily Sullivan featuring illustrated characters of a man in a teal suit and a woman in a teal dress with a red bow tie, set against a pink ornate decorative background.
  • A book cover with a background of a sunset or sunrise sky visible through tall trees in a forest. The title of the book is 'WILDWOOD' in large white letters, with the subtitle 'A Novel' in smaller white script. The author's name, 'AMY PEASE,' appears at the bottom, with a tagline indicating she is the critically acclaimed author of 'Northwoods.' A quote from William Kent Krueger praising the book is at the top.
  • Book cover for "He's to Die For" by Erin Dunn, featuring an illustrated scene of a woman and a man sitting on a rooftop. The woman is dressed in black with tattoos, and the man is in a blue suit with a crown necklace. There is a cityscape background with dark sky and stars, and a yellow measuring tape runs across the bottom.
  • Book cover titled 'A Single Captive Spark' by Emberly Ash with dark feathers and glowing sparks in the background.
  • Cover of a book titled 'A Murder in Maryland' by Emily Sullivan. The cover features a pink background with autumn leaves, a crescent moon with sun rays, a woman reading a book, a gazebo, and buildings including a church and a townhouse.
  • Book cover titled 'The Forgotten World War' with an illustration of soldiers and tents in a historical scene, featuring soldiers in uniform from the American Revolution era.