Jessica Felleman, Agent at Jennifer Lyons Literary

Jessica Felleman began her publishing career in Los Angeles after receiving her MFA in writing from CalArts. She relocated to New York in 2015, where she spent five years at a mid-sized agency before joining the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency.

Jessica represents a range of creators, loves fresh stories about magic, and looks for fiction featuring underserved voices, unforgettable places, and complicated families. She is especially looking for adult literary and upmarket commercial fiction with a strong narrative voice and new perspectives to share, and fiction that balances on the edge of genre or blends genres in a surprising way. She also represents upmarket women’s fiction and RomComs that play with traditional tropes, and some selective science fiction/fantasy and YA fantasy with an emphasis on LGBTQIA+ characters and underrepresented POVs. Jessica has a soft spot for stories set in Los Angeles and New England, the weird and strange, and characters who make mistakes, even if they can’t fix them.

Jessica is interested in pop culture nonfiction and prescriptive titles from experts that offer realistic advice or new perspectives to help readers better understand themselves and the world, as well as narrative nonfiction about science, history, and psychology that engages with contemporary conversations.

Jessica is not considering unsolicited graphic novels, poetry, romance/erotica, thrillers, true crime, memoir, or Children’s or Middle Grade books at this time.

Member Reviews of Jessica

Great experience!

I got a very good sense of how my query and pages were hitting an agent. She had excellent suggestions of how to improve both, and it really opened my eyes about some things I could improve. She put me instantly at ease, was knowledgeable and smart about the subject matter and deeply understanding and respectful of what I was experiencing as a writer. I highly recommend Jessica Felleman!

David Wildman

Jessica was HUGELY helpful in working through my query and first ten pages. She was able to share clear insights into what was working and what could be strengthened in my query from an agent’s perspective. I so deeply appreciate her actionable advice and kind communication. I took notes on everything she said — and the day after our call, I submitted my revamped query package to a new round of agents. I received a submission request for my full manuscript within two hours! Great experience and, fingers crossed, great results already. Thanks, Jessica!

Sarah Goehrke

Jessica was thorough, thoughtful and efficient with my 10 page, 15min consultation. I would definitely recommend her!

Felix Barber

Work with Jessica

LIVE Meetings: Meet face-to-face, from home. Choose Zoom, Google Meet, or phone, and speak for the appointed time about your query, first page, and/or first ten pages (for longer meetings). Does not include written notes, but is a chance to have an honest discussion about your work, and to ask follow-up questions. International meetings welcomed.

HYBRID is a live meeting at the appointment time, with written notes.

WRITTEN Critiques: Get detailed, thoughtful notes on your work. Comes with large-scale edits (character, world, plot, tension, concept, conflict, and similar as needed) in an editorial letter and small-scale, line-by-line notes as needed (for longer critiques, an average of three per page). Work arrives in your inbox within 24 hours of thedate on the calendar.