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Ms. Margaret Riley King

William Morris Endeavor

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Margaret Riley King

William Morris Endeavor

11 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10010
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Website:
wmeagency.com
Blog/Other:
www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/mrking/
AALA Member:
No
Query Methods
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E-Mail
Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

General Fiction
Mystery
Thrillers/Suspense

Non-Fiction

Business/Finance
Cookbook
Food/Lifestyle
Health/Fitness
History
Multicultural
Religion/Spirituality
Science/Technology
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Known Clients (current & past)
Chloe Benjamin
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Rachel Brathen
Khalida Brohi
Hannah Bronfman
Amena Brown
Kristin Cavallari
Austin Channing Brown
Jessie James Decker
Glennon Doyle
Keeda Haynes
Emily Henderson
Greer Hendricks
Jessica Henriquez
Kristen Howerton
Laura Lynne Jackson
LeBron James
Valarie Kaur
David Kessler
Ann Kidd Taylor
Ruthie Lindsey
Cammie McGovern
Sue Monk Kidd
Julie Morgenstern
Laura Moriarty
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Dani Shapiro
Michael Symon
Sheila Turnage
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Jeannette Walls
Abby Wambach
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
Zooks3
12/14/2022 04:46 PM
12/14/22 - EQ re: The Knotted Gun - suspense - 75K
Mevrouw_Bee
10/24/2022 09:11 AM
EQ: Aug 8 2022
Women's Historical Fiction 99k
CNR 24 Oct 2022. Judging from her timeline. Apparently I queried during the wrong month and she skipped over a whole chunk of ones submitted during the summer.
1edpsf1
10/24/2022 07:21 AM
Update: submitted 24Oct22, did not get immediate bounce of rejection.

Hi,
"Message blocked: Your message to MRK@wmeagency.com has been blocked. See technical details below for more information." When I checked the link, it's Mimecaster. I've been blocked from gmail & outlook.com.
Both had requested content in email. I'll try once more, then admit defeat. It's a shame, as I've read good things about the agent, but this could be the universe's way of telling me to stay away (-;
Patrick (Admin)
10/14/2022 07:47 AM
@1edpsf1, the bounce backs will usually give a reason. Did you see anything like that, if so, what did it say?
1edpsf1
10/14/2022 07:11 AM
Hi, seeking help. Trying to submit to MRK@wmeagency.com, and received bounce backs from both my gmail and outlook.com account. Query letter & first 3 chapters in body of email.

Could someone please tell me how you got through? Thanks much.
Profile Update

Patrick (Admin)
10/06/2022 06:13 PM
Profile Update: Genres updated. Thanks iwritemghorror
iwritemghorror
10/06/2022 03:27 PM
Margaret does NOT represent middle grade, FYI. Her coworkers, Janine and Angeline, do however. Wanted to let folks who have queried her with MG know!
chrisjnewman
08/25/2022 11:42 AM
EQ: 08-10-2022
FR: 08-22-2022
Upmarket Thriller 93k

She seems super nice - fingers crossed.
RhettGervais
08/05/2022 01:32 PM
Personalized rejection after 16 days. She seems lovely.
pickfordm
07/16/2022 03:22 PM
form rejection on query letter, 11 months after submission. No reply until I sent a follow-up.
AnneGreer
06/29/2022 12:08 PM
Social media suggests she just had a baby but she is still accepting query letters-- I emailed both her addresses and they bounced back?
Bonni_Brodnick
06/27/2022 07:35 PM
EQ & 3 chapters- 627/22
memoir 34k

** mnk277 - Did she pass on that last revision or literally PASSED that first week of April from Covid?
Writer67
06/23/2022 02:06 PM
https://www.pw.org/literary_agents/margaret_riley_king

This is what I’ve found to query her. Query and first 3 chapters

HTH.
RoseVioletIris
06/20/2022 03:44 PM
Very kind and personalized rejection after about a month. She seems lovely.
BarbaraDrake
04/22/2022 04:46 PM
EQ 3/13/22
ER 4/18/22
memoir, 88K

Same nice form rejection letter that Light of Beauty has included, above.
LightofBeauty
04/18/2022 03:42 PM
EQ: 4/12
ER: 4/18

Very quick and kind form rejection.

Thank you very much for your email. I have now had the opportunity to review your query, and I’m afraid I am not the right person to represent this project.

As you probably know, publishing is an industry based largely on instinct and emotional response, especially where fiction is concerned. Since your work so richly deserves the energetic and passionate representation that I can’t offer you, I will step aside for an agent who can and undoubtedly will.

I wish you the best of luck and much success!

Most sincerely,

Margaret Riley King

Note: This form is actually some of the best ones I've seen where it reminds you of exactly what this long and demoralizing process is about: finding an agent that is 1000% passionate about your work AND knows how to sell and market it. Anything else in between is meaningless and subjective performative agent-theater. It's not about having a perfect manuscript (that's part of an agent's job is to work with you on it and its flaws because they LOVE it that much regardless to take you on and represent you), it's about finding someone who's perfect for you and your book. She comes across as nice, even in a form.
piperp
03/15/2022 11:10 PM
EQ 2/25
ER 3/11
dmdomosea
02/20/2022 09:30 AM
I've searched their website and cannot find a submissions page to explain how to submit to their literary agents. Can someone please post a link?
Finch_dubois3
02/01/2022 12:05 PM
Query sent: Jan 12
Query rejection: Feb 1
YA sci-fi, WC 66,000
SBallerS
01/11/2022 12:30 PM
This was a no in Jan 2022
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10/06/2022 - Genres updated.
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