Ms. Dorian Karchmar
William Morris Endeavor
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Dorian Karchmar
William Morris Endeavor
11 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10010
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Join Now - Website:
- wmeagency.com
- Twitter:
- @DorianKarchmar
- AALA Member:
- No
Query Methods
Accepts queries via...
Postal Mail
E-Mail
Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Commercial
Historical
Literary Fiction
Offbeat/Quirky
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Biography
Food/Lifestyle
History
Memoir
Narrative
Psychology
Science/Technology
Women's Issues
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Known Clients (current & past)
Daniel James Brown
Cathy Marie Buchanan
Helene Cooper
Frances de Pontes Peebles
Anton DiSclafani
Kim Edwards
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Erika Johansen
Paul Kalanithi
Paul Kalinithi
Ann Leary
Paul Lynch
Beth Macy
Kimberly McCreight
Eric Puchner
Amor Towles
Jennifer Vanderbes
Elaine Weiss
Jacqueline Woodson
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
ilikecoffee
03/20/2023 11:17 AM
Have folks been querying this agent at her WME address? I was querying another WME agent but kept getting a security bounceback to her WME email address and was curious if that's a WME thing or just that agent....
AnguisP
01/28/2023 02:08 AM
@pacatrue Thank you!
pacatrue
01/16/2023 02:23 PM
@anguis In the last year, she's requested anything she would request within a couple weeks and doesn't respond to 95% of her queries. My guess is that, if you haven't heard anything in 2 months, go ahead and query another WME agent. You can add a note that you previously queried Dorian and believe she has passed on it. (This is just a rando on the internet's guess, though).
AnguisP
01/12/2023 06:12 AM
Does anyone know if we can submit to more than one WME agents at the same time? If not, how long should one wait before querying another agent? I can't find Ms. Karchmar's response time anywhere and don't know how long to wait before considering it a pass.
CRogers
12/05/2022 02:10 PM
EQ: 12/5/22
YA LGBTQ+ 79k
YA LGBTQ+ 79k
histficdebut
10/11/2022 12:47 AM
EQ: 8-1-22
Dorian Karchmar kindly referred my query to another WME agent, who requested a full.
FR: 8-17-22
Full submitted 8-21-22
ER: 10-9-22 Personalized, encouraging rejection with specific actionable suggestions.
85K Historical Fiction
Dorian Karchmar kindly referred my query to another WME agent, who requested a full.
FR: 8-17-22
Full submitted 8-21-22
ER: 10-9-22 Personalized, encouraging rejection with specific actionable suggestions.
85K Historical Fiction
emmeline
09/21/2022 02:11 PM
FEQ: 8/1/202
Full manuscript request: 8/1/2022
Notified of offer of rep: 8/19/2022
Accepted offer from another agent: 9/2/2022 (not signed yet)
Formally withdrew query: 9/19/2022 (officially signed with offering agent)
Literary/historical fiction, 70K
Full manuscript request: 8/1/2022
Notified of offer of rep: 8/19/2022
Accepted offer from another agent: 9/2/2022 (not signed yet)
Formally withdrew query: 9/19/2022 (officially signed with offering agent)
Literary/historical fiction, 70K
piperp
09/15/2022 09:17 AM
EQ 09/15/2022 (plus first chapter in the email)
Mostamand
09/07/2022 06:57 PM
9/7/2022
LightofBeauty
06/27/2022 08:08 PM
EQ: 3/10/22
Nudge: 6/14/22
CNR: 6/27/22
Nudge: 6/14/22
CNR: 6/27/22
ehgnyc
05/24/2022 08:45 AM
My queries to two agents at William Morris have bounced. Anybody else have this problem or know how to fix it?
TBtbtp
04/29/2022 10:07 AM
@DennisBerkemeier--It has a literary division. And also, don't writers have talent? :)
DennisBerkemeier
04/26/2022 09:15 AM
Why is this agency listed? It is a talent agency
lmarsz
04/10/2022 01:34 AM
Did anybody get a query confirmation?
acrane
02/06/2022 11:43 AM
Email query 2/6/22
Went for query only, no pages.
Found this interview (2018) where she says she wants "Query only (no manuscript pages or attachments unless requested)."
http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2018/01/interview-with-literary-agent-dorian.html
But then here it says "Send a query letter and the first 10 pages of your manuscript (not as an attachment)."
https://www.pw.org/literary_agents/dorian_karchmar
Went for query only, no pages.
Found this interview (2018) where she says she wants "Query only (no manuscript pages or attachments unless requested)."
http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2018/01/interview-with-literary-agent-dorian.html
But then here it says "Send a query letter and the first 10 pages of your manuscript (not as an attachment)."
https://www.pw.org/literary_agents/dorian_karchmar
jvchambers
12/21/2021 02:46 PM
Queried 12/21/21
Finding anything about the submission guidelines is ridiculously hard, I did find a larger list of genres that she's interested in on her AAR profile. It looks like she doesn't want any of the manuscript in the email?
She's a long shot though.
Finding anything about the submission guidelines is ridiculously hard, I did find a larger list of genres that she's interested in on her AAR profile. It looks like she doesn't want any of the manuscript in the email?
She's a long shot though.
pljarizona
08/30/2021 05:38 PM
EQ 6/16/21 Historical Fiction (Query Letter only required) 92k
2 months now.
2 months now.
andyscontras
08/21/2021 04:47 PM
EQ-- 8/21/2021 Spec Fic 84K
TooMuchCoffeeMan
07/16/2021 09:02 PM
I sent a query letter to this address, FWIW: 'dkar@wmeagency.com'
Bob_Nolin
07/16/2021 02:28 PM
In case WME ever comes by: I couldn't find a SUBMISSIONS link to save my life, nor anything about this agent, not even their email address.
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