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Mr. Ryan Harbage

The Fischer-Harbage Agency

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Ryan Harbage

The Fischer-Harbage Agency

New York, NY
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Website:
www.fischerharbage.com/
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

Commercial
Literary Fiction

Non-Fiction

Health/Fitness
Memoir
Narrative
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Charles Blackstone
Kate Rockland
Susan Shapiro
Jackson Taylor
Author Comments
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anotherearth
06/24/2026 07:41 PM
@crookedelm37: Ryan has a long list of ghosted fulls in the timeline. Seems unprofessional, but not unusual these days. :-(
crookedelm37
06/15/2026 07:31 AM
Ghosting full requests seems to be the name of the game here, so don't get your hopes up.

Literary fiction, 83k
Query: 5/28/25
Full request: 5/29/25 (sent and acknowledged same day)
3-month nudge: 9/2/25
6-month nudge: 12/1/25
9-month nudge: 3/2/26
Final 12-month nudge: 5/29/26 (said I'd consider closed on 6/15/26)
CNR: 6/15/26
cinderedhead
05/28/2026 04:51 PM
Q: 5/28/26 75k Speculative Dystopian
anotherearth
05/11/2026 04:04 PM
Pitch (at conf):
Full request: 05/07/26
Submitted full MS: 05//11/26

Literary noir

Azurite_Butterfly
04/22/2026 08:41 PM
Q: 4/20 (nonfiction, non-memoir)
Additional chapters request: 4/22
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