Status: Open to submissions, actively seeking new clients.
About: “Daniel Lazar is a senior agent at Writers House, one of the industry's largest and oldest literary agencies. His list includes a variety of commercial and literary fiction for children and adults. For children's books, he represents primarily middle grade and YA.
What He's Looking For:
From Publisher’s Marketplace:
“As an agent, and a reader, I'm a generalist. I work across fiction, non-fiction and children's books.
Mr. Lazar does not rep picture books, cookbooks, and romance and serious how-to titles. (Link)
About the Agency:
"Writers House is an independently owned full-service literary agency, providing individual client attention with in-house international licensing, media, contracts, and accounting teams." (From the agency website)
You can find many of the authors that Writers House represents on their website.
Editorial Agent?
Yes.
Web Presence:
Writers House website.
Publisher's Marketplace page.
Instagram
Twitter.
AgentQuery, QueryTracker, AuthorAdvance.AAR.
Clients:
You can find some of the authors that Mr. Lazar represents on his Publisher Marketplace and AgentQuery pages.
Query Methods:
E-mail: Yes (preferred & faster response).
Snail-Mail: Yes.
Online-Form: No.
Submission Guidelines (always verify):
E-mail: Send a query letter and the first 5 pages of your manuscript in the body of the e-mail. No attachments.
Snail-mail: Send a query letter and the first 5 pages of your manuscript with a SASE.
Do not query more than one agent within Writers House at a time. For complete, up-to-date submission guidelines see the agency website and Mr. Lazar's Publisher's Marketplace page.
Response Times:
“We respond to every query -- you'll hear from me or my assistant. And our response time is 1 minute to several weeks.” (Link)
What's the Buzz?
Daniel Lazar is a highly respected, successful agent at one of the largest and most prominent literary agencies around. He has an amazing client list, impressive history of sales, and is popular among aspiring authors. You can follow him on Instagram to see what he and his clients are up to.
Worth Your Time:
Interviews:
Q&A With Daniel Lazar at Scripts & Scribes (08/2015)
Contact:
Please see the Writers House website and Mr. Lazar's Publisher's Marketplace page for contact and query information.
Profile Details:
Last updated: 12/23/2024
Agent Contacted For Review? Yes.
Reviewed By Agent? 5/2/2020
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Have any experience with this agent? See something that needs updating? Please leave a comment or e-mail me at natalieiaguirre7(at)gmail(dot)com
Note: These agent profiles presently focus on agents who accept children's fiction. They are not interviews. Please take the time to verify anything you might use here before querying an agent. The information found herein is subject to change.
About: “Daniel Lazar is a senior agent at Writers House, one of the industry's largest and oldest literary agencies. His list includes a variety of commercial and literary fiction for children and adults. For children's books, he represents primarily middle grade and YA.What He's Looking For:
From Publisher’s Marketplace:
“As an agent, and a reader, I'm a generalist. I work across fiction, non-fiction and children's books.
I love unputdownable stories that introduce me to new worlds, or recreate ones I already know. Explorations of relationships, history, faith, science, culture -- yes, please. I love comics and graphic novels, so whether you're working in prose or in panels or a combination of elements, all formats are welcome. I grew up the oldest of six, I'm uncle to nineteen so far, so I'm always intrigued by unique views on parenting and family life. If your pages can make me hold my breath or miss my subway stop... I'd love to hear from you."
What He Isn't Looking For:Mr. Lazar does not rep picture books, cookbooks, and romance and serious how-to titles. (Link)
About the Agency:
"Writers House is an independently owned full-service literary agency, providing individual client attention with in-house international licensing, media, contracts, and accounting teams." (From the agency website)
You can find many of the authors that Writers House represents on their website.
Editorial Agent?
Yes.
Web Presence:
Writers House website.
Publisher's Marketplace page.
Twitter.
AgentQuery, QueryTracker, AuthorAdvance.AAR.
Clients:
You can find some of the authors that Mr. Lazar represents on his Publisher Marketplace and AgentQuery pages.
Query Methods:
E-mail: Yes (preferred & faster response).
Snail-Mail: Yes.
Online-Form: No.
Submission Guidelines (always verify):
E-mail: Send a query letter and the first 5 pages of your manuscript in the body of the e-mail. No attachments.
Snail-mail: Send a query letter and the first 5 pages of your manuscript with a SASE.
Do not query more than one agent within Writers House at a time. For complete, up-to-date submission guidelines see the agency website and Mr. Lazar's Publisher's Marketplace page.
Response Times:
“We respond to every query -- you'll hear from me or my assistant. And our response time is 1 minute to several weeks.” (Link)
What's the Buzz?
Daniel Lazar is a highly respected, successful agent at one of the largest and most prominent literary agencies around. He has an amazing client list, impressive history of sales, and is popular among aspiring authors. You can follow him on Instagram to see what he and his clients are up to.
Worth Your Time:
Interviews:
Q&A With Daniel Lazar at Scripts & Scribes (08/2015)
Contact:
Please see the Writers House website and Mr. Lazar's Publisher's Marketplace page for contact and query information.
Profile Details:
Last updated: 12/23/2024
Agent Contacted For Review? Yes.
Reviewed By Agent? 5/2/2020
***
Have any experience with this agent? See something that needs updating? Please leave a comment or e-mail me at natalieiaguirre7(at)gmail(dot)com
Note: These agent profiles presently focus on agents who accept children's fiction. They are not interviews. Please take the time to verify anything you might use here before querying an agent. The information found herein is subject to change.
22 comments:
Have I mentioned yet how much I love these? I love these. You rock.
Yes, I agree with Beth, Casey! You rock! Thanks so much for this!
Thanks Beth and Crystal!!
This is great info for authors looking for agents!! Great stuff. :)
Thank, Keri!
Oh man, you are so awesome to round all this information up!! I've been thinking about querying him. Thanks for providing more info for stalking, er, researching him :)
Oh, he seems awesome. If I ever write anything other than a picture book, he'll be at the top of my list!
Best wishes if you query him, Sherrie and Corey!
This is so awesome! Thank you as always.
Hey all -
Wanted to let you know Dan contacted me with a couple updates. He was extremely nice and communicative.
He does look great, and thanks for putting all this together, Casey. BUT what is his email address? He said he preferred email queries (& I definitely do). I looked at his PM & Writer's House website, and maybe I'm being dumb, but I can't find it.
Hi Sarah,
You can find his and most other agents' e-mail addresses on AgentQuery and QueryTracker.
Here are links to Mr. Lazar's profiles on those sites:
http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=37
http://querytracker.net/agent.php?ref=clients&g=K&agent=26
Thanks! I'm always wary of anything that's not an agent's official site, but seeing as how you've obviously communicated with him, I'd bet they have some good info.
Thanks again.
This blog is an absolutely fantastic resource. Thank you!
Hey!
The answer's probably "no", but do you think agents in the United States like Daniel Lazar accept manuscripts written in a different language than English? (like French)
Thanks!
Hi Sarah,
I can't speak for every agent out there, but most, if not all, US agents won't accept manuscripts in French or other languages. They have to be able to read it to know if they love it. And even if you did find an agent who could read it and wanted it, it would have to be translated in order to be submitted to US publishers, for which you would probably have to foot the bill.
Wish I had a more positive answer for you!
Casey
Thank you very much, Casey, for the answer, I appreciate it! I guess I'll try France ;)
I am planning on querying him for a book. I did a horror genre, will he accept that and also what is gmail to send queries?
You should check the agency website to learn more about his submission guidelines and how to query him. It will have the email address to query him. He didn't say he does not accept horror so you would have to query him to see how he responds. You could also see if he represents any authors who write horror to find out if he'd be a good fit for you.
Dan Lazar is the real deal. I've sent him at least three manuscripts, he responded quickly, succinctly and even was worried abut me as we fled hurricane Matthew.
Thanks Daniel Lazar for response to my initial query.
Thanks Natalie. Daniel Lazer sounds inspirational.
He mentions US and Canadian writers in one of his deliveries.
Will he also consider UK writers and Historical Fiction set in Spain?
A published (historical) novel example of an English writer he has engaged would be appreciated.
Ivan
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