Literary agent
Literato Agency
An agent. Real markets. No velvet rope.
I'm Martin Ortiz-Cañavate. The agency name is for people who expect one. The reading gets done here, by me, usually with questionable posture. I'm building a list — not a big one.
Starship Troopers — Robert A. HeinleinThe Bourne Identity — Robert LudlumQ & A — Vikas SwarupThe 5th Wave — Rick YanceyA Tale of Two Cities — Charles DickensThe Thief Lord — Cornelia FunkeThe Three-Body Problem — Cixin LiuRebel of the Sands — Alwyn HamiltonGone Girl — Gillian FlynnThe Old Man and the Sea — Ernest HemingwayThe Hunger Games — Suzanne CollinsThe Outsider — Stephen KingFight Club — Chuck PalahniukThe Prestige — Christopher PriestThe Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre DumasStory of Your Life — Ted ChiangIf We Were Villains — M.L. RioDune — Frank HerbertMomo — Michael EndePrimal Fear — William DiehlBabel — R.F. KuangTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea — Jules VerneDungeon Crawler Carl — Matt DinnimanA Song of Ice and Fire — George R.R. MartinThe Children of Men — P.D. JamesAmerican Psycho — Bret Easton EllisThe Great Gatsby — F. Scott FitzgeraldLegend — Marie LuLord of the Flies — William GoldingThe Stand — Stephen KingThe Handmaid's Tale — Margaret AtwoodAmerican Gods — Neil GaimanThe Dead Zone — Stephen KingNo Country for Old Men — Cormac McCarthyStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis StevensonZodiac — Robert GraysmithFahrenheit 451 — Ray BradburyThe Outsiders — S.E. HintonThe Light Brigade — Kameron HurleyThe Lies of Locke Lamora — Scott LynchThe Institute — Stephen KingThe Left Hand of Darkness — Ursula K. Le GuinThe Perks of Being a Wallflower — Stephen ChboskyForrest Gump — Winston GroomThe Maze Runner — James DashnerSchindler's Ark — Thomas KeneallyMistborn — Brandon SandersonThe Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar WildeThe Secret History — Donna TarttThe Power of Six — Pittacus LoreThe Giver — Lois LowryAngels & Demons — Dan BrownDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip K. DickEl Camino — Miguel DelibesRed Rising — Pierce BrownInto the Wild — Jon KrakauerMetro 2033 — Dmitry GlukhovskyHowl's Moving Castle — Diana Wynne JonesJack Reacher — Lee ChildTo Kill a Mockingbird — Harper LeeLife of Pi — Yann MartelRiddle-Master — Patricia A. McKillipReady Player One — Ernest ClineThe Catcher in the Rye — J.D. SalingerNever Let Me Go — Kazuo IshiguroMarina — Carlos Ruiz ZafónNorwegian Wood — Haruki MurakamiThe Road — Cormac McCarthyTrainspotting — Irvine WelshThe Call of the Wild — Jack LondonThe Sword of Kaigen — M.L. WangGuardianes de la Ciudadela — Laura GallegoThe Lions of Al-Rassan — Guy Gavriel Kay1984 — George OrwellEnder's Game — Orson Scott CardMinority Report — Philip K. DickThe Curse of Chalion — Lois McMaster BujoldShutter Island — Dennis LehaneLooking for Alaska — John GreenThe Name of the Wind — Patrick RothfussThe Talented Mr. Ripley — Patricia HighsmithThe Young Elites — Marie LuStarship Troopers — Robert A. HeinleinThe Bourne Identity — Robert LudlumQ & A — Vikas SwarupThe 5th Wave — Rick YanceyA Tale of Two Cities — Charles DickensThe Thief Lord — Cornelia FunkeThe Three-Body Problem — Cixin LiuRebel of the Sands — Alwyn HamiltonGone Girl — Gillian FlynnThe Old Man and the Sea — Ernest HemingwayThe Hunger Games — Suzanne CollinsThe Outsider — Stephen KingFight Club — Chuck PalahniukThe Prestige — Christopher PriestThe Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre DumasStory of Your Life — Ted ChiangIf We Were Villains — M.L. RioDune — Frank HerbertMomo — Michael EndePrimal Fear — William DiehlBabel — R.F. KuangTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea — Jules VerneDungeon Crawler Carl — Matt DinnimanA Song of Ice and Fire — George R.R. MartinThe Children of Men — P.D. JamesAmerican Psycho — Bret Easton EllisThe Great Gatsby — F. Scott FitzgeraldLegend — Marie LuLord of the Flies — William GoldingThe Stand — Stephen KingThe Handmaid's Tale — Margaret AtwoodAmerican Gods — Neil GaimanThe Dead Zone — Stephen KingNo Country for Old Men — Cormac McCarthyStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis StevensonZodiac — Robert GraysmithFahrenheit 451 — Ray BradburyThe Outsiders — S.E. HintonThe Light Brigade — Kameron HurleyThe Lies of Locke Lamora — Scott LynchThe Institute — Stephen KingThe Left Hand of Darkness — Ursula K. Le GuinThe Perks of Being a Wallflower — Stephen ChboskyForrest Gump — Winston GroomThe Maze Runner — James DashnerSchindler's Ark — Thomas KeneallyMistborn — Brandon SandersonThe Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar WildeThe Secret History — Donna TarttThe Power of Six — Pittacus LoreThe Giver — Lois LowryAngels & Demons — Dan BrownDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip K. DickEl Camino — Miguel DelibesRed Rising — Pierce BrownInto the Wild — Jon KrakauerMetro 2033 — Dmitry GlukhovskyHowl's Moving Castle — Diana Wynne JonesJack Reacher — Lee ChildTo Kill a Mockingbird — Harper LeeLife of Pi — Yann MartelRiddle-Master — Patricia A. McKillipReady Player One — Ernest ClineThe Catcher in the Rye — J.D. SalingerNever Let Me Go — Kazuo IshiguroMarina — Carlos Ruiz ZafónNorwegian Wood — Haruki MurakamiThe Road — Cormac McCarthyTrainspotting — Irvine WelshThe Call of the Wild — Jack LondonThe Sword of Kaigen — M.L. WangGuardianes de la Ciudadela — Laura GallegoThe Lions of Al-Rassan — Guy Gavriel Kay1984 — George OrwellEnder's Game — Orson Scott CardMinority Report — Philip K. DickThe Curse of Chalion — Lois McMaster BujoldShutter Island — Dennis LehaneLooking for Alaska — John GreenThe Name of the Wind — Patrick RothfussThe Talented Mr. Ripley — Patricia HighsmithThe Young Elites — Marie Lu
A person, not a pipeline
If you want the office, the letterhead, and a waiting room, you'll be disappointed. If you want someone who will actually read for story, tell you the truth, and fight for the right home when the work is good — you're in the right place.
More about how I work is on About. How to query is on Submissions. That's the whole map.
Got something finished and dangerous?
Wish list, hard passes, and a form that doesn't require a formatting crash course. Just the work.
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