“...having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.”

    —Herman Melville,
    Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Welcome

Wales Literary Agency represents writers of quality fiction and nonfiction.

Wales Literary Agency is part of a thriving West Coast literary community which has grown up in the last couple of decades as the Internet has collapsed some of the great distances between New York publishing and the rest of the nation.

Agency clients are from all over the United States and overseas, with a core group currently living “west of the Hudson River.”

It Gets Better
It Gets Better:
Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying,
and Creating a Life Worth Living

by Dan Savage & Terry Miller

Welcome to our Website.

“... discerning Seattle outfit in search of literary nonfiction and fiction from the Pacific Rim and beyond.”
—Mediabistro

“... a boutique agency with a quality list.”
—The Stranger

News and Highlights
Cold
Cold: Adventures in the
World’s Frozen Places

by Bill Streever
Special Exits
Special Exits
by Joyce Farmer
Naming Nature
Naming Nature: The Clash
Between Instinct and Science

By Carol Kaesuk Yoon