Marin Takikawa

New York, NY
Literary Agency: 
The Friedrich Agency LLC
Phone: 
(212) 317-8800
Twitter/X: 
Accepts E-mail Queries: 
Yes
Interested in Representing: 
BIPOC Voices, Feminist, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Clients Include: 
Amanda Ajamfar, Lenika Cruz, Natalie Martell, Alex Terrell

Submission Guidelines

Please send your query in the body of an e-mail (no attachments and no sample pages) with the word “QUERY” and the title of your project in the subject line to mtakikawa@friedrichagency.com. More information can be found at the agency’s website.

Tips From the Agent

“I would recommend writers read copy for various books to get a sense of how published books are being pitched/described. A successful query letter, in my opinion, should be able to intrigue you the same way a book’s description might as you’re browsing through a bookshop.

I also see a lot of query letters that suffer from a kitchen-sink quality—something to think about: What’s essential to the book and needs to be conveyed, and what are extraneous details that the query letter can do without? One last tip: Read books that are in the same space your book is trying to occupy!”