AgentQuery Literary Agent Search Scraper

Scrapes the AgentQuery.com database — one of the internet's largest free directories of literary agents. Extracts agent profiles including name, agency, genres represented, submission preferences, and contact details.

What you get

Each record includes:

Field	Description
agent_name	Full name of the literary agent
agency	Name of the literary agency
website	Agency or agent website URL
email	Email or query submission URL
aar_member	Association of Authors' Representatives membership status
is_actively_seeking	Whether the agent is currently accepting queries
fiction_genres	Fiction genres represented (pipe-separated)
nonfiction_genres	Nonfiction genres represented (pipe-separated)
special_interests	Agent's stated preferences and submission interests
does_not_represent	Explicitly excluded genres and formats
submission_guidelines	Submission guidelines URL or text
facts_tidbits	Additional facts about the agent
agent_detail_url	URL of the agent's full profile on AgentQuery

Usage

Run with default settings to scrape all agents (~500–900 records). Use maxItems to limit the number of results.

Input

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
maxItems	Integer	Maximum number of agent profiles to scrape. Leave blank for all agents.	10

Output

Results are saved to the default Apify dataset. Each item is a flat JSON object representing one literary agent profile.

Example output

{
  "agent_name": "Kristin Nelson",
  "agency": "Nelson Literary Agency, LLC",
  "website": "http://www.nelsonagency.com/",
  "email": "queryme.online/1350",
  "aar_member": "Yes",
  "is_actively_seeking": "Yes",
  "fiction_genres": "Literary Fiction | Science Fiction | Mystery | Thrillers/Suspense | Fantasy | Young Adult",
  "nonfiction_genres": null,
  "special_interests": "Voice and character driven stories well told.\nLiterary or literary/commercial adult novels\nYoung adult & middle grade novels",
  "does_not_represent": "Nonfiction\nChildren's picture books\nScreenplays",
  "submission_guidelines": "http://nelsonagency.com/submission-guidelines/",
  "facts_tidbits": "Clients include bestselling and award-winning authors Marie Lu, Josh Malerman, Ally Carter...",
  "agent_detail_url": "https://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=12"
}

Notes

• AgentQuery is a free public resource with no authentication required.
• The database contains agents who work primarily with US publishers.
• Profile completeness varies by agent — some fields may be null if the agent has not filled in that section.
• The scraper uses polite crawling (3 concurrent requests) to respect the free public service.