Do different agents specialise in different things?

Do different agents specialise in different things?

Jonny Geller (Managing Director - Curtis Brown (Books)) gives expert video advice on: What are literary agents looking for?; Do different agents specialise in different things?; Should I go for a well established agent or a smaller one? and more...

Lots of different literary agents specialise in different areas. Very few are generalists. Some are experts at thrillers and crime, some are experts in what used to be called chick-lit but is now called women's commercial fiction, and some are expert in literary novels only. There's no point in sending a historical romance or a saga to someone who only does very literary novels, because a rejection from them doesn't mean anything as it's the wrong thing. That's why a bit of research, finding out who you're talking to, is very important.