Ismita Hussain, Literary Agent

Ismita Hussain, Literary AgentIsmita Hussain, Literary AgentIsmita Hussain, Literary AgentIsmita Hussain, Literary Agent
  • About
  • Manuscript Wishlist
  • Clients
  • Recent Books
  • Media + Events
  • Consultations + Editorial
  • Contact + Query

Ismita Hussain, Literary Agent

Ismita Hussain, Literary AgentIsmita Hussain, Literary AgentIsmita Hussain, Literary Agent
  • About
  • Manuscript Wishlist
  • Clients
  • Recent Books
  • Media + Events
  • Consultations + Editorial
  • Contact + Query

What Ismita is Looking For

Adult Fiction

Adult Non-Fiction

Adult Non-Fiction

Literary Fiction, Upmarket, Book Club, Crime, New Adult, Short Story Collections. 


Specifically: Fiction that features food service/restaurant culture. Satire and humorous fiction. Gritty realism. Dark humor.


Ismita is open to novels that fit these categories but have some genre-fiction elements. 


The most important elements that grab Ismita's attention are style and literary quality writing. 

Adult Non-Fiction

Adult Non-Fiction

Adult Non-Fiction

History, Pop Culture, Humor, Travel, Cookbooks, Sports.


Specifically: Cookbooks that explore a niche ingredient/theme and cookbooks that tell a story. Quirky and visually stunning coffee table books.


The most important elements that grab Ismita's attention are expertise and a surprising/niche topic.

Young Adult

Adult Non-Fiction

Young Adult

Contemporary, Rom-Com, Commercial, Novel-in-verse.


Specifically: A heist book. 


The most important elements that grab Ismita's attention are themes/situations that are true to the teen experience today and commercial quality.  

A Little More About Ismita's Tastes

Favorite Authors: 

Marcel Proust, Flannery O'Connor, Oscar Wilde


Favorite Books: 

God's Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell, Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, The Complete Stories of Flannery O' Connor, A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston


Favorite Movies/TV Shows:

The Americans, The Sopranos, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Front


Ismita Would Love the 'Next'

Little Children

The Goldfinch

The Corrections

Salt Fat Acid Heat

White Noise

Ready to Query?

Ismita strives to respond to all queries within 8 weeks. If your manuscript sounds like a fit based on this wishlist, you can query her through QueryManager.  

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Ismita Hussain, Literary Agent

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