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The Latest Fake Literary Agencies
Fake agencies mentioned in this post: The Elite Scout SocietyImplicitPress Literary AgencyJudith Carter LiteraryLiterary Agents AssociationMushens & Churchill Literary AgencyStory Arc Literary GroupsZenith Literary Not too long ago, I published a post with tips and techniques to help writers spot a fake literary agency. This is a skill set it’s important to have, because overseasRead More
As for agent Michelle Spahr, she is associated not just with Elite Scout Society but with scammer Leap Write Literary Agency, which among other things impersonates publishers with fake offers involving large upfront fees. Per its July 29 press release, this “renowned” agency, founded in 2017, boasts “strong relationships with top publishing houses.” Not just domestic ones, either: it “operates on a global scale, bringing together freelance literary agents and authors from all corners of the world.” And double-checking exposes the falsehoods: for example, it would be uh, difficult for an agency that did not exist before February 2024 (the date of its domain registration) to have sold a book like Samantha Silva’s Love and Fury, published in 2021; and a websearch easily confirms that V.E.
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