Alice Speilburg is the CEO and founding literary agent of Speilburg Literary Agency, where she represents commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction for the adult market. With more than 15 years in publishing, she has worked across editorial development, literary representation, and contract negotiation, including earlier roles at John Wiley & Sons and Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. She guides authors through acquisitions, multi-book deals, subsidiary rights, and long-term career strategy, and she also helps executives, associations, and entrepreneurs turn ideas into books that build authority and lasting impact.
Her authors have signed with Big Five publishers, become national bestsellers, and appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, Variety, and Oprah Daily. Their work has earned honors from the American Library Association, the Edgar Awards, the Goodreads Choice Awards, and the Audie Awards, with several titles named among the year’s best by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Alice’s first editing job was on the news desk of her college daily, and that early pull toward sharp, culturally relevant storytelling still shapes her list. She is especially drawn to nonfiction by journalists, as well as fantasy with charming magic systems and witty characters, immersive historical adventures, and atmospheric mysteries and thrillers.
A member of the Association of American Literary Agents and several writing organizations, she also gives time to her community as a gardener at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve and a violinist with the Louisville Philharmonia. On weekends, she unwinds hiking and watching movies with her husband and two sons. www.SpeilburgLiterary.com
