of the David Black Literary Agency represents various genres of books, including projects in the following categories: narrative nonfiction, science, health, memoir, history, politics, self-help, investment, business, women’s and LGBTQ+ issues, parenting, humor, craft, cooking, lifestyle and entertainment, commercial and literary fiction, romance, and middle grade and young adult. Some of the authors she represents include New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, Dr. Drew Ramsey, Dr. Gregory Scott Brown, Dr. Tommy Wood, Nicole Sachs, LCSW, memoirist and grief therapist Meghan Riordan Jarvis, New York Times bestselling author, children’s book author and poet Maggie Smith, memoirist Kelly Sundberg, green activist and entrepreneur Danny Seo, New York Times bestselling author and cartoonist Bob Eckstein, romance writer Nisha Sharma, mystery and YA author Lev AC Rosen, cartoonist Ellis Rosen, humorist Eli Burnstein, financial advisor Ed Slott, cookbook author Kate McDermott, best selling author Kim Sunée, best selling author Stephen Puleo, and New York Times bestselling author Jackson Galaxy. She also represents the New York Times bestselling Atkins series and Intellectual Devotional series by Noah Oppenheim and David Kidder. Originally from and based in Red Sox Nation, Joy is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Radcliffe Publishing Course. She has been a writing instructor at Goucher’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction program. She previously worked for Harvard Business School Press and taught at an elementary school in Italy. A member of AALA, Joy has been with the David Black Literary Agency since 1998. Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to JoyTutela@ Please note that any submissions made to Joy Tutela may be run through an AI detector. Please include a synopsis of the work in the body of your email along with your bio and social media information. If nonfiction, I will follow up to request a proposal. If a novel, please also include three chapters within the body of the email. I will follow up with you directly if the project is of interest. Thank you in advance for your submissions. Vital Info Website Agent
Fiction
Action/Adventure, Commercial, Crime, Family Saga, General, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Science Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Biography, Cookbooks, Fashion, Feminism and women\'s issues, Fitness, Health, History, Humor, Illustrated, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Parenting, Pop Culture, Psychology, Relationships and family, Science, Self-help, Spiritual, Sports, Tarot/Astrology, Travel, True Crime, Wellness, Witches/Witchcraft
Favorite sub-genres
Fantasy Romance, Feminist, Food, Food Writing, Grief, Health, Health and Wellness, Health and healing, Humor, Humor YA, Illustrated/Gift, LGBT YA, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ Romance, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ rom coms, Literary Fiction, Literary Middle Grade, Literary YA, Literary YA & MG, Literary YA/MG, MG Action Adventure, MG Fantasy, MG adventure, MG contemporary, MG mystery, Magic Realism, Magical Realism, Magical Realism YA, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Contemporary, Middle Grade Humor, Middle Grade Mystery, Middle grade magical realism, Mothers and Daughters, Nature Writing, New Adult, Parenting, Personal Development, Pop Culture, Pop History, Pop Psychology, Pop Science, Popular Science/Psychology, Rom-com, RomCom, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Thriller, Same-Sex Romance, Self-help, Shakespeare Retellings, South East Asian Literature, Sports, Wellness, Western Romance, Women's Fiction, Women's Issues, YA Contemporary, YA Contemporary Romance, YA Contemporary Romance with layers, YA Crossover, YA Fantasy, YA Historical Fantasy, YA Mystery, YA Nonfiction, YA Rom-Coms, YA RomCom, YA Romance, YA Romantasy, YA SF/F, YA Sci-fi, YA Science Fiction, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA memoir, YA rom com, Young