Stephanie Delman

What Stephanie is looking for

In fiction, she looks for books that are “many things at once”: i.e., a literary thriller that’s also a social satire, historical fiction threaded with folklore, a dark comedy that serves as a parable for something larger than ourselves. She’s not the best fit for anything too straightforward (for better or for worse!). She’s drawn to ambition and accessibility—immersive, inventive fiction intended for a wide audience. She likes authors who are inspired by the strange and the fantastical, but remain grounded in their writing. She represents a very limited selection of narrative nonfiction: authors who use their own experience as a jumping-off point for further investigation.

Notable sales & clients

• The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
• The Girls with No Names
• The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
• Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

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Hear from Stephanie: interviews & talks

The fastest way to understand what an agent responds to is to hear them talk about it.

• 🎙 How Discovery Happens w/ Trellis Agents Stephanie Delman and Allison Hunter — Read the Acknowledgments Podcast (2025)
• Question & Agent: Stephanie Delman of Trellis Literary Management — Debutiful (2026)
• On Literary Apprenticeship: Stephanie Delman and Elizabeth Pratt — Alia Habib (Substack) (2025)

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