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Tom Miller
Tom Miller joined Liza Dawson Associates as a senior literary agent in 2018 after several years as an agent with the Carol Mann Agency. Prior to becoming an agent, Tom held executive and senior editorial positions with Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Disney, Wiley, and McGraw-Hill. As an editor, Tom acquired and edited numerous New York Times bestselling and prize-winning books by authors including Deepak Chopra, Jared Diamond, Gabor Maté, Judy Collins, Steve Forbes, Erica Jong, Jack Cafferty, Ginger Rogers, Kirk Douglas, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Eric Bogosian, Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades, Dave Asprey, Aphrodite Jones, Shirley Temple Black, Oliver North, Annette Funicello, Dr. Loren Cordain, Charles Busch, Brian Wilson, Erich Schiffmann, and Peter Straub. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in English and comparative literature.
What Tom is looking for:
Tom has a stellar reputation for developing and selling both commercial and serious narrative nonfiction as well as select literary fiction. With nonfiction, he’s looking for highly credentialed experts with strong networks and platforms in these areas: mind-body-spirit, narrative nonfiction, social and political science, health and wellness, current affairs, biography, psychology and self-help, business, spirituality, popular culture, LGBTQ+, history, cultural and social history, science, cooking, and sports. He’s also open to considering superbly written, powerful memoirs by well-connected authors, but they must be truly exceptional.
Tom needs to fall in love with the fiction he takes on, so he is extremely selective. He is looking for beautifully written literary novels with compelling characters and story lines, LGBTQ+ fiction, and literary-quality suspense fiction. At the current time Tom is not interested in thrillers, science fiction, romance, children’s books, or fantasy, so please do not query him with these genres.
Please email a query letter including a detailed overview of your nonfiction or fiction project, no more than 25 pages of sample writing, a concise author bio, and a list of your network and platform details copied and pasted into the body of your email (no attachments or snail mail – they will not be read) to querytom@lizadawson.com. Because of the large number of queries Tom receives, if he doesn’t respond to your query within eight weeks feel free to follow up with him; if you don’t get a response, you may assume that Tom is not available to represent your project. Thank you for your understanding.
Select clients
Christopher Bram
Author of GODS AND MONSTERS (the film adaptation of which won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay)
Bob Brier, Ph.D.
Author of TUTANKHAMUN AND THE TOMB THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (Oxford)
Charles Busch
Tony Award-Nominated author of LEADING LADY: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy (Benbella Books)
Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
New York Times bestselling author of THE PALEO DIET and PALEO FOR LIFE (BenBella)
Alfred Corn
Prize-winning poet and author of THE RETURNS (Press 53) and Rainer Maria Rilke’s DUINO ELEGIES: A New Translation (Norton)
David Santos Donaldson
Author of the literary ghost story GREENLAND (Amistad/ HarperCollins), shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Beverly Engel
Author of the bestselling THE EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP (Wiley) and internationally acclaimed psychotherapist
Cristal Glangchai, Ph.D.
Author of VENTURE GIRLS (HarperCollins), and professor, University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan Gottschall, Ph.D.
Author of the New York Times Editor’s Choice THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and THE STORY PARADOX (Basic Books)
Adrian Karatnycky
Author of BATTLEFIELD UKRAINE (Yale) and Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
Devan Kline and Morgan Kline
Authors of BURN (Hachette Books) and co-founders of Burn Boot Camp
Dr. Bradley Nelson
New York Times bestselling author of THE EMOTION CODE and THE BODY CODE (St. Martin’s Press) and holistic physician
Anita Nowak, Ph.D.
Author of PURPOSEFUL EMPATHY (Broadleaf Books), professor at McGill
Garrett Peck
Author of THE GREAT WAR IN AMERICA (Pegasus)
Bob Rosen, Ph.D.
New York Times bestselling author of GROUNDED (Jossey-Bass)
Brent Ridge, M.D. and Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Authors of GOAT WISDOM (Harvard Business Review Press)
Debra Whitman, Ph.D.
Author of THE SECOND FIFTY (Norton) and Executive Vice President, AARP
