Spitzer Literary Services offers more than forty years of publishing experience to guide you in your mission

The Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency

We are not accepting new clients at this time.

The Spitzer Editorial Consultancy

We ready your book to submit to agents.

This includes copyediting, editorial suggestions, and final proofreading.

This service is not intended to lead to representation on our part.

Self-Publishing Guidance

We will format your book, design the cover, lightly copyedit and proofread, and post your book for digital publication, including print on demand

This service is provided for a flat fee and is not intended to lead to representation on our part.

Best Known Projects

  • The Harry Bosch series, The Mickey Haller Series, Blood Work, Void Moon, Chasing The Dime, Crime Beat and The Late Show by Michael Connelly

  • The Dave Robicheaux and Billy Bob Holland series by James Lee Burke

  • The Samantha Kincaid series and Ellie Hatcher series, as well as The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister and Find Me by Alafair Burke

  • The Irene Kelly series by Jan Burke

  • The Jack Taylor series by Ken Bruen

  • The works of Andre Dubus and Andre Dubus III

  • The works of Barbara Quick

  • The Marquez series by Kirk Russell

  • The Dooley novels by Sam Reaves

  • Larry Beinhart, author of American Hero (Wag the Dog movie) and The Deal Goes Down

  • Beverly Lowry, author of Who Killed These Girls?, Crossed Over, Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Triumph of Madame C.J. Walker, Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life, and Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta.

  • Martin Clark, author of The Substitution Order and The Plinko Bounce

  • The Wordhunter Series by Stella Sands

Genres & Specialties

General Fiction, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, Biography, History, & African American literature