Erin Niumata
Senior Vice President & Literary Agent
Looking for commercial nonfiction, from prescriptive and practical to narrative and memoir, as well as a select list of fiction including mysteries, rom-coms, and commercial women’s fiction.
Erin Niumata has been in publishing for almost three decades. She started as an editorial assistant at Simon and Schuster in the Touchstone/Fireside division for several years; then moved over to Harper Collins as an editor, and then she went to Avalon Books as the Editorial Director. Erin has edited many authors including Leon Uris, Stuart Woods, Erica Jong, Brenda Maddox, Lawrence Otis Graham, Joan Rivers, and more. She has represented NY Times bestselling cowboy romance writer Carolyn Brown, Discovery Channel’s Fast N Loud, North America, and Cash Cab; TLC’s The Cake Boss, Diesel Brothers, and Extreme Couponing; Animal Planet’s Too Cute, Finding Bigfoot, River Monsters, and Puppy Bowl; NASA's Above and Beyond; Science Channel’s How It’s Made; Smithsonian Institute’s The Red Planet, inspirational speaker Josh Shipp, viral content creator Tyler Merritt, skin care expert and co-founder of SoKo Glam Charlotte Cho, Hello Fears internet sensation Michelle Poler, Average People Problems founder Sam Matt, chef/baker Grant Melton, humorist Jen Lancaster, humorist Jennifer Mann, blogger Anna Lind Thomas, and many more. She’s worked on multiple NY Times Bestsellers.
Genres represented
Bookclub Fiction
Commercial Fiction
Women's Fiction
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Memoir
Cookbook
Narrative Non-Fiction
Prescriptive Non-Fiction
Mystery
Romance
Key titles
NY Times Bestselling cowboy romance writer Carolyn Brown
Discovery Channel’s Fast N Loud, North America, Cash Cab, and Diesel Brothers
TLC’s – The Cake Boss and Extreme Couponing
Animal Planet’s Too Cute, Finding Bigfoot, River Monsters, and Puppy Bowl
Science Channel’s How It’s Made
Smithsonian Institute’s The Red Planet
Inspirational speaker Josh Shipp
Skin care expert and co-founder of SoKo Glam Charlotte Cho
Inspirational speaker Michelle Poler
How to contact me
I am open for February 2024. Please submit queries here; https://QueryManager.com/ErinNiumata
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