Jill Marsal

Jill Marsal is a highly accomplished literary agent with nearly two decades of experience in the publishing industry. She is a founding partner of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and has previously worked as a Literary Agent with the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency for eight years. Jill is also a former attorney with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she practiced for five years. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor's degree in English and Quantitative Economics from Stanford University. Her areas of interest include women's fiction, mysteries, psychological suspense, business, health, self-help, relationships, history, science, and narrative non-fiction. Jill is particularly drawn to projects that make provocative arguments, share interesting research or offer useful, new advice. If you have a novel with a highly original concept or voice, she would love to see it.