About GMA

Helping Bring Ideas To Light

Founded in 2005, the Gillian MacKenzie Agency is a boutique literary agency representing a broad range of clients, from celebrated journalists, experts, academics, and memoirists; to literary fiction and children's book writers; to lauded illustrators. We are drawn to authentic voices, authoritative perspectives, and fresh ideas that redefine how we see the world. We pride ourselves in helping clients shape their ideas into meaningful projects that we place with US and international publishers, film and TV studios, and beyond—creating connections and amplifying their message as we go.

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Our Process

Ideas That Go Places

From idea to book, from book to film, from illustration to animation, from experience to lecture, from message to brand, from local to international—we seek to help our clients maximize their ideas in myriad dimensions. 

“Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.”

— Mary Oliver