Steve Laube, president and founder of The Steve Laube Agency, is a veteran of the bookselling industry with over 45 years of experience. In the 80s, he was a bookstore manager and was awarded the National Store of the Year by the Christian Booksellers Association (CBA). He then spent over a decade with Bethany House Publishers and was named the Editor of the Year by AWSA. Over twenty years ago, he became an agent where he and his agency have represented nearly 3,000 new books, and Steve has twice been named Agent of the Year by ACFW. He was also inducted into the Grand Canyon University Hall-of-Fame by their College of Theology. He teaches the Bible each week at his local church, and those lectures can be found on InnerAltar.com. He is married with three grown children and two grandsons.
Steve has very eclectic interests. He has represented everything from sweet romance to systematic theology. His clients are equally divided between fiction and non-fiction writers. (For a complete resume of his past work and editorial experience, click here.)
He is the President Emeritus of The Christian Writers Institute and continues to produce the annual Christian Writers Market Guide (also available online). Plus, he is the author of Sacred Margins: On the Spiritual Life of a Writer, The Chosen Presents: A Blended Harmony of the Gospels, and Write Your First Novel.
In addition, he oversees the publishing program for Enclave Publishing (a division of Oasis Family Media), one of the premier publishers of Christian fantasy and science fiction.
Read about what Steve is looking to represent.
Tamela Hancock Murray has been a literary agent since 2001. She is a bestselling author of over thirty novels, novellas, and nonfiction books and won an RWA Inspirational Readers Choice Award (follow this link for a complete list of her books). Although her current writing for publication is limited to the Agency blog, because of her experience, Tamela brings the perspective of a working writer to her role as a literary agent. She represents many top authors and continues to develop new talent.
She has twice been named Agent-of-the-Year by ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers). Most recently in 2026.
She earned her BA with honors in Journalism from Lynchburg College in Virginia. Today she enjoys living in Northern Virginia with her husband of over thirty years. They are the proud parents of two lovely adult daughters.
Bob Hostetler is a thirty-year veteran of Christian publishing. He has been a writer, magazine editor, freelance book editor, and author of fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction (click here for a list of his books on his website). A frequent speaker at writers conferences and retreats around the world, he has encouraged and coached numerous writers to publishing success. In 2017 his book The Shakespeare Devotional was named the Selah Awards Book of the Year.
Bob is an Ohio native with earned degrees in English Bible from Cincinnati Christian University and English Communications from Bloomfield College. He was ordained to the ministry by The Salvation Army.
He has been married for forty years to the lovely Robin, his teenage sweetheart and ministry partner; together they have pastored four churches (though not all at once) and were foster parents to ten teen boys (though not all at once). They make their home in southern Nevada.
Bob claims to have two perfect children, Aubrey and Aaron, who have given him and Robin five perfect grandchildren.
Read what type of books Bob is looking for.
Lynette Eason is an award-winning, best-selling author of more than 60 novels. Those books have sold over 3,000,000 copies. She is a beloved mentor and coach, spending countless hours helping others on their writing journeys and giving selflessly to the writing community.
You can visit her author website at lynetteeason.com. She is also an accomplished photographer. (Check out her photography site at lynetteeasonphotography.com).
She and her husband, Jack, have two children and live in South Carolina.
Read about what Lynette is looking to represent.
Dan Balow worked with our agency for 13 years.
He has recently retired.
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