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To find and sell well books that make a difference. To be our clients’ best advocates in a mutually supportive and rewarding environment. To make things happen. – SDLA's mission statement
With over 250 authors around the world, the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency has developed a reputation for discovering new talent and representing quality work with great commercial potential. The agency was founded in 1981 after Sandra went to New York to sell her friend’s dissertation and was urged by a publisher to become an agent. Many now regard SDLA as the most powerful agency on the West Coast. The Dijkstra Agency is a mid-sized boutique agency located along the sunny shores of Del Mar, California. As one of the few agencies that houses all its agents in one workspace, we make decisions as a team. Holding twice weekly editorial meetings, we collaborate and discuss prospective new clients, publishing strategy, publicity efforts, publishing trends, and world news as it affects the environment into which we sell and publish our authors. Our clients have more than a single agent supporting them - they have an entire team. We work closely with every writer every step of the way, from nurturing their work editorially, to negotiating the best publishing contract for each unique project, to post-publication publicity and marketing efforts worldwide, to lifelong career strategy. Our clients are guided through each step of the process to make the publishing experience as rewarding as possible.

To find and sell well books that make a difference. To be our clients’ best advocates in a mutually supportive and rewarding environment. To make things happen.
– SDLA's mission statement

With over 250 authors around the world, the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency has developed a reputation for discovering new talent and representing quality work with great commercial potential. The agency was founded in 1981 after Sandra went to New York to sell her friend’s dissertation and was urged by a publisher to become an agent. Many now regard SDLA as the most powerful agency on the West Coast.

The Dijkstra Agency is a mid-sized boutique agency located along the sunny shores of Del Mar, California.
As one of the few agencies that houses all its agents in one workspace, we make decisions as a team. Holding twice weekly editorial meetings, we collaborate and discuss prospective new clients, publishing strategy, publicity efforts, publishing trends, and world news as it affects the environment into which we sell and publish our authors.

Our clients have more than a single agent supporting them - they have an entire team.
We work closely with every writer every step of the way, from nurturing their work editorially, to negotiating the best publishing contract for each unique project, to post-publication publicity and marketing efforts worldwide, to lifelong career strategy. Our clients are guided through each step of the process to make the publishing experience as rewarding as possible.