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Hello & Mabuhay!

My name is Noelle Falcis Math, and I am a Literary Agent with the Transatlantic Literary Agency.

I’ve garnered a breadth of experience as both a writer and editor before transitioning into agenting. I hold a BA and MFA in English and Creative Writing, and I have received fellowships and/or residencies from VONA (Voices of Our Nations), Tinhouse, The Seventh Wave, and Lemontree House. At VONA, I realized the lack of knowledge accessible to marginalized writers, which fueled my interest in publishing. In 2021, I completed the Los Angeles Review of Books’ Publishing Workshop and the Transatlantic Agency’s BIPOC mentorship program. In 2023, I transitioned into an Associate Literary Agent where I am now building my list. For 2024-2025, I have been selected as one of the AALA’s Literary Agents of Change mentorship program.

I try to decode the publishing industry by providing my experiences as a publishing professional and aspiring writer myself. I am also always looking for new clients to take on!

Fun FAQs

Though the Transatlantic Literary Agency is based in Toronto, I am born and raised (and still living!) in Los Angeles.

I’m based in:

Three cheers for diversity in publishing! I identify as Visayan, but if it’s easier to simplify then, Filipina; my pronouns are she/her; and for better or for worse, I am millennially minded.

How I identify:

I just can’t let go of the following obsessions…

If you asked me to choose between a hot americano, a strawberry matcha latte, or an assam milk tea, please understand — I would fail to choose. Favorite food is noodles across the board, but udon reigns supreme.

Favorite food, favorite drink:

I have:

A shiba inu named Nao and a stunningly beautiful son named Sora.

Rapid Fire What are (some) of my Favorite Books:

  • The Seas by Samantha Hunt

  • Fish in Exile by Vi Khi Nao

  • Human Acts by Han Kang

  • God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

  • Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James

Fiction

  • Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix

  • In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

  • The Unwritten Book by Samantha Hunt

  • How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

  • Emergent Strategies by adrienne maree brown

Nonfiction

2025 Events:

May 02

Guest Agent

Sarah Lawrence College

May 08

Guest Lecture

Cal Arts Institute

August 08

Guest Speaker

Writing the Book Proposal Master Class with Raksha Vasudevan

June 26

Guest Speaker

Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Workshop