Marin Takikawa

The Friedrich Agency – Agent & Foreign Rights Director

Marin Takikawa is an agent and foreign rights director at The Friedrich Agency. Born in Tokyo and raised in Singapore and NYC, she joined TFA in early 2021 and now handles selling international rights for authors like Alison Espach, Jane Smiley, the Estate of Frank McCourt, in addition to representing her own list. She’s looking for subversive and daring literary fiction filled with verve and energy across the adult and YA spaces (speculative and/or genre-blending is a plus!) as well as select intersectional narrative nonfiction.