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The Muse 2013 | Manuscript Mart Agents & Editors

Use the following search form to narrow down our list of agents and editors according to their profession and the fiction and non-fiction genres in which they specialize. Note that we also include genres that each agent and editor will consider, though they are not their specialty. The form is not searchable by these "considerations," but we encourage you to examine them as well.

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Cara Blue Adams (Magazine Editor)

Cara Blue Adams is a writer and co-editor of The Southern Review. Her stories and nonfiction have appeared in Epoch, Narrative, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The Sun, and was recently named one of Narrative’s “15 Below 30.” She has been awarded grants from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and the VCCA, together with The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. Work she edited has appeared in or been named Notable by Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Travel Writing, Best American Sports Writing, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and other national publications. She lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
6K: Editors Tell All: Southern Review & Electric Literature & Slice

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Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Christian, Crime, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Journalism, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Travel

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Gay & Lesbian, History, Nature/Ecology, Politics, Pop Culture

Miriam Altshuler (Literary Agent)

Miriam Altshuler established her own agency in 1994 after twelve years as an agent at Russell & Volkening. She focuses on literary commercial fiction and nonfiction, but most important to her are the quality of the writing and how the subject is approached. The range of fiction writers she represents includes Robb Forman Dew, National Book Award winner for Dale Loves Sophie to Death; Alice Lichtenstein; Joanna Catherine Scott; Donna Freitas and Kevin McIlvoy. Her nonfiction authors include Andrew Carroll, New York Times best-selling author of War Letters; Harriet Brown and her award winning memoir, Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle With Anorexia; Adina Hoffman, winner of the 2010 Wingate Literary Prize for My Happiness Bears No Relation To Happiness; Wednesday Martin; Janna Malamud Smith; and New York Times columnist, Alina Tugend. Miriam also represents wonderful writers of middle grade and young adult fiction, including our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the best-selling and award-winning author, Walter Dean Myers.
5L: Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Children's, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Family Saga, Multi-Cultural, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Journalism, Juvenile, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Pop Culture, Psychology, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: None

Marilyn R. Atlas (Literary Manager & Producer)

An award-winning producer and personal manager with a longtime commitment to diversity, Marilyn R. Atlas is equally at home in the worlds of film, television, and live theater. Among her credits as a film producer are Real Women Have Curves for HBO, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, A Certain Desire, starring Sam Waterston, and Echoes, which won the Gold Award at the 1991 Texas International Film Festival. She also co-produced the award-winning play To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, which was made into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter Gallagher, as well as Josefina Lopez’s successful debut of her play Detained in the Desert in San Antonio in the fall of 2012. She is partnered with Broadway producer Chris Bensinger for the musical version of Real Women Have Curves. She is currently developing the second YA novel by bestselling author Diana Lopez (Scholastic, July 2012) for a television movie. She has set up the client projects Untitled Posse Pilot to ABC Family, Bitterroot to Hallmark, and other scripts at Lifetime and Disney. She sold her clients’ (first-time) novels Chasing the Jaguar to HarperCollins, Hungry Woman in Paris to Grand Central Publishing, and The Ave Maria Bed & Breakfast to Hachette Publishing. She was recently featured in the book Write Now! from Tarcher Publishing. In addition, she has served as a guest speaker at various colleges and writer conferences around the country, helping aspiring writers and actors to develop their craft.
5H: Creating Memorable and Non-Stereotypical Characters

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Fiction Specialties:: None

Fiction Considerations:: Middle Grade, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: None

Non-Fiction Considerations:: None

Bernadette Baker-Baughman (Literary Agent)

Bernadette Baker-Baughman (Victoria Sanders & Associates) is interested in representing Adult, YA, and middle grade fiction; commercial nonfiction; and graphic novels. In fiction she gravitates towards commercial work with a wide audience access point. Originality and plot driven concepts are key traits for fiction represented by Bernadette. She looks for high concept, edgy, quirky, strange, scary, funny, terrific, strange, smart, and startling work. She also loves thrillers, and is interested in books of any genre that explore, in a meaningful way, what it means to experience life as a human. Books that deftly dip into all of the magic, misery, pain, joy, lust, fear, hope, and nuance of life. In nonfiction she is looking for image-rich books, pop culture, art, quirky gift books, light sociology, and narrative nonfiction. In graphic novels she is seeking beautifully illustrated works of nonfiction, memoir, young adult fiction, and graphic literature.

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Children's, Erotica, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Horror, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Romance, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Gift Books, Pop Culture

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Food & Lifestyle, History, Humor, Memoir, Narrative, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, True Crime

Stephen Barr (Literary Agent)

Stephen Barr spent the first 21 years of his life in Southern California, and the only thing he really knew about publishing before he moved to New York City was Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Terry Crabtree in Wonder Boys — he’s an editor, and he flies into Pittsburgh (wearing a big, comfy-looking east coast coat) to coax a second novel out of his troubled but probably brilliant author, and then come the hijinks. That sounded pretty swell, so Barr read Wonder Boys on the flight over to New York. Over the course of six or seven months of interviews and internships, he realized that he still wanted the coat and the authors, but would be more comfortable playing the role, so to speak, of their agent (though editing is perhaps his favorite thing in the whole wide world, and he works very closely with his clients to polish and perfect their manuscripts before and after submission). Barr landed at Writers House in 2008, became its biggest fan about four seconds later, started taking on his own clients in 2010 (serious non-fiction, memoir, literary fiction, picture books, non-paranormal YA, you name it), and just got his coat back from the dry cleaner.
3J: Query Lab

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Fiction Specialties:: Children's, Graphic Novels, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Journalism, Juvenile, Memoir, Music, Narrative, Psychology

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Biography, Business, Cookbooks, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, History, Home/Design, How-To, Humor, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Lane Shefter Bishop (Literary Manager & Producer)

Lane Shefter Bishop is a multi-award winning producer and director, receiving an Emmy, three Tellys, a Videographer Award, a Sherril C. Corwin Award, an Aurora, a New York Festivals Award, and the DGA Fellowship for Episodic Television. Currently, Ms. Bishop is CEO of Vast Entertainment - a book-to-screen company - with projects including the feature films Reboot (Peter Chernin Ent) for Fox, The Duff (McG/Wonderland) for CBS Films, and Hemlock (Akiva Goldsman/Weed Road); MOWs such as Operation Married By Christmas [LeAnn Rimes] with Dick Clark Productions for ABC Family; and television series including The Investigator with Fox TV Studios, and So Sue Me with Scott Stuber for NBC.
4E: Loglines: The Art of Selling Your Book in a Sentence

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Fiction Specialties:: Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Children's, Christian, Crime, Erotica, Family Saga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Memoir

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Business, Celebrity, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Health & Fitness, Home/Design, How-To, Humor, Journalism, Juvenile, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Pets, Photography, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Meredith Bernstein (Literary Agent)

Meredith Bernstein has been a literary agent for over 30 years. Prior to becoming a literary agent, she worked as a story editor for film producers on both the East and West Coasts, as well as a freelance reader. In addition to being a literary agent, Meredith Bernstein has packaged two romance lines and co-authored Sexual Chemistry with Julius Fast (M. Evans/Pocket). Her client list includes: fiction, both commercial and literary fiction (women’s and men’s); young adult fiction; mysteries and thrillers (series and standalone); and all genres of romance. In non-fiction: memoir; women's issues and health/medicine; parenting; psychology; business; spirituality and inspirational works; science; and travel. Regarding non-fiction, Meredith seeks authority written/driven works that shed new light on a given subject. She loves personal memoirs that bring out heroic individualism, and are further interested in writers of “special” projects and creative endeavors that supersede genre.
Meredith Bernstein also has been very successful in representing individuals who have accomplished memorable and outstanding achievements in their lives. Among such clients are Miep Gies (the woman who hid Anne Frank’s family and found her diary), Patricia Ireland, the former president of N.O.W., and Dennis Conner, of sailing fame. Most recently, David Carroll, a naturalist and environmental writer and illustrator, won the MacArthur Genius Award for his body work. He was also a finalist in the non-fiction category for the National Book Awards in 2009. ASSOCIATIONS: AAR; Sisters In Crime; and Author’s Guild. Meredith Bernstein has created and given an annual creative writing award to her alma mater, The University of Rochester.

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Fiction Specialties:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Children's, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Family Saga, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Erotica, Gay & Lesbian, Middle Grade, Military/Espionage, Short Story Collections, Western

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, Home/Design, How-To, Humor, Journalism, Juvenile, Medical, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Cookbooks, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, History, Military/War, Music

William Boggess (Literary Agent)

William Boggess began his career at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, before working at Barer Literary as the agency assistant until 2010. After leaving for two years to work on the editorial side at Little, Brown and Company, he is returning to represent literary fiction and narrative nonfiction, as well as provide editorial support for the agency's authors. He grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Family Saga, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Science Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Memoir, Narrative, Sports

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, History, Humor, Journalism, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Nature/Ecology, Pop Culture, Science, Technology, Travel, Women's Issues

Regina Brooks (Literary Agent)

Regina Brooks is the founder and president of Serendipity Literary Agency LLC, based in Brooklyn, New York. Her agency has represented and established a diverse base of award-winning clients in adult and young adult fiction, nonfiction, and children's literature. Her authors have appeared in USA Today, New York Times and the Washington Post as well as on Oprah, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSBNC, TV ONE, BET and a host of others. She has held senior editorial positions at John Wiley and Sons and McGraw-Hill companies. Brooks is the author of the titles Never Finished Never Done (Scholastic), Writing Great Books For Young Adults (Source Books), and You Should (Really) Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir (St. Martin’s Press), has edited over nearly 100 titles and is a blogger for the Huffington Post and Essence.com. Brooks is also on the faculty of the Harvard University publishing course and the Whidbey Island Writers MFA program and annually teaches at more than twenty worldwide conferences. She has been highlighted in global media outlets including Forbes, Media Bistro, Essence magazine, Ebony magazine, Writer’s Digest magazine, The Writer, Jet, Rolling Out and Publisher’s Weekly. She also is a co-publisher of an imprint of Akashic called Open Lens.
4K: Industry Guide to Publishing: Non-Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Children's, Christian, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Multi-Cultural, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, How-To, Humor, Journalism, Juvenile, Medical, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Dating/Relationships, Gardening, History, Home/Design, Military/War, Pets, Photography

Michelle Brower (Literary Agent)

Michelle Brower is an agent with Folio Literary Management, where she focuses on literary fiction, women's fiction, some select commercial fiction, and narrative non-fiction. Previously, she was an agent with Wendy Sherman Associates, and she has a MA in English & American literature from NYU.
5L: Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Horror, Humor/Satire, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Journalism, Narrative

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Food & Lifestyle, History, Humor, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Nature/Ecology, Pets, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science

Ann Collette (Literary Agent)

Ann Collette was a freelance writer and editor before joining the Rees Literary Agency in 2000. Her list includes books by New York Times bestselling author B. A. Shapiro, Oprah's “Fall 2012 Unputdownable Mysteries” author Mark Pryor, Anthony Nominee Vicki Lane, RT Award Nominees Clay and Susan Griffith, Mark Russinovich, Steven Sidor, Carol Carr, and Chrystle Fiedler. She likes literary, mystery, thrillers, suspense, vampire, and commercial women's fiction; in non-fiction, she prefers narrative non-fiction, military and war, work to do with race and class, and work set in or about Southeast Asia. Ann does not represent children's, YA, sci-fi, or high fantasy.
7G: 12 Do’s and Don’t's of Mystery and Thriller Writing

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Historical Fiction, Horror, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Erotica, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Military/War, Multi-Cultural

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, History, How-To, Humor, Journalism, Medical, Memoir, Music, Narrative, Pets, Pop Culture, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Adam Chromy (Literary Agent)

After receiving a degree in Finance and Management from N.Y.U.’s Stern School of Business and spending a decade as a sales and marketing guru for technology startups, Adam Chromy decided to blend his love of narrative with his modern entrepreneurial spirit. The result was Artists and Artisans, where for ten years he represented authors with a professional rigor seldom seen in the book business. After hundreds of published books and numerous bestsellers, Adam reorganized Artists and Artisans as a management company to better serve clients by offering them the higher visibility afforded by film and television adaptations of their work. After merging with Jason Ashlock’s Movable Type Literary Group to form Movable Type Management, Adam serves as President of Movable Type Media, managing a very exclusive list of authors, acting as Editor in Chief of TheRogueReader.com, while also developing and producing the screen adaptations of MTM’s clients’ work.

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Fiction Specialties:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Erotica, Family Saga, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Children's, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Horror, Middle Grade, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Short Story Collections, Western

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Celebrity, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Health & Fitness, Humor, Journalism, Memoir, Music, Narrative, Pop Culture, Psychology, Sports, Technology, True Crime, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Biography, Business, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Finance, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, History, Home/Design, How-To, Juvenile, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Politics, Religion, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, Travel

April Eberhardt (Literary Agent)

A self-described "literary change agent," April Eberhardt assists and advises authors as they navigate the increasingly complex world of publishing. As readers and publishers choose among the many ways literature is being delivered in the new millennium, authors need a literary agent who understands both the traditional and electronic marketplaces, along with the evolving options for agent-assisted independent publishing. April works with serious authors who recognize the need for professional support, and the importance of publishing in the highest-quality way, be it traditionally or independently. Agent-vetted manuscripts help independently-published authors stand out from the millions of others, and contribute to raising the bar for independent publishing, garnering recognition and sales for those authors who understand and commit to "self-publishing, done right."
6H: The New Era of Publishing: An Agent’s Perspective on Going the Indie Route

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Crime, Gay & Lesbian, Mystery, Romance, Thrillers/Suspense, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: None

Non-Fiction Considerations:: None

Hannah Elnan (Editor)

Hannah Elnan grew up in Ohio and California, and received a BA in Creative Writing from Oberlin College, where she worked at Oberlin College Press. Before joining Ballantine Bantam Dell in 2011, Hannah also worked at Elyse Cheney Literary Associates for several years. While at Ballantine Bantam Dell, Hannah has worked closely with colleagues and their award-winning and bestselling authors. Among others, she has worked with Jon Katz, most recently on his New York Times bestselling eBook memoir The Story of Rose, Pulitzer finalist Jonathan Dee on his forthcoming novel, NYT bestselling author of The Middle Place, Lift Kelly Corrigan on her forthcoming memoir, and “Parenthood” and “Gilmore Girls” star Lauren Graham on her forthcoming novel. She is particularly interested in acquiring upmarket and literary debut fiction with strong female voices as well as narrative nonfiction on such topics as popular science, medicine, psychology, humor, gender issues and food.
6L: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic

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Fiction Specialties:: Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Offbeat/Quirky, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Historical Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Cultural/Social Issues, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Humor, Journalism, Medical, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science, Travel, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Current Affairs, Gardening, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, History, Home/Design, How-To, Music, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Politics, Self-Help, Technology

Elizabeth Evans (Literary Agent)

Elizabeth Evans is a literary agent at the Jean V. Naggar Agency, where she has worked since 2010. Previously, she worked for six years in the San Francisco Bay Area with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. She represents a robust nonfiction list and a small but dynamic list of novelists. Elizabeth graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton College with a degree in English literature and received an MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco. She credits her parents with inspiring her love of books from an early age. Elizabeth especially loves launching new authors' careers and works closely with her clients to fine-tune their proposals and manuscripts. She is the founder of Room to Write, a volunteer group of over eighty New York City publishing professionals.
5K: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic

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Fiction Specialties:: None

Fiction Considerations:: None

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, History, Humor, Journalism, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, Sports, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Business, Celebrity, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Home/Design, How-To, Juvenile, Medical, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Politics, Spirituality, Technology

Sorche Fairbank (Literary Agent)

Since establishing Fairbank Literary Representation in 2002, Sorche Elizabeth Fairbank has had the pleasure of working with a dynamic and varied list, representing best-selling authors, Edgar recipients, award-winning journalists, and of course one of her favorite kinds of client – the debut author. Tastes in novels tend toward literary fiction, international voices, and women’s voices. On the nonfiction side, books that tackle current events and topical and societal issues with a narrative treatment. She has a strong interest in women’s voices and class and race issues, quality lifestyle books (food, wine, design), memoir that goes beyond the me-moir, and humor, gift books, and pop culture. Subjects and genres not of interest by Sorche and Fairbank Literary include: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, children’s and YA, self-help, romance, and sports fiction. Also, anything that opens with a dream scene and/or exhaustive descriptions of weather. Unless, of course, it’s really, really, really good. Authors and books represented by Fairbank Literary include: O. Henry Prize winner Charlotte Forbes; Pulitzer nominee and LA Times Cairo Bureau Chief Jeffrey Fleishman; Edgar winner Rex Burns, Matthew Frederick and his best-selling 101 Things I Learned series; Eudora Welty prize winner Miroslav Penkov (East of the West), Travis Bradford, CEO of Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room (Solar Revolution); Jonathan McCullough’s A Tale Of Two Subs: An Untold Story Of World War II, Two Sister Ships, And Extraordinary Heroism; Robert McKinnon, (Legacy: Keeping Our Promise for a Better World); essays by such luminaries as Jimmy Carter, Bill McKibben, Mia Hamm, and Dave Eggers; and essayist Jessica Handler. Humor and gift book clients include Chuck Sambuchino (How To Survive a Garden Gnome Attack; Red Dog, Blue Dog), Terry Border (Bent Objects Empire), and Carl Warner (Carl Warner’s Food Landscapes). For updated information on Sorche Fairbank and Fairbank Literary, their clients, and recent deals: www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/SorcheFairbank.
1G: How To Talk to Agents: Part I
2G: How To Talk to Agents: Part 2
3J: Query Lab
4L: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Short Story Collections, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Chick Lit, Crime, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Military/Espionage, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Art, Biography, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Gardening, Gift Books, Home/Design, How-To, Humor, Journalism, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Photography, Politics, Pop Culture, Science, Sports, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Business, Celebrity, Finance, Gay & Lesbian, Health & Fitness, History, Medical, Military/War, Music, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Psychology, Technology, Travel, True Crime

Katherine Flynn (Literary Agent)

Katherine Flynn joined the Kneerim, Williams & Bloom Agency in 2008. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University, Katherine worked at the literary agency of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates in New York. She then pursued her PhD in History at Brown University, where she is now A.B.D. She has also taught literature and composition to high school students and worked in a rare book shop. Katherine represents history, biography, politics/current affairs, adventure, science, nature, pop culture, and psychology for non-fiction and particularly loves exciting narrative nonfiction, where the truth is a story more fascinating than anything else. For fiction, she represents both literary and commercial fiction, and she is fond of urban or foreign locales, crime novels, insight into women’s lives, biting wit, and historical settings. That said, some of her favorite novels would probably not fit any of these descriptors, and she is open to anything that is well-written and contains a compelling, fresh story.
7L: Literary Idol: Fiction & Non-Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Adventure, Crime, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Humor/Satire, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, History, Journalism, Military/War, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, Home/Design, How-To, Humor, Medical, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Music, Parenting, Pets, Self-Help, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Maria Gagliano (Editor)

Maria Gagliano a senior editor at Portfolio, Current, and Sentinel. She began her career at Random House and joined Penguin in 2006 as an editor for Perigee and Prentice Hall Press. She has since helped launch the careers of several first-time authors in the business world, the food world, and beyond. Notable business titles include The Art of Non-Conformity by New York Times bestselling author Chris Guillebeau and Hacking Your Education by Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens; on the food side, notable titles include The Naked Pint, The Naked Brewer, Handwritten Recipes, The Lost Arts of Hearth & Home, and The Lost Art of Real Cooking. Maria is also a co-founder and business director of Slice, a nonprofit literary organization dedicated to bridging the gap between emerging writers and the publishing world. Slice was launched in 2007 with a semi-annual literary magazine that is now in its 12th issue. Slice hosts an annual writers’ conference that brings together more than 200 writers, editors, and agents from the book community in the spirit of helping new writers have their voices heard. Slice has been featured in Time Out New York, the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Poets & Writers. When her nose isn’t in a book or magazine, Maria enjoys baking, beer brewing, and porch sitting.
6K: Editors Tell All: Southern Review & Electric Literature & Slice

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Fiction Specialties:: None

Fiction Considerations:: None

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Business, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Finance, Narrative, Politics, Science

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Biography, Celebrity, History, How-To, Journalism, Memoir, Pop Culture, Psychology, Technology

Amy Gash (Editor)

Amy Gash is a Senior Editor in the New York office of Algonquin Books, where she has acquired literary fiction and narrative nonfiction for the past fifteen years. Among the books she has edited are Ariel Sabar’s My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, and the New York Times bestsellers Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising School in America by Jay Mathews and the novel The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro, and Audubon Medal recipient Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Other bestselling titles include The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker by Janet Groth, Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year by Esme Raji Codell, The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander, and A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance by Marlena de Blasi. Forthcoming are a memoir about learning cello in mid-life, a history of a 1930s Ponzi scheme, a story about the making of a dictionary, and a thriller detailing the search for an ancient Bible. What connects all her diverse projects, whether fiction, memoir, history, education, travel, religion, science, or popular culture is the author’s distinct voice. Before arriving at Algonquin, Amy worked at HarperCollins and Random House. Her own book, What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books, was published in 1999.
6L: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic

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Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Family Saga, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, History, Journalism, Memoir, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Business, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Home/Design, Humor, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Politics, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Robert E. Guinsler (Literary Agent)

Robert E. Guinsler has been with SLL for over ten years and his primary interests include literary and commercial fiction (including YA), journalism, narrative nonfiction with an emphasis on pop culture, science and current events, memoirs and biographies. Robert’s clients include Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, novelists and academics. With a journalism background, Robert is interested in all kinds of nonfiction subjects and he has represented such authors as New York Times-bestselling author and Harvard Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein, Adam Bradley, Mark Kurzem, NPR Baghdad bureau chief Quil Lawrence, Wendy Lawless, J.R. Martinez, Jason Stearns, Chelsea Lately writer and New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Colonna, and Charles London. Robert’s interest in fiction includes literary and commercial fiction, as well as young adult and middle grade. His fiction writers include Samantha Peale, Vanina Marsot, Barnes and Noble Discover pick Doug Crandell, and Grant Jerkins, among others. Additionally, Robert represents the Estate of Jack Kerouac and the Estate of Anne Sexton.

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: Children's, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Multi-Cultural, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Erotica, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Military/Espionage, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, History, Humor, Journalism, Juvenile, Memoir, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Politics, Pop Culture

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Dating/Relationships, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Home/Design, How-To, Nature/Ecology, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Erin Harris (Literary Agent)

Erin Harris is a literary agent at Folio Literary Management. She represents literary fiction, book club fiction, contemporary YA, and select narrative non-fiction titles. Some of her clients include: Time magazine contributor and former Newsweek correspondent Carla Power, Executive Editor of The New Criterion David Yezzi, and the novelists Bryan Furuness and Jennifer Laam. Erin began her career in publishing in 2008 and has worked for both William Clark of WM Clark Associates and Irene Skolnick of the Irene Skolnick Literary Agency. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the New School and her BA in literature from Trinity College (Hartford, CT).
4L: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus

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Fiction Specialties:: Family Saga, Graphic Novels, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Children's, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Humor/Satire, Middle Grade, Military/Espionage, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Journalism, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Art, Celebrity, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Gift Books, History, Home/Design, Humor, Juvenile, Medical, Music, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, Technology

Carrie Howland (Literary Agent)

Carrie Howland is a literary agent at Donadio and Olson, Inc., where she represents literary fiction and narrative non-fiction. In addition to her own clients, she handles foreign, first serial, and audio rights for the agency. Carrie is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives and writes for its newsletter. She speaks at various writing conferences throughout the year and also volunteers annually as a judge for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Carrie holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Albion College, where she was the Poetry Editor of The Albion Review. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals and magazines. In her spare time, Carrie volunteers as a foster for a local dog rescue. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can follow her on twitter at @ecarriehowland or learn more about Donadio & Olson at www.donadio.com.

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Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Commercial Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Horror, Humor/Satire, Middle Grade, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Biography, Memoir, Narrative

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Celebrity, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Gay & Lesbian, History, Humor, Journalism, Juvenile, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Pets, Politics, Pop Culture, True Crime, Women's Issues

Emi Ikkanda (Editor)

Emi Ikkanda, an editor at Times Books and Henry Holt & Company, is building a list of narrative nonfiction, memoir, and fiction. Her list includes Time Magazine contributor Carla Power’s forthcoming book If The Oceans Were Ink. Emi has worked on the publication of books by award-winning and bestselling authors including president Jimmy Carter, Booker Prize-winner John Banville, Pulitzer-Prize winners Tony Horwitz and Annette Gordon-Reed, Richard North Patterson, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, Lauren Manning, executive editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, and New York Times reporters Elaine Sciolino and Diana Henriques. Before joining Holt, she was an associate editor at the Berkeley Fiction Review and worked at the University of California Press. She has earned degrees in art and literature at U.C. Berkeley and King’s College London, and studied abroad at the American University of Paris. Emi pursues nonfiction narratives, histories, memoirs, and reportage that explore race, war, multiculturalism, adventure, science, food, and the arts. She is also seeking multicultural or historical novels, WWII noirs, and voice driven fiction. She is drawn to emotionally rich stories that center on family secrets or on a fascinating friendship or marriage, and she is always drawn to characters that are artists or creative types. In fiction or nonfiction, she loves discovering a lost chapter in history, going on a journey, and exploring hidden worlds.
4K: Industry Guide to Publishing: Non-Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Gay & Lesbian, Humor/Satire, Military/Espionage, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Food & Lifestyle, History, Journalism, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Science, Travel

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Biography, Celebrity, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Gay & Lesbian, Humor, Medical, Military/War, Music, Nature/Ecology, Pets, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Technology, True Crime, Women's Issues

Meredith Kaffel (Literary Agent)

Meredith Kaffel, formerly an agent with the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, joined DeFiore and Company in early 2012. She represents and is seeking arresting new voices across a spectrum of genres, from adult fiction (literary debut, literary with speculative or thriller elements, smart women’s fiction, and book club fiction) and narrative nonfiction to platform-driven pop culture & prescriptive, comic illustrators, and books for children. What ties together Meredith’s varied list is her sensibility, which tends, across genres, toward the quirky, the romantic, the incredible, the brave, the poetically tragic, the dark, the hilarious, the obsessive, the emotionally complicated, the wondrous and astounding – those books which render the ordinary extraordinary and the extraordinary somehow relatable and within reach – books full of heart and smarts both. Prior to joining the publishing world, Meredith earned her B.A. in Renaissance Studies at Yale, where she focused primarily on Italian Renaissance art history, architecture and literature. You can follow Meredith on Twitter at @mere215.

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Fiction Specialties:: Children's, Graphic Novels, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Offbeat/Quirky, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Erotica, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Cultural/Social Issues, Dating/Relationships, History, Humor, Memoir, Narrative, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Home/Design, How-To, Journalism, Juvenile, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime

Sarah Levitt (Literary Agent)

Sarah Levitt joined The Zoë Pagnamenta Agency in 2010. She is interested in the space between fiction and non-fiction; fiction so informed that it reads like non-fiction, non-fiction so enthralling and far-reaching that it feels like novel. For non-fiction, she is looking for biography, cultural history, memoir, science, “ideas” books, and narrative non-fiction. For fiction, she is looking for imaginative, voice-driven narrative that demands a reaction (that does something) or fiction so well-crafted that the doing is done in each sentence (think: Michel Houellebecq, Jamal Mahjoub, Geoff Dyer, and Jennifer Egan). The Zoë Pagnamenta Agency is a boutique literary agency with a particular focus on literary fiction and serious non-fiction. Their US clients include Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, author of the prize-winning When Skateboards Will Be Free, Tom Vanderbilt, author of NYT bestseller Traffic, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Wayne Biddle; historians Louis P. Masur and Alice Kessler-Harris; novelists Rosie Dastgir, Alice Mattison, and Dirk Wittenborn; and narrative non-fiction writers Tom Folsom, Brendan I. Koerner, and Andrew Blum. The agency also works closely with several UK agencies and represents a number of writers in the US and Canada on their behalf, from Hisham Matar and Alan Bennett to Anthony Horowitz, David Almond, Meg Rosoff, and Edmund de Waal, author of the NYT bestselling family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes (winner of the 2010 Costa Biography of the Year award and the 2011 Ondaatje Prize).
7L: Literary Idol: Fiction & Non-Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Horror, Middle Grade, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Science Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Film & Entertainment, History, Humor, Journalism, Medical, Memoir, Music, Narrative, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Travel, Women's Issues

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Celebrity, Current Affairs, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Nature/Ecology, True Crime

Kelly Link (Editor)

Kelly Link is the author of three collections, Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, and Pretty Monsters. She is also the co-founder, with Gavin J. Grant, of Small Beer Press. Together they produce the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and have co-edited a number of anthologies, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martins), and the forthcoming Monstrous Affections (Candlewick).
5J: Small Press, Big Time: The Writer’s Guide to Publishing with an Indie Press

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: Fantasy, Horror, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Gay & Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense

Non-Fiction Specialties:: None

Non-Fiction Considerations:: None

Karyn Marcus (Editor)

Karyn Marcus acquires projects over a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. Authors she has worked with include Jeffrey Toobin, Tina Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Kitty Kelley, Sally Jenkins, Guy Lawson, Sharon Begley, Hugh Howey, Ayelet Waldman, Linda Fairstein, Madeleine Wickham, and Sara Bareilles. At Simon & Schuster, she is seeking well-plotted suspense fiction, particularly novels with a psychological or speculative slant. In nonfiction, she is consistently surprised by the topics which pique her interest, but must-haves include literary memoir, science for the layperson, books about the brain, subcultures, and social trends. Above all, stories which highlight dignity in the face of great challenges keep her turning pages. Previously, Karyn worked at Brickhouse Literary Agency, Doubleday and Thomas Dunne Books.

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery

Fiction Considerations:: Crime, Family Saga, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Medical, Memoir, Narrative, Science

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Celebrity, Cultural/Social Issues, Gardening, Journalism, Music, Pets, Pop Culture, Women's Issues

Edward Orloff (Literary Agent)

Edward Orloff is a literary agent at McCormick & Williams. Before joining the company he worked for six years at The Wylie Agency. Prior to Wylie he worked at Artforum, Film Comment, and Partisan Review. He is interested in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction, especially cultural history, politics, biography, and the arts.

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections

Fiction Considerations:: Commercial Fiction, Humor/Satire

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, History, Journalism, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Business, Cookbooks, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Humor, Military/War, Nature/Ecology, Photography, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Anna Stein O'Sullivan (Literary Agent)

Anna Stein O'Sullivan joined Aitken Alexander Associates in June 2009 as a senior agent heading up the New York office of this London-based agency. Previously, she was an agent and foreign rights manager at the Irene Skolnick Literary Agency. She represents literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.

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Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections

Fiction Considerations:: Children's, Commercial Fiction, Crime, Erotica, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Journalism, Memoir, Narrative

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cookbooks, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, History, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, True Crime, Women's Issues

Margaret Riley (Literary Agent)

Margaret Riley is an agent in the Literary Department at William Morris Endeavor, where she began her career after graduating from Princeton University with a BA in History and a Certificate in Theater and Dance. She represents both literary and commercial fiction, some narrative nonfiction and memoir, with a focus on a voice driven material and lifestyle titles in the areas of food, psychology, health, relationships and well-being. Her recent and upcoming projects include: University of Kansas MFA recipient Katie Savage’s Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times (Howard Books), David Bertsch's Death Canyon series (Scribner), Cammie McGovern’s first young adult novel, Amy and Matthew (HarperCollins Children’s), Mark Kruger’s upcoming YA novel, Overpowered (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) and The Real Girl's Kitchen (Razorbill), a debut cookbook by actress turned foodie Haylie Duff. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Margaret currently resides in New York City.

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Fiction Specialties:: Christian, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Family Saga, Horror, Humor/Satire, Middle Grade, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Celebrity, Narrative, Pets, Religion, Spirituality

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Business, Cookbooks, Food & Lifestyle, Health & Fitness, Home/Design, Humor, Memoir, Psychology, Self-Help, Sports, Technology

Ladette Randolph (Magazine Editor)

Ladette Randolph is the author of three books, most recently the novel Haven’s Wake, and the editor-in-chief of Ploughshares magazine. In addition, she teaches in the MFA program at Emerson College and is co-owner of the manuscript consulting firm Randolph Lundine. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Rona Jaffe grant, a Virginia Faulkner award, a New York Times Editor's Choice citation, and a Nebraska Book Award.

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections

Fiction Considerations:: Humor/Satire, Offbeat/Quirky, Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Memoir, Narrative

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Food & Lifestyle, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, History, Humor, Journalism, Multi-Cultural, Music, Nature/Ecology, Pets, Science, Spirituality, Travel, Women's Issues

Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein (Literary Agent)

Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein is President and Managing Agent at McIntosh & Otis, Inc. Literary Agency where she represents the estates of many prominent American authors including John Steinbeck, Sinclair Lewis, Walker Percy, Upton Sinclair, Erskine Caldwell, and Thomas Wolfe. In addition to overseeing the management of McIntosh and Otis Inc.’s extensive and distinguished back list, Elizabeth manages an active front list which includes numerous New York Times bestsellers, USA Today bestsellers and both Agatha and Edgar Award winners and nominees. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University and a degree from Manhattan School of Music. She began her book publishing career in subsidiary rights and then took on the responsibilities of acquisitions editor at a major audio publishing imprint before moving to McIntosh and Otis, Inc. where she entered as Subsidiary Rights Manager. Elizabeth is an AAR member, is on the advisory board for the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas and The National Steinbeck Center.

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Christian, Crime, Erotica, Fantasy, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Offbeat/Quirky, Short Story Collections, Western

Non-Fiction Specialties:: History, Humor, Memoir, Music, Narrative

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, Home/Design, How-To, Journalism, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Denise Roy (Editor)

Denise Roy joined Dutton as Senior Editor in 2009. Her list focuses on fiction—contemporary and historical. Forthcoming in 2013 is New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's historical novel Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, which chronicles the extraordinary friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who won her freedom by the skill of her needle. Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway, set in 1850s Ohio along the Underground Railroad, marks the first time the internationally bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring has written about America. Lori Roy, author of Bent Road, winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, will follow her debut, named "Favorite Suspense Novel of 2011" by the New York Times, with Until She Comes Home. In Bee Ridgway's debut, The River of No Return, acquired in a dual pre-empt with Michael Joseph, a man and a woman reside in different centuries and unknowingly share a powerful gift that at once divides and unites them. Additionally, Denise acquires trade-paperback original fiction for Plume.
5L: Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Historical Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Horror, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Military/Espionage, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Memoir

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Biography, Home/Design, Narrative, True Crime

Katharine Sands (Literary Agent)

A literary agent with the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, Katharine Sands has worked with a varied list of fiction and non-fiction authors who publish a diverse array of books. Highlights include Dating the Devil (producer: Vast Entertainment) by Lia Romeo; XTC: SongStories; Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, MD; Make Up, Don't Break Up with Oprah guest Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil; Playwright Robert Patrick's novel, Temple Slave; The Complete Book on International Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Child; Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman's Survival Guide to Myths, Mothers, and Moods; Under the Hula Moon; Whipped: A Professional Dominatrix's Secrets for Wrapping Men Around Your Little Finger; The Gay Vacation Guide; CityTripping: a Guide for Foodies, Fashionistas and the Generally Syle-Obsessed; Writers on Directors; How to Create an Identity for a Brilliant Career, Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Annulled, Beheaded, Survived: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Ford model Helen Lee's The Tao of Beauty; Elvis and You: Your Guide to the Pleasures of Being an Elvis Fan; New York: Songs of the City; Taxpertise: Dirty Little Secrets the IRS Doesn't Want You to Know; The SAT Word Slam; Divorce After 50; The Complete Book of Bone Health; and The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery, to name a few. She is the agent provocateur of Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent's Eye, a collection of pitching wisdom from leading literary agents. Actively building her client list, she likes books that have a clear benefit for readers' lives in categories of food, travel, lifestyle, home arts, beauty, wisdom, relationships, parenting, and fresh looks, which might be at issues, life challenges or popular culture. When reading fiction she wants to be compelled and propelled by urgent storytelling, and hooked by characters. For memoir and femoir, she likes to be transported to a world rarely or newly observed.
1G: How To Talk to Agents: Part I
2G: How To Talk to Agents: Part 2

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Chick Lit, Crime, Erotica, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense, Western, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Dating/Relationships, Food & Lifestyle, Health & Fitness, History, Home/Design, Humor, Parenting, Psychology, Self-Help

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, How-To, Journalism, Medical, Memoir, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Pets, Photography, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Benjamin Samuel (Magazine Editor)

Benjamin Samuel is the co-editor of Electric Literature, an independent publishing company the Washington Post called a "refreshingly bold act of optimism." Founded in 2009, Electric Literature uses new technologies to ensure literature maintains a place of prominence in popular culture. Their magazine, Recommended Reading—a weekly digital-only publication curated by literary tastemakers—was the first major literary magazine to publish directly to Tumblr, and picked up over 35,000 subscribers in its first six months. Benjamin has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, and his thoughts on literature and publishing have been appeared in the Huffington Post, the LA Times, GalleyCat, Poets & Writers, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn.
4J: The Web Wants You: Online Opportunities for Writers
6K: Editors Tell All: Southern Review & Electric Literature & Slice

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Fiction Specialties:: Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Offbeat/Quirky

Fiction Considerations:: Multi-Cultural, Science Fiction

Non-Fiction Specialties:: None

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Humor, Journalism, Narrative

Emma Sweeney (Literary Agent)

Emma Sweeney is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives and the Women's Media Group, where she served as president in 2003. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA in English Literature. Emma is also a writer whose own books include Tulipa (Artisan, 2000) and As Always, Jack (Little, Brown, 2002; Back Bay Books, 2003; Axios Press 2012).
3K: What Agents Want

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Erotica, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay & Lesbian, Horror, Multi-Cultural, Offbeat/Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Western, Young Adult

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Cultural/Social Issues, History, Memoir, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Science, Spirituality

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gardening, Gay & Lesbian, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, Home/Design, Journalism, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Pop Culture, Religion, Self-Help, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime, Women's Issues

Alice Tasman (Literary Agent)

Alice Tasman has been a literary agent at JVNLA since 1995. Her writers have earned numerous awards and honors, including the Calvino Prize, C. Hugh Holman Award, the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, the O. Henry Prize, and the Willie Morris Award. Her authors' writing has appeared in The New York Times, Best American Short Stories, McSweeney's, One Story, Oxford American, Prairie Schooner, The Normal School, and A Public Space. Awards and honors for her middle grade writers include: Texas Bluebonnet Award, Newbery Award nominee, Cybil Award nominee. She is committed to working with authors over the long term and is very hands-on in every stage of the publishing process—from editing manuscripts and refining proposals, to amassing the perfect list of editors for the project and negotiating contracts, to actively working with publishers on the publicity and marketing of the books. She earned her BA from Brown University and her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.
3K: What Agents Want

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Offbeat/Quirky, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Children's, Crime, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Biography, Journalism, Memoir, Narrative

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Celebrity, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Film & Entertainment, Gift Books, History, Humor, Juvenile, Multi-Cultural, Music, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pop Culture, Science, Spirituality, True Crime, Women's Issues

Christina Thompson (Magazine Editor)

Christina Thompson is the editor of Harvard Review and the author of Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Douglas Stewart Prize and the 2010 William Saroyan International Prize. A recipient of grants from the NEA and Australia Council, her work has appeared in Vogue, the American Scholar, and the Journal of Pacific History. She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, teaches in the Writing Program at Harvard University Extension, and writes regularly for the Boston Globe.

Seats Remaining: 0

Fiction Specialties:: None

Fiction Considerations:: None

Non-Fiction Specialties:: None

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Biography, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Gardening, Health & Fitness, History, Journalism, Medical, Memoir, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Travel, Women's Issues

Mitchell Waters (Literary Agent)

Mitchell Waters has been an agent with Curtis Brown, Ltd. for over eighteen years. He represents an eclectic array of fiction and non-fiction. Some recent, forthcoming, and representative titles include: Where You Can Find Me by Sheri Joseph, Cloudland by Joseph Olshan, The Paternity Test by Michael Lowenthal, Jane Vows Vengeance by Michael Thomas Ford, The Great American Railroad War by Dennis Drabelle, Hell Or High Water and Island Of Bones by Joy Castro, The Man Who Couldn't Eat by Jon Reiner, and The Unseen World of Poppy Malone by Suzanne Harper.
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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Humor/Satire, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Chick Lit, Children's, Crime, Erotica, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Military/Espionage, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Biography, Business, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Issues, Dating/Relationships, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, Health & Fitness, History, Humor, Journalism, Juvenile, Medical, Memoir, Multi-Cultural, Music, Narrative, Parenting, Pop Culture, Psychology, Self-Help

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Art, Current Affairs, Gardening, Gift Books, Home/Design, How-To, Military/War, Nature/Ecology, Pets, Photography, Politics, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, True Crime

Paul Whitlatch (Editor)

Paul Whitlatch, editor at the Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster, has published books by David Goodwillie (American Subversive, a New York Times Notable Book), Tony Wagner (Creating Innovators, a Washington Post Bestseller), and David Whitehouse (Bed, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award). His recent and forthcoming titles include J. M. Sidorova’s debut novel The Age of Ice; Tim Crothers' The Queen of Katwe; and To Be a Friend Is Fatal, a memoir by Kirk W. Johnson. At W.W. Norton and Scribner, he has worked on the publication of books by a range of high-profile and bestselling authors, including Stephen King, Don DeLillo, Kathy Reichs, Colm Toibin, former First Lady Laura Bush, and Pulitzer Prize-winning oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee. An adjunct instructor in the Center for Publishing at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Whitlatch was named a Frankfurt Fellow at the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair and will be a Visiting International Publisher at the 2013 Sydney Writers Festival. He is acquiring books in these categories: literary fiction, thrillers, politics, technology, popular science, sports, and narrative non-fiction.
5L: Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction

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Fiction Specialties:: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Literary Fiction, Military/Espionage, Mystery, Offbeat/Quirky, Thrillers/Suspense

Fiction Considerations:: Adventure, Christian, Family Saga, Gay & Lesbian, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Western

Non-Fiction Specialties:: Business, Current Affairs, Journalism, Memoir, Narrative, Politics, Sports, Technology

Non-Fiction Considerations:: Adventure/True Story, Biography, Celebrity, Cultural/Social Issues, Film & Entertainment, Finance, Food & Lifestyle, Gay & Lesbian, History, Humor, Medical, Military/War, Multi-Cultural, Music, Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science, Travel, True Crime

Joanne Wyckoff (Literary Agent)

Joanne Wyckoff is an agent with the Carol Mann Agency. Prior to joining CMA, she was an agent with Zachary Shuster Harmsworth. Before becoming an agent, Joanne worked as Senior Editor at Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, and as Executive Editor at Beacon Press. As an agent, Joanne represents nonfiction and selected fiction. She has a particular love of the memoir and is always looking for exciting new voices in this genre. She also has a lot of experience working with academics and experts in diverse fields, helping them develop and write books for a broad market. Her nonfiction list includes books in psychology, women’s issues, education, health and wellness, self-help, parenting, natural history and anything about animals, religion and spirituality, and African-American issues. In fiction, her interests run to literary women’s fiction and novels that evoke a strong sense of place.
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