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	Samantha Fabien Root Literary DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Contemporary * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Horror * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Magical Realism * Mystery * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Samantha Fabien is a literary agent with Root Literary. She says: “I live for the rollercoaster of emotions that characters and stories can take me on. Whether I’m swooning or gasping, I want to feel strongly enough about a project that I desperately need to share it with the world.”

	Sorche Fairbank Fairbank Literary Representation AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work P.O. Box 6 Hudson NY 12534-0006 USAwork Work Email: queries@fairbankliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Chapter Book * Children’s Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Picture Book * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Architecture * Art * Biography * Cooking/Cookbook * Crafts * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Design * Film/Entertainment * Environment * Ethnic * Food/Drinks * Gardening * Gift/Novelty * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Memoir * Multicultural * Narrative * Nature * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Science * Sports * Technology * Travel * True Crime * Women’s Issues * Biography Sorche Fairbank is a literary agent with Fairbank Literary Representation. Since establishing Fairbank Literary Representation in 2002, Sorche has had the pleasure of working with a dynamic and varied list, representing best-selling authors, Edgar recipients, award-winning journalists, and many first-time authors. Her tastes in novels tend toward literary fiction, international voices, women’s voices, edgier work, wry voices, and sometimes darker topics. On the nonfiction side, she is all about narrative. She has a strong interest in books that tackle current events and societal issues with a narrative treatment: women’s issues; class and race issues; plus the occasional memoir. She is also looking for quality lifestyle books (food, wine, and home design), humor, and pop culture. To date, she has signed on six terrific clients through Grub Street, the latest for whom she struck a deal worth over a million dollars for book and film. Subjects and genres not of interest include: sci-fi and fantasy, paranormal, children’s and YA, self-help, romance, sports fiction, and generally anything that opens with a dream scene and/or exhaustive descriptions of weather. Notable authors and books represented by Fairbank Literary include: O. Henry Prize winner Charlotte Forbes; Pulitzer nominee and LA Times Cairo Bureau Chief Jeffrey Fleishman; Matthew Frederick and his best-selling 101 Things I Learned series; Travis Bradford, president of the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development and author of Solar Revolution; Ethan Gilsdorf (Fantasty Freaks and Gaming Geeks); Darci Klein (To Full Term, A Mother’s Triumph Over Miscarriage); Jonathan McCullough (A Tale Of Two Subs: An Untold Story Of World War II, Two Sister Ships, And Extraordinary Heroism); the estate of Robin Moore (The French Connection, The Green Berets, etc.); Xaviera Hollander (The Happy Hooker); syndicated cartoonist Man Martin; Edgar-winning mystery writer Rex Burns; Terry Border and his Bent Objects; and the fabulous Miroslav Penkov (East of the West).

	Delia Berrigan Fakis Martin Literary Management Query method(s): Email * Work 914 164th St. SE Ste. B12 #307 Mill Creek WA 98012 USAwork Work Email: Delia@MartinLit.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Literary * Mystery * Picture Book * NONFICTION: Business * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Narrative * Religion * Spirituality * True Crime * Biography Delia Berrigan Fakis is a literary agent with Martin Literary Management. She says: “I can still remember when I was a little girl, sitting on my daddy’s lap in our wicker rocking chair, listening to him read The Monster at the End of This Book, and somehow magically doing Grover’s voice all the way through. Now, I don’t know if that’s at the root of why I became obsessed with books. My dad also indoctrinated me at a young age with a love of poetry and we’ve both gone through many frayed editions of Oscar Williams’s Immortal Poems of the English Language. It was perfectly normal to hear me quoting Keats, Auden, Houseman, Dickinson, and Shakespeare at high school and college parties. I grew up in Washington, DC, earned my BA in English from Drew University in Madison, NJ and my MS in Publishing from New York University in New York City. I spent the first 15 years of my career at John Wiley & Sons, the Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency, and was subsequently recruited to Hallmark Cards, Inc. headquarters in Kansas City to help lead the book division. Now I’m thrilled to have joined a team of brilliant women at Martin Literary Management while also pursuing my J.D. with a concentration on intellectual property. I’m most interested in representing Adult Nonfiction in the areas of: Business Thought Leadership Memoir True Crime Narrative Nonfiction History and Current Affairs Religion and Spirituality If you’re a leader in your field and know how to reach your audience, I want to hear from you! If you have a distinct voice, a handle of the craft, and something unique to share with the world, send me a query. I will also take on select projects that strike my personal interest the areas in literary and commercial fiction, mysteries, and children’s picture books.”

	Mark Falkin Falkin Literary Query method(s): Email * Work 2605 West 49 1/2 Street Austin TX 78731 USAwork Work Email: mark.falkin@gmail.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Dystopian * General Fiction * Horror * Humor Fiction * Literary * Satire * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Humor * Memoir * Music * Narrative * Sports * Biography Mark Falkin is a literary agent with Falkin Literary Agency. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mark Falkin graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and then the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He has lived in Texas for the last twenty years, where he is a literary agent and recovering music attorney, having represented platinum sellers and Grammy winners alike. His 2006 self-published novel, Days of Grace, was optioned for a film and nominated for a literary award, The Needle Award, at POD-dy Mouth blog, where the reviewer said, “This is literature at its best . . . Falkin could easily be likened to the aforementioned Lethem or to Augusten Burroughs or even J.D. Salinger,” and Bookpeople in Austin noted, “Here’s more proof that Austin is home to some of the best new writers around . . . Falkin’s novel is reminiscent of the writing style found in Lethem, Sedaris, Coupland, and Kerouac, with his sharp wit and journalistic style.” Working on his next book, he lives with his wife and family in Austin, where he reads, coaches recreational soccer, tries to find time to paddle Texas waters, and keeps a sharp eye on his young daughters, snatching hugs here and there.

	Alison Fargis Stonesong Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Ethnic * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Lifestyle * Middle Grade * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Pop Culture * Prescriptive * Reference * Religion * Science * Sports * Travel * Young Adult * Biography Alison Fargis is a literary agent with Stonesong Literary Agency. She is a partner in Stonesong. With more than 25 years in publishing, Alison has cultivated a wide-ranging list of commercially successful and critically acclaimed writers, from New York Times bestselling cookbook authors to award-winning novelists and children’s authors. She represents literary and commercial fiction, narrative and prescriptive nonfiction, business, pop culture and a handful of middle grade and young adult titles. Prior to joining Stonesong in 1995, she taught English to President Václav Havel’s staff at the Prague Castle and taught high school English in Příbram, Czech Republic. Alison was the recipient of a Dana Foundation Grant and a Foundation for a Civil Society (Soros Foundation) Fellowship. She graduated Vassar College with a B.A. in Art. Alison is looking for upmarket women’s fiction, book club fiction, and middle grade fiction that blurs the line between literary and commercial. Please no romance, high fantasy, true crime, poetry, or children’s picture books.

	Sam Farkas Jill Grinberg Literary Management Query method(s): Email * Work 392 Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn NY 11238 USAwork Work Email: info@jillgrinbergliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Fantasy * Historical * Middle Grade Fiction * Romance * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Middle Grade * Young Adult * Biography Sam Farkas is a literary agent and foreign rights manager with Jill Grinberg Literary Management. She grew up in South Jersey and attended the College of William & Mary, where she received her B.A. in History and English. Upon graduation, she moved to New York to intern with Maria B. Campbell Associates, where she discovered her love for collaborating with agents and publishers around the world. She worked in the subsidiary rights department at Penguin before she joined the JGLM team in 2018. She handles foreign rights for all JGLM authors. An avid traveler, Sam has been to 14 countries spanning 4 continents, and dreams of visiting them all. She speaks Spanish, and can often be found on language-learning apps. Above all, Sam is drawn to exemplary writing. In Adult, Sam is looking for upmarket fiction of all stripes, but especially historical; fast-paced, high-concept speculative thrillers that make her heart race; lyrical and immersive fantasy; and single-title romance that simmers. Sam is also open to Young Adult and Middle Grade of all genres, but she has a special fondness for thoughtful contemporary, often with a speculative twist; historical with modern sensibilities; fantasy with morally gray protagonists and complicated character dynamics; the very strange, and the very funny. In all categories and genres, she is looking for diverse and underrepresented voices.

	Mike Farris Farris Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Christian Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Mainstream * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * NONFICTION: Biography * Christian * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * History * How-To * Inspiration * Law * Politics * Pop Culture * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Sports * Travel * True Crime * Women’s Issues * Biography Mike Farris is a literary agent with Farris Literary Agency. Mike has been a practicing attorney in Dallas, Texas, since graduating cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1983. Upon graduating in the top 10 percent of his class, and having served as an associate editor on the school’s Law Review, he was inducted into the prestigious Order of the Coif. He then practiced law for fifteen years with one of the largest law firms in Dallas and was named a partner after six years. He left the firm at the end of 1997 to pursue other interests, including literary interests. Mike is currently of counsel with the Dallas law firm Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein, P.C., where his practice includes complex commercial litigation, as well as entertainment law, focusing on the movie and publishing industries. Mike is an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas in its Sports & Entertainment Management MBA program and serves on the university’s Sports & Entertainment Advisory Board. He is a past chairman of the Dallas Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Section. Mike is also an award-winning screenwriter and a writer of non-fiction. In 2003, he collaborated with former ABC-TV anchorman Murphy Martin on Martin’s memoir of his years in journalism, entitled Front Row Seat: A Veteran Reporter Relives the Four Decades That Reshaped America (Eakin Press 2003). In 2009, he collaborated with Bob Hinkle to write Hinkle’s memoir, Call Me Lucky: A Texan in Hollywood for the University of Oklahoma Press (2009).

	Susan Morgan Farris Farris Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Christian Fiction * General Fiction * Mainstream * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * NONFICTION: Biography * Christian * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * History * How-To * Inspiration * Law * Politics * Pop Culture * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Sports * Travel * True Crime * Women’s Issues * Biography Susan Morgan Farris is a literary agent with the Farris Literary Agency. She earned a cum laude English degree, with a Communications minor, from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. She also served as an editor and staff writer on the campus newspaper. She then obtained a law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1983. In addition to practicing law, Susan has edited several non-fiction publications and consulted to screenwriters, novelists, and non-fiction authors. She has also taught college-level English and served as judge for screenwriting competitions. As an attorney, she has submitted manuscripts to publishers and screenplays to production companies. These submissions are the genesis of Farris Literary Agency, Inc.

	Katherine Fausset Curtis Brown Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Literary * Mystery * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Cooking/Cookbook * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * Journalism * Lifestyle * Memoir * Narrative * Travel * Biography Katherine Fausset is a literary agent with the Curtis Brown Literary Agency. Katherine Fausset has worked in book publishing since 1998, starting at the Watkins/Loomis Agency. She joined Curtis Brown, Ltd. as an agent in 2006. She represents literary and commercial fiction, and select non-fiction, including multiple award-winning and national bestselling authors.

	Jessica Faust BookEnds Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work 136 Long Hill Rd. Gillette NJ 07933 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * Commercial * Contemporary * Family Saga * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Literary * Magical Realism * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Business * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Gay/Lesbian * How-To * Lifestyle * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Psychology * Self-Help/Personal Development * Women’s Issues * Biography Jessica Faust is a literary agent with BookEnds Literary Agency. As owner and literary agent at BookEnds, Jessica Faust prides herself on working closely with her authors to make their goals come to fruition. Currently she’s seeking submissions in the areas of historical, contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, and erotic romance; fantasy, steampunk, women’s fiction, and mysteries; and YA, especially steampunk, dystopian, and fantasy YA. In nonfiction, Jessica specializes in current affairs, business, career, pop reference, parenting, women’s issues, sex, and general nonfiction. While open to anything, Jessica is most actively seeking unique fiction with a strong hook, and nonfiction with creative ideas and large author platforms. A veteran of publishing, Jessica began her career in 1994 as an acquisitions editor at Berkley Publishing, Macmillan, and Wiley, where she had the unique opportunity to acquire and edit both fiction and nonfiction. Jessica takes her editing experience to the agency, where she works closely with her authors to create the best possible proposal submissions. Jessica has been a regular columnist with Romantic Times magazine, taught at New York University’s Continuing Education Program, been recognized as Agent of the Year by the NYC Romance Writers of America chapter, and is asked regularly to speak at writers’ conferences throughout the world. On average she is a guest speaker at eight conferences each year. She is a member of RWA, MWA, and AAR. A native of Minnesota, Jessica now lives in New Jersey with her family. Her personal interests include cooking, entertaining, reading, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

	Esther Fedorkevich The Fedd Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Online Form *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Christian Fiction * Religious * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Business * Christian * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Money/Finance * Politics * Religion * Spirituality * Sports * Biography Esther Fedorkevich is the founder of The Fedd Agency. She launched her career in 1997 as a salesperson for a major book publisher. Within six months, Esther sold a million dollars in products. From there she went to work for Dave Ramsey, a New York Times bestselling author and television host with a nationally syndicated radio program. She worked in the publishing department, selling and marketing Dave’s books and other projects, and fell in love with book publishing. When Esther was pregnant with her first child, her entrepreneurial spirit was charged and decided to venture out on her own, selling books and ideas as a literary agent. Esther founded The Fedd Agency in 2003 and began investing in authors. Her first client came to her for help when William Morris could not secure a book deal, even after pitching it for two years. With her innovative intervention and her acute business sense and selling skills, Esther got the author a three-book deal within two months. Esther continues to hone her innate marketing and sales talents, coupling that with a passion for selling life-changing books. Esther firmly believes she doesn’t just represent authors, she represents and builds futures. Esther represents many New York Times bestselling authors. Among her clients are Pattie Mallette, Mark Batterson, Tim McGraw, Sara Evans, Lysa Terkeurst, Tommy Barnett, Matthew Barnett, George Barna, David Kinnaman, Jud Wilhite, Judah Smith, Steven Furtick, Crystal Paine, Carlos Whittaker Michael Franzese, Tom Delay, and Chris Seay. Using her natural entrepreneurial sensibilities, Esther also negotiates deals for film, television, and other derivative products. Additionally, The Fedd Agency offers agency guided publishing and audio book production services. Esther lives in Austin, TX with her husband, Jimmy, and their two kids, Alexi Jane and Paul Gregory. In her spare time, you can find Esther shooting hoops, swinging a golf club or tennis racket, reading, or cooking gourmet meals for her family and friends.

	Don Fehr Trident Media Group Query method(s): Online Form * Work 355 Lexington Ave 12th FL New York NY 10017 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Picture Book * Romance * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Fitness * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Humor * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Sports * Technology * Travel * Biography Don Fehr is a literary agent with Trident Media Group. After a twenty-year career in senior-level editorial jobs (Atheneum, Addison-Wesley, Viking Penguin, and Basic Books) and as a publisher (Smithsonian/Harper Collins), Don Fehr joined the Trident literary agency in 2010. “My reputation is that of an editor’s editor, intensely loyal, author-centered, and entrepreneurial in the publishing and marketing of my writers,” says Don. “While traditional publishers will always have an important role in the marketplace, exciting developments are occurring, and dynamic multi-platforms are evolving. I wanted to be an integral part of that action for my authors, and Trident was clearly the literary agency to go to make a significant impact.” Don’s experience in working with authors in many genres and subject areas, ranging from bestsellers to award winners, has given him a sense of what works in the marketplace. Don has published over a dozen New York Times bestsellers, and his authors and books have won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the P.E.N. Faulkner Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Prominent authors he has worked with over the years have included political and legal commentators Alan Dershowitz and Linda Greenhouse, medical writers Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland and Dr. Pauline Chen, psychiatrist Peter D. Kramer, historians Niall Ferguson, Christopher Andrew, W. Bruce Lincoln, Walter McDougall, Thomas Fleming, David Reynolds, William Chafe, Omer Bartov, and Richard Evans, novelists Charles Johnson and Ishmael Reed, science writers Carl Zimmer and Franz De Waal, theologian Harvey Cox, actors Simon Callow and Klaus Kinski, pianist Andras Schiff, and other authors, including Christopher Hitchens, Paul Berman, Thomas Sowell, Bruce Chatwin, Kevin Philips, John Yoo, Grover Norquist, Fred Waitzkin, and Brent Edwards. “Now I am using my experience and insights as a book agent to help my authors navigate the internal and changing dynamics of the publishing processes to maximize the upside while still protecting their long-term interests,” says Don. “I roam widely in terms of subject areas and categories that interest me, but what always catches my attention first is the author’s voice. Just about everything flows from that. I must be pulled in by the author’s voice before I get interested in the story or subject.” Don is aggressive in looking to build a list of authors with “strong voices” across a wide variety of areas: literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoirs, travel, science, and health. Reading alongside his thirteen-year-old daughter, Don has now developed an interest in young adult fiction. “You’re never too old to be young again,” says Don.

	Leigh Feldman Leigh Feldman Literary Query method(s): Email * Work New York NY USAwork Work Email: query@lfliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Memoir * Narrative * Young Adult * Biography Leigh Feldman is a literary agent with and the founder of Leigh Feldman Literary. She says: “During my twenty years at Darhansoff, Verrill, Feldman Literary Agency, I represented acclaimed literary fiction such as Charles Frazier’s National Book Award Winning COLD MOUNTAIN, Arthur Golden’s International Bestseller MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, the novels and stories of Judy Budnitz (named one of Granta’s 21 Best Young American Novelists), and bestselling Young Adult author Sarah Dessen, along with many other authors of extraordinary talent. In February, 2011, I joined Writers House, and in October 2014 I am thrilled to be starting my own agency, Leigh Feldman Literary. While my list has always been extremely selective, allowing me to give my clients the attention and support services they deserve, I am always looking for talented writers who know how to engage readers with compelling characters and masterful storytelling. Whether I’m reading literary fiction or narrative nonfiction, memoir or young adult, I look for books that, from the beginning, make me want to just drop everything and read all day. I look for complex, believable, sympathetic characters that win me over completely, compelling me to care about them and making me desperate to know what happens to them. I want to be transported into another world when I read, but I also want new and unexpected insight into the world we all live in.”

	Jessica Felleman Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 27 West 20th St. Suite 1003 New York NY 10011 USAwork Work Email: jfsubmissions@jenniferlyonsliteraryagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Family Saga * Fantasy * Literary * Magical Realism * Science Fiction * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Current Events/Affairs * History * Humor * Pop Culture * Prescriptive * Narrative * Science * Biography Jessica Felleman is a literary agent with the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. She began her publishing career in Los Angeles after receiving her MFA in writing from CalArts. She relocated to New York in 2015, where she spent five years at Foundry Literary + Media. She represents a range of creators, loves fresh stories about magic, and looks for commercial and literary fiction featuring underserved voices, unforgettable places, and complicated families. Jessica specializes in popular nonfiction and prescriptive titles that offer realistic advice or new perspectives to help readers better understand themselves and the world, including the #1 New York Times Bestseller THE HIDDEN POWER OF F*CKING UP by The Try Guys.

	Christopher Ferebee Christopher Ferebee Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 2834 Hamner Avenue Suite 456 Norco CA 92860 USAwork Work Email: submission@christopherferebee.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Christian Fiction * General Fiction * Inspirational Fiction * Religious * Romance * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Christian * General Nonfiction * Inspiration * Memoir * Money/Finance * Pop Culture * Religion * Spirituality * Biography Christopher Ferebee is a literary agent with and the founder of the Christopher Ferebee Literary Agency. He has served as a literary agent since 1999. For the first 12 years he served at the firm of Yates & Yates in Southern California, working with a talented team representing an incredible array of Christian authors, speakers, and pastors. In late 2011, he left Yates & Yates to pursue additional opportunities both within and outside the Christian publishing market. Today he is focused on representing thought-provoking, life-changing, and uplifting books from a variety of thought-leaders and world-changers. These are projects that seek to challenge the status quo in any number of arenas in our fast-changing world, lift up ideas that deserve your attention, or simply inspire you to be a better version of yourself. As a small agency, he works with a select number of authors and organizations having an outsized impact in their sphere of influence.

	Hannah Fergesen KT Literary DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Fantasy * General Fiction * Horror * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Science Fiction * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Diet/Nutrition * Film/Entertainment * Food/Drinks * Health/Wellness * History * Middle Grade * Mind/Body/Spirit * Pop Culture * True Crime * Young Adult * Biography Hannah Fergesen is a literary agent with KT LIterary. Before settling in New York City, Hannah worked and went to school in Denver, where she obtained her degree in Writing for Film and Television. Opportunities in New York presented themselves before she could run off to LA, and she course corrected her career toward publishing, a dream of hers since childhood. After stints as a remote intern for a well-known agent, a bookseller at the famous Books of Wonder, an intern at Soho Press, a literary assistant at Trident Media Group, and a freelance editor working with well-known authors, Hannah joined KT Literary in 2016. Hannah is a proud geek and TV junkie, with an all-consuming love for Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and anything created by Joss Whedon. With her background in film and television, she is attracted to stories with strong visuals and sharp dialogue, whether presented in edgy speculative or contemporary YA and MG fiction, or dark and lyrical speculative adult fiction.

	T.S. Ferguson Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency Query method(s): Online Form * Work USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Humor Fiction * Literary * Magical Realism * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Satire * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography T.S. Ferguson is a literary agent with the Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency. Before joining Azantian Literary Agency, T.S. Ferguson worked for 16 years as an editor for some of the top children’s and teen book publishers in the business, including Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press, and JIMMY Patterson Books. He has worked with New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors such as Sherman Alexie, Sara Zarr, Suzanne Selfors, Pseudonymous Bosch, Robin Talley, Hillary Monahan (writing as Eva Darrows), and Adi Alsaid. T.S. is looking for young adult and middle grade fiction across all genres that combines high-concept, hooky stories with writing and voice that feel standout. An addicting, page-turning quality is always a plus! He has a special place in his heart for dark and edgy stories (including but not limited to horror), fairy tales, mythology, action-adventure, LGBTQ stories, graphic novels, and stories by and about under-represented voices. He is not the best fit for sports-centric stories, high sci-fi, or non-fiction.

	Moe Ferrara BookEnds Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Contemporary * Erotica * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Juvenile Fiction * Magical Realism * Middle Grade Fiction * New Adult * Paranormal * Picture Book * Romance * Science Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Film/Entertainment * Gay/Lesbian * History * Lifestyle * Music * Narrative * Reference * Biography Moe Ferrara is a literary agent with BookEnds Literary Agency. Becoming a literary agent was fitting for the girl who, as a small child, begged her dad to buy her a book simply because “it has a hard cover.” Growing up, she had a hard time finding YA books outside of Christopher Pike and R. L. Stine, and instead tackled Tom Clancy or her mom’s romance novels. Though her career path zigzagged a bit—she attended college as a music major, earned a JD from Pace Law School, then worked various jobs throughout the publishing industry—Moe was thrilled to join the BookEnds team as a literary agent and the foreign rights manager. She is seeking: Moe is interested in science fiction and fantasy for all age groups (no picture books). She loves a bit (or a lot!) of romance in her fiction, so the right contemporary or historical romance will spark her interest. She’s LGBTQ friendly, so send her that male/male erotic romance in your back pocket! At this time she’s not looking for nonfiction, women’s fiction, or cozy mysteries.

	Jenni Ferrari-Adler Union Literary AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 30 Vandam Street Suite 5A New York NY 10013 USAwork Work Email: jenni@unionliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Literary * Mystery * Short Story Collection * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Memoir * Narrative * Young Adult * Biography Jenni Ferrari-Adler is a literary agent with Union Literary. She is a longtime agent at Union Literary. Recent sales include debut novels ALL THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD by Steve Almond, TELL ME HOW TO BE by Neel Patel, HOW TO BE EATEN by Maria Adelmann, and WHITE IVY by Susie Yang; the young adult novels FORGIVE ME NOT by Jenn Baker, and UNDERCOVER LATINA by Aya de Leon, the story collection CAT PERSON by Kristen Roupenian, the memoirs MAYBE IT’S ME by Eileen Pollack. and ARTIFICIAL by Amy Kurzweil; and the cookbooks BAKING BY FEEL by @thesweetfeminist Becca Rea-Tucker, and YOGURT AND WHEY by Homa Dashtaki. Jenni is drawn to distinct voices, engaging storytelling, and insight into the human condition. She works closely with clients on each step of the publishing process, and on their career as a whole, including handling film and television, foreign, and magazine sales. She is an editor, mediator, advocate, handholder, explainer, bad cop, good cop etc. etc. Born and raised in NYC, she holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan and a BA in Creative Writing from Oberlin College. She edited the anthology ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone (Riverhead), and has published her own work in Glimmer Train, Bellevue Literary Review, New York Magazine, and Tin House. She has taught Fiction at the University of Michigan and The Gotham Writers’ Workshop, and worked as a reader for The Paris Review and as a bookseller at Housing Works (where she met her husband). She lives in Brooklyn.

	Dave Fessenden WordWise Media Services Query method(s): Email * Work 4083 Avenue L Suite 255 Lancaster CA 93536 USAwork Work Email: submit@wordwisemedia.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Christian Fiction* Fantasy * Historical * Religious * Science Fiction * NONFICTION: Business * Christian * Cultural/Social Issues * Reference * Religion * Biography Dave Fessenden is a literary agent with WordWise Media Services. He says: “After 30 years of experience in writing and editing, I took the plunge into independent consulting. I have degrees in journalism and theology, served in editorial management positions for Christian book publishers, and was regional editor for the largest Protestant weekly newspaper in the country. I am the author of seven books; I’ve written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, and edited numerous books for others. I am a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences. In 2011 I compiled my experience in publishing to produce Writing the Christian Nonfiction Book: Concept to Contract, published by SonFire Media. My first novel, The Case of the Exploding Speakeasy, came out in 2013 through Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. It reflects my love for history and for the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan-Doyle. My wife, Jacque, and I live in south-central Pennsylvania and have two adult sons.”

	Alexander Field The Bindery AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work Colorado Springs CO 80920 USAwork Work Email: info@thebinderyagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Christian Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Religious * Science Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Christian * Diet/Nutrition * Family * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * History * Inspiration * Lifestyle * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Pop Culture * Religion * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Biography Alexander Field is a literary agent with and the founder of The Bindery. Alex Field launched The Bindery in 2017 after 18 years working in book publishing and journalism. Prior to starting The Bindery, he served as Vice President and Publisher for two imprints of Penguin Random House, largest publisher of trade books in the English-speaking world. After college he began his career at Los Angeles Times, assisting in the Calendar section, and writing dozens of freelance pieces and news reports. Since then, he’s worked in journalism and book publishing for nearly two decades, writing, editing, acquiring books, and managing teams including editorial, marketing, publicity, design, production, subsidiary rights, and contract departments. He has published a number of New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly bestsellers and many award-winning books, with beloved authors, celebrities, leaders, and media luminaries. Field grew up on the beaches of Southern California. Today he and his family live along the front range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

	Melanie Figueroa Root Literary Query method(s): Email * Work 617 S. Olive St. #1207 Los Angeles CA 90014 USAwork Work Email: submissions@rootliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Fantasy * General Fiction * Horror * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Melanie Figueroa is a literary agent with Root Literary. She says: “I want to work with the kind of stories that both create and sustain life-long readers—books that make me sigh with contentment, learn something new, or take delight in the unexpected. Those stories stay with you, and they’re a gift I want to help give readers by lifting up the voices of talented and hard-working creatives. I’m actively looking for fiction and narrative nonfiction. I’m especially excited to find high-concept commercial and literary leaning general fiction, young adult novels with a strong voice and propulsive pacing, and heartfelt and humorous middle grade novels across genres. I was born and raised in Southern California in a multi-cultural, blended family, so I have a soft spot for books that shine a spotlight on the nuances of family relationships and identity. In all cases—no matter what genre you’re writing in—I want to read books that are inclusive and that accurately reflect our world. I like characters who aren’t your typical lead and to be surprised by the unexpected.”

	Diana Finch Diana Finch Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work 116 West 23rd Street Suite 500 New York NY 10011 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Multicultural Fiction * New Adult * Religious * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Computers * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Diet/Nutrition * Environment * Ethnic * Family * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Reference * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Sports * Technology * Travel * True Crime * Young Adult * Biography Diana Finch is a literary agent with Diana Finch Literary Agency. Diana says: “While I love to represent a wide variety of books, I do have a particular enthusiasm for narrative nonfiction, memoir and journalists who are writing about current events. I opened my own agency in 2003 after nearly 18 years with the Ellen Levine Literary Agency.”

	Celeste Fine Park & Fine Literary and Media Query method(s): Email * Work 55 Broadway Suite 1601 New York NY 10006 USAwork Work Email: queries@parkfine.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Graphic Novel * NONFICTION: Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Diet/Nutrition * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Memoir * Money/Finance * Narrative * Politics * Science * Biography Celeste Fine is a literary agent with Park & Fine Literary and Media. She is regularly ranked as one of the top literary agents in book publishing and advises dozens of New York Times bestselling authors. She has a special interest in the ways authors can change the way we think and ultimately the world we live in. Clients include celebrities, academics, entrepreneurs, doctors, journalists, researchers, experts, and a select list of children’s and fiction authors whose ideas and stories are picked up by major media as often as they are shared among close groups of friends. In addition to helping authors develop their proposals and manuscripts and negotiating some of the biggest book deals in the industry, Celeste counsels on the publications, television and film deals, marketing and publicity campaigns, and professional opportunities that keep people paying attention to her clients and their books, year after year. Originally from California, Celeste graduated magna cum laude in Government from Harvard University, received certifications in international conflict resolution and mediation in The Hague, and loves a good evening of dive bar banter and a game of pool.

	Susan Finesman Fine Literary Management AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 117 N. Mansfield Venue Los Angeles CA 90036 USAwork Work Email: Query@FineLiterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Juvenile Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Biography * Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Crafts * Cultural/Social Issues * Diet/Nutrition * Family * Film/Entertainment * Food/Drinks * Gardening * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Photography * Pop Culture * Sports * Travel * Young Adult * Biography Susan Finesman is a literary agent with and the founder of Fine Literary Management. Susan Finesman began scouting books, plays and narrative non-fiction for Tri-Star Pictures in 1986. Five years later, she moved on to SAVOY Pictures followed by a long and award winning stint at HOME BOX OFFICE where highlights included an Emmy for Ernest Gaines’ A LESSON BEFORE DYING. Scouting books for film is like sitting in the most fabulous catbird seat, not prisoner to any genre and not prey to any shelf space at the bookstore. Learning how to find new stories and adapt them for the screen gave me a slightly different perspective on how to sell books to publishers. She says: “In 2010, I decided to build a seat of my own, introducing great writers first to publishers and then, not as an afterthought but as part of a coordinated plan, pursue film, television and internet opportunities. I continue to be interested in all kinds of books but tend to be compelled by work that features characters that I cannot shake. I challenge authors to make me laugh or cry and you will have certainly won me over by doing both. I love the twists and turns of a great page-turner, can be seduced by a truly honest memoir and am delighted when transported by historical fiction. Regarding non-fiction: Cookbooks and lifestyle are a particular area of interest but I can be compelled to consider almost any subject that is honest and thoughtful. We work with co-agents in every territory and join forces with Hollywood agencies to broker film and television rights. At this time, we are not representing children’s picture books or work composed for the stage or screen.”

	Karyn Fischer BookStop Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Middle Grade Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Karyn Fischer is a literary agent with the BookStop Literary Agency. She joined BookStop Literary Agency in 2014 and is currently looking to build her client list. She is particularly drawn to young adult and middle grade novels. Her favorite genres include gothic novels with twisty narratives and dark secrets, historical fiction, literary thrillers, well-drawn fantasy, and heart-tugging contemporary stories. She’s looking for anything with memorable characters, an engaging voice, and a tightrope- taut plot. Karyn holds an MFA in Creative Writing, has completed three publishing internships, and previously worked as a bookseller and buyer in a small independent bookstore. Her background has given her a unique perspective on the book industry, as well as the skills to find and promote books she loves.

	Ryan Fischer-Harbage The Fischer-Harbage Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 540 President Street 3rd Floor Brooklyn NY 11215 USAwork Work Email: submissions@fischerharbage.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * NONFICTION: Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * Memoir * Narrative * Biography Ryan Fischer-Harbage is a literary agent with the Fischer-Harbage Agency. He founded The Fischer-Harbage Agency in January, 2007 and has placed books for five #1 New York Times bestselling authors. Ryan’s most lauded clients include Karim Dimechkie, Jen Doll, Miranda Esmonde-White, Thomas Healy, Alicia Menendez, Melissa Harris-Perry, Janet Mock, Taylor Plimpton, Rob Roberge, Robbie Robertson, Susan Shapiro, J. Ryan Stradal, and Jackson Taylor. He represented Gérard de Villiers until the author passed away–his S.A.S. series has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide; Ryan continues to work on behalf of the estate. Previously, Ryan was an editor at Simon & Schuster where he helped create and launch a new imprint, Simon Spotlight Entertainment (now Gallery Books). He also worked as an editor for Little, Brown & Company as well as Penguin Random House (where he edited books for Plume, Dutton and Viking). He acquired and edited the Pulitzer Prize winning Boston Globe Spotlight Team’s Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church, which informed the movie Spotlight, winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture as well as Peter Singer’s New York Times bestseller The President of Good & Evil: Questioning the Ethics of George W. Bush. He has also worked with numerous other bestselling authors, including Michael Connelly, Matthew Diffee, John Feinstein, Malcolm Gladwell, Brad Listi, Alice Sebold and Danny Wallace. For many years, Ryan taught courses on writing book proposals and fiction at The New School University’s MFA Program, Pratt, and Mediabistro. He addresses students and writers regularly at New York University’s MFA program, Sarah Lawrence College’s MFA program and conferences including The Colgate Writers’ Conference, Miami Writers Institute, The New Orleans Writers Conference, and The Writers’ League of Texas, among others. He has been quoted on writing and publishing in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Poets & Writers, Publishers Weekly and on “Good Morning America,” among other outlets. Ryan is a graduate of Kalamazoo College, The Radcliffe Publishing Course and the Master of Fine Arts program in writing and literature at Bennington College. He lives with his children in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

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My career has spanned publishing, TV, and feature film. I’ve served as Creative Dir. for the Magazine Group, TIME Inc.; Dir. of Time World News Service, a Founding Dir. of TIME-Life Films; Exec. Prod. for both the CBS and NBC TV Networks; Prod./Dir.: Movies of the Week: CBS Cinema Center Films and Universal MCA.

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In today’s publishing marketplace, agents come and go. They also very often seem to just want an easy pathway to make a buck. Many authors are let go by their agents because their last book didn’t do well enough and the agent doesn’t want to devote the time to help the author. That’s not what you’re about Mark. Even established authors need this type of support in today’s marketplace.”

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Getting multiple agents interested in my work was really important to me. I’ve dealt with agents before and gotten screwed on things contractually so I wanted to do it differently this time. I wanted choices.

Having you help me create that, and navigate my options, was really helpful. I heard other authors talk about their great relationships with their agents and it made me want the same thing. Now I have that.”

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Author of Woman on Fire (Penguin Books)

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“After sending out the query Mark revised for me, I had the opportunity to speak with literary agents from top agencies such as Janklow & Nesbit, Trident Media, Anderson Lit, and Folio. I signed with Don Fehr at Trident and, a short time later I had a publishing contract with Berkley Books, which recently published my book in hardcover.

Before that, I sent my query letter out on my own to 30 or 40 agents and got a lot of rejections. I then found Mark online while I was researching agents. I was surprised that he offered so much during his initial consultation—for a very modest amount of money.

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I don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t worked with Mark. I can’t even imagine that now though, because of the grief and detours I experienced before we worked together. It was a time-consuming pain in the neck. If you want to get the attention of top literary agents and publishers, there is no substitute for working with an insider. You can’t beat experience. And having Mark on your side is incredibly valuable.”

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Author of Single Handed
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“AHHH! OMG, it happened! I got three offers of representation for my children’s picture book in the United States, even though I live abroad! When I woke up and found the first offer for representation in my email in box, I wanted to scream. But my family was still asleep so I couldn’t. 🙂

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Just 8 minutes after I sent a query letter to one of my favorite agents, she replied and asked to see my manuscript. A short time later we had a lovely conversation. She was interested in representing me and sounded very positive and enthusiastic about my book. Since I also got offers from two other agents, I had to turn two of them down. One of them was upset and it felt like I was breaking her heart, but you just have to do it. I kept reminding myself that this is a good problem to have!”

Miri Leshem-Pelley

Author/Illustrator of Lon-Lon’s Big Night
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“Mark, after you helped me land a top literary agent, I got publishing offers from THREE well-known publishers: Amacom, Palgrave Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill (they’re publishing my book in hardcover)!

I was at Disneyworld with my family, in the Haunted Mansion, when I got the call. I went outside and listened to the voicemail message from my agent. A huge smile came over my face. It was a fantastic feeling. For a moment I felt like life was perfect and the angels were singing.

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You’re filling an important need so I’ll say this to every other author reading this testimonial. Mark showed me that getting a top literary agent is a science. If you’ve written a book, or you’re in the process, you’ve already invested a lot—a lot more than money. Don’t stop yourself from getting out there to fulfill your purpose and dreams. Thank you so, so much, Mark!!!”

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Author of Customer Focused Process Innovation (McGraw Hill)

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“I got a book deal! After I started sending out my new query letter I had 6 literary agents request my manuscript in a short amount of time, which is awesome. Then, within 2 weeks of my agent starting to pitch my story to publishers, we had an offer. I signed a book contract yesterday. A little while later my agent told me that a TV co-producer asked for more info about my book.

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By the way, the acquiring editor that fell in love with the manuscript jumped in with both feet and we just worked out our timeline for publication. She’s as passionate about getting my book out as I am, and that means everything. She read the manuscript in two days and said she couldn’t put it down. And the book is going to be published as a hardcover!”

Erika Armstrong

Author of A Chick in the Cockpit
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“Thank you Mark! After you helped me get a well-known agent with Hartline Literary Agency (for my previously self-published murder mystery), he got me a deal with an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) approved publisher. I’m hard-pressed to find anything that I had an expectation for that you didn’t deliver on.

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Before I worked with you I sent out queries, but no one ever requested my complete manuscript. Comparing your new version of my query to the one I wrote before, I can see a vast difference.

I’ve been in business for 35 years so I’m not just saying this… what you’re doing is phenomenal. There are other people offering similar services, but the difference is your success. Others might say they do similar things but, if you research them, they don’t have your background or track record.”

Michael Thompson

Author of The Rector

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“Mark, you’re a miracle worker. Thanks to your help with my book, query letter, and synopsis… I now have a legitimate publisher who described my book as ‘Powerful Magic’ and it’s now available in bookstores and online!

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I’m a lifelong academic writer who one day found myself writing inspired short stories that came to me in dreams and I began thinking of them as novels. That’s when I had a momentous conversation, an introductory coaching call with Mark Malatesta, the American creative writing coach, or rather, to be precise, a how-to-sell-yourself-and-your-work adviser. It was the best-spent money of my life apart (possibly) for my wedding ring.”

Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA

Author of The Black Inked Pearl

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“Within 4 minutes of sending out my query letter, a top literary called me on the phone (the #1 agent on my wish list). Less than 30 days later I had three major publishers making offers. A few days after that, I signed a deal with Random House. Mark, your query letter did that.

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My agent talked about the query letter you helped me create for a long, long time. When he first called me on the phone, he hadn’t seen any of my sample chapters. It was just the query letter that did it. Communicating the right thing is so important. You are a wonderful medium helping authors find their voice and elevate their writing from just a hobby to a real business… a source from which they can both learn and earn.”

Lakshmi Subramani

Author of Lights Out (Random House)
Bangalore, India

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“MARK, MARK, MARK!!!!!!! Holy smokes… I just signed my book deal. First, two well-known literary agents asked to represent me. One of them responded to my query letter in less than 4 minutes!!

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Then THREE different publishers wanted my book and started talking about making offers. The publisher I chose is perfect for me because they produce titles for the trade, educational, and scientific markets. And they agreed to publish my book as a hardcover!!!

When I met you, Mark, it was a pivotal time. I was under the belief that I could self-publish my book with a vanity press and then seek a publisher. I didn’t know what a literary agent was, why I needed one, or how to get one. I was wandering in the dark. You guided me in the right direction and gave me a solid plan.”

Mardell Hill

Author of Intestinal Health (Rowman & Littlefield)

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“Boom!!! I just signed a contract with Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins for (what I’ve been told by several people) is a very large advance for a first-time author.
Before working with Mark I submitted my book to agents but didn’t get any interest. This time around I got a top NY literary agency (Fine Print Lit). What cloud is higher than 9?

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I had several agencies interested before deciding to go with Fine Print. And, to be honest, all of the attention didn’t surprise me. The query letter and proposal that Mark helped me develop were incredible. Agents actually said things to me like: ‘Scott, I read your proposal and I’m just blown away by it!’ Mark is extremely talented at what he does. If you have the opportunity to work with him, take advantage of it.”

Scott LeRette

Author of The Unbreakable Boy
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