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	Melissa Gaines Victress 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: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Fantasy * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Picture Book * Romance * Science Fiction * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * General Nonfiction * How-To * Juvenile * Memoir * Middle Grade * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Psychology * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Upmarket * Young Adult * Biography Melissa Gaines is a literary agent with Victress Literary. She and Shannon Orso make up the dynamic duo of agents at Victress Literary. A genuine passion for the craft of storytelling, paired with a mindfulness toward an ever-evolving industry brought them together. Victress Literary was born from their collective desire to support authors in creative development and career growth. Their combined experience in literary sales, marketing, publishing, multimedia, and writing provides a comprehensive approach to fighting on behalf of every client. Together, they navigate industry contracts, intellectual property rights, and high-level professional contacts so clients can work on their craft while knowing they are considered and protected.

	Russell Galen Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 276 Fifth Avenue Suite 708 New York NY 10001 USAwork Work Email: russellgalen@sgglit.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Science Fiction * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Biography * Business * Computers * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * Film/Entertainment * Fitness * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Journalism * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Nature * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Sports * Technology * Travel * Upmarket * Biography Russell Galen is a literary agent with the Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. Russell says: “I’m the only agent I know of, and maybe the only one in the history of the world, who actually grew up wanting to be a literary agent. In my adolescence I went through a period of obsession with F. Scott Fitzgerald and read every published word by or about him, including his Selected Letters edited by Andrew Turnbull, was struck by the fact that the letters to his legendary editor, Max Perkins, showed little evidence of Perkins making any contribution to Fitzgerald’s career other than, of course, buying his books in the first place. The letters to his equally legendary (though unknown to the general public) agent, Harold Ober, were more interesting. It was to his agent, not his editor, that he turned for support, advice, encouragement, and inspiration. Together they put together a career over a 20-year period. I loved writing but was not myself a writer: I was like the clumsy kid who loves the Yankees and wants to be a coach since he can never play center field. So even as early as the age of 14 I figured out that if you wanted to help writers live the good life, rather than write yourself, you could best do that as a literary agent. I graduated from Brandeis University in May 1976 and started within days as an apprentice to the most colorful and successful agent of his era, Scott Meredith. I made my first sale within a month and had 15 uproarious, adventurous years there, making publishing industry history a few dozen times, and forming the nucleus of the client list I still represent today. When Scott died in 1993 I joined with the two other top agents there, Ted Chichak and Jack Scovil, to found this firm. I am taking on a very few new authors in areas that have a special meaning for me. In fiction, my passion is novels which stretch the bounds of reality. There are scores of different ways to do that and I love them all. A novel needs to take me some place I can’t get to in a car, whether it be the past, the future, a fantasy world, an alternate historical track, a world in which our world touches another that is hidden or rarely seen, or one which has been changed by some new technology, event, or idea. In nonfiction I do strong, serious books on almost any subject. I won’t take on a nonfiction book that doesn’t teach me something. I don’t do books which are merely entertaining, or which are bullshit (diet or pop psych books that don’t really help people, for instance). I’m interested in science, history, journalism, biography, business, memoir, nature, politics, sports, contemporary culture, literary nonfiction, etc. I will take on any book by a good writer willing to work hard and spend a year plumbing the depths of some fascinating aspect of man or nature.”

	Lauren Keller Galit LKG Agency Query method(s): Email * Online Form * Work 60 Riverside Blvd #1101 New York NY 10069 USAwork Work Email: mgya@lkgagency.comINTERNET Work Email: nonfiction@lkgagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Middle Grade Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Animals/Pets * Autobiography * Beauty/Fashion/Style * Celebrity * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Design * Diet/Nutrition * Film/Entertainment * Family * Fitness * Food/Drinks * Health/Wellness * How-To * Humor * Journalism * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Middle Grade * Music * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Pop Culture * Practical * Psychology * Reference * Sports * Women’s Issues * Young Adult * Biography Lauren Galit is a literary agent with LKG Agency. She says: “Agent: such a loaded job description. It’s the word you scream into the phone when you get stuck in an airline or cable company’s automated loop. AGENT! Or it might call to mind images of a classic real estate or Hollywood agent with slicked-back hair and too-sharp clothes. But that’s not who I am. My client, Clinton Kelly, once wrote in the acknowledgments of Freakin’ Fabulous: ‘Lauren Keller Galit, a totally chill agent who’s not even a jerk.’ Being a literary agent is my dream job (but then again, I was a literary geek at Harvard): I get to work with writers all day long, helping them craft their book ideas and editing their proposals. And then, once the proposal is complete, I get to connect with editors to sell them on something I have passionately committed myself to for the past few months. And I get to chat—a lot (but hopefully not too much). With writers, with editors, with Caitlen. All good. I also get to be a world-class dilettante. For each new project that comes along, I delve deep into that writer’s world and expertise, learning all I can, so that I can speak knowledgeably about the subject. What could be bad about exploring a new angle on parenting or fitness or style every few months? My closet is certainly the better for it; hopefully my kids, too. I started my agenting career in 2002 at John Boswell Associates, a literary agency and book packager that’s most noted for creating 365 Ways To Cook Chicken, as well as countless other best sellers. Because Boswell was a packager as well as an agent, he taught me how to do more than just craft a proposal and sell it; he showed me how to create a book from scratch, working with designers and production people along the way. It is that attention to detail that I bring to my current projects, even if we aren’t packaging them. I help my authors envision what their books could be. Before becoming an agent, I was a magazine editor for 10 years, starting at GQ (Gentleman’s Quarterly) and ending at GH (Good Housekeeping). That’s where I learned to edit and copy edit, to read and reread until an article or caption or pull quote was just so. It is a skill I bring to every proposal I work on with a writer. It won’t go out until it is just so, because the proposal should beautifully and accurately represent the idea an author is dying to bring to the world.”

	Lisa Gallagher DeFiore and Company AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 47 E. 19th St. 3rd Floor New York NY 10003 USAwork Work Email: lgsubmissions@defliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Humor Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Mystery * New Adult * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Film/Entertainment * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Inspiration * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Narrative * Pop Culture * Religion * Spirituality * Sports * Young Adult * Biography Lisa Gallagher is a literary agent with DeFiore and Company. Lisa Gallagher joined DeFiore & Company Literary Management Inc., as a literary agent in 2014, after working at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates for five years. She is actively seeking new clients both in fiction and non-fiction, who are great storytellers, delivering both narrative urgency and dramatic tension, combined with multi-faceted characters and a transporting sense of place. She has more than twenty-five years of publishing experience and insight from both sides of the Atlantic, and now as an agent, being a champion of authors and their work continues to be her passion. She represents adult fiction, adult non-fiction and some YA projects, including New York Times bestselling novelists Christopher Moore and Charles Todd, Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Keller, national bestseller Hank Phillippi Ryan and memoirist Molly Bloom, author of MOLLY’S GAME, about to be released as a major motion picture directed by Aaron Sorkin, and starring Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba. Formerly SVP & Publisher, William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins), Gallagher was previously Associate Publisher at Bloomsbury USA, following a move to New York from Bloomsbury’s London office in 1998. Gallagher was educated at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

	Nancy Gallt Nancy Gallt Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 273 Charlton Avenue South Orange NJ 07079 USAwork Work Email: QueryNancy@galltzacker.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Juvenile * Middle Grade * Science * Young Adult * Biography Nancy Gallt is a literary agent with and the founder of the Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency. She attended Williams College where she received a B.A. in English. For nearly 25 years she worked selling subsidiary rights for children’s books imprints at Viking, HarperCollins, Morrow, and Greenwillow. In 2000, she founded the Nancy Gallt Literary Agency in order to represent a wide-ranging list of authors and illustrators. Publishing was always her dream job—getting paid to read books—though it turned out the editorial side was not her forte. Nancy’s children claim she must have been the definition of “nerd” in her youth, though she is proud to say that she’s never been bored, no matter what she’s doing. She avoids reading books in which children are endangered or abused. There’s enough true suffering in the world that she prefers not to read about it. She loves books that entertain and enlighten, with characters that could be treasured friends.

	Lori Galvin Aevitas Creative Management Query method(s): Online Form * Work 545 Boylston Street 11th Floor Boston MA 02116 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Thriller * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Memoir * Narrative * Self-Help/Personal Development * Biography Lori Galvin is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. Lori Galvin is interested in both fiction (especially thrillers and smart women’s fiction) and non-fiction (cookbooks, memoir, and personal development). Based in Boston, she is currently representing projects for Washington Post columnist Cathy Barrow, Top Chef finalist Kwame Onwuachi, and Shark Tank winner Kim Nelson of Daisy Cakes. She also represents writers Cambria Brockman and Hannah Kirshner, as well as writer, poet, and translator Eleanor Goodman. Some of her favorite non-client fiction authors include Megan Abbott, Margot Livesey, Celeste Ng, and Tom Perrotta. Prior to joining Aevitas, Galvin was executive editor at the multimedia publisher America’s Test Kitchen, where she led a team that produced dozens of landmark cookbooks. Galvin was also an editor at Houghton Mifflin, a restaurant cook, and ran a bed-and-breakfast in Maine.

	Rachelle Gardner Books & Such Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 52 Mission Circle, Suite 122 PMB 170 Santa Rosa CA 95409 USAwork Work Email: representation@booksandsuch.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Christian Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Family Saga * General Fiction * Historical * Inspirational Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * New Adult * Paranormal * Religious * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Christian * Cooking/Cookbook * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Film/Entertainment * Family * Fitness * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Middle Grade * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Technology * Women’s Issues * Young Adult * Biography Rachelle Gardner is a literary agent with Books & Such Literary Agency. When Rachelle was asked in eighth grade what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said she wanted to be a psychologist. Many years later she did graduate studies in psychology, but had no idea she would end up using those skills not as a counselor but as an advocate and partner for authors in their publishing careers. Rachelle’s been involved in publishing since 1995, joining Books & Such in 2012 after agenting with WordServe Literary Group since 2007. Before becoming an agent, she was senior editor at NavPress, where she developed and launched the NavPress fiction line that included three Christy Award finalists and an ECPA Award finalist in its first year. She acquired and edited numerous nonfiction books as well. What Rachelle’s Clients Say… “I write books and speak all over the country, but when I really want to impress another author, I just say, ‘Rachelle Gardner is my agent.’ I can’t think of anyone in publishing in the past five years who’s done more to educate and encourage authors than Rachelle.” -Kathi Lipp, author of The Husband Project Prior to entering the CBA, Rachelle worked in mainstream publishing at General Publishing Group in Santa Monica, California, where she was director of rights and marketing, which entailed managing departments of special sales, subsidiary rights, international rights, international sales and domestic marketing. Among other things, she built and managed a team of international sales agents and represented the company in Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Chicago and New York. In the early days of her career, Rachelle spent five years at Fox Broadcasting Company where she served as special programming coordinator, working on more than sixty network television specials including the Emmy Awards and Billboard Music Awards. Having ghostwritten eight published books and edited more than 100, Rachelle is familiar with the life of a writer and loves being involved in the creation and shaping of a book.

	Robin Garland Livingtree Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

	Kate Garrick Karpfinger Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 357 West 20th Street New York NY 10011 USAwork Work Email: kate@karpfinger.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Ethnic Fiction * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Memoir * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Prescriptive * Science * Technology * Travel * True Crime * Biography Kate Garrick is a literary agent with the Karpfinger Agency. Kate Garrick joined The Karpfinger Agency as an agent in 2015. Previously she was an agent and director of contracts at DeFiore and Company. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Florida State University and an M.A. in English and American Literature from New York University. Kate looks for fiction and narrative non-fiction that features a strong narrative voice, a clear sense of place, and a surprising point-of-view.

	Don Gates The Gates Group Query method(s): Email * Work USAwork Work Email: sarah@the-gates-group.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Christian Fiction * Religious * NONFICTION: Christian * Religion * Spirituality * Biography Don Gates is the founder and principal of The Gates Group, a literary agency working with pastors and ministry leaders across the country on a variety of literary and ministry endeavors. Started in 2013 with Kyle Idleman as his lone ministry partner, Don now represents 30+ authors with over 100 books in publication. Prior to launching his own venture, Don was the Vice President of Marketing for Zondervan, the leading Christian communications company – a division of HarperCollins. He led a team of professionals on the branding, advertising, creative, promotions, and public relations for books as well as worked closely with editorial and sales in all decisions. He collaborated with some of the most accomplished authors and leaders in the Church, including Chuck Colson, Rick Warren, Anne Graham Lotz, Philip Yancey, Lee Strobel, Ann Voskamp, and Max Lucado. Before moving into ministry, Don spent 15-years in brand management and marketing. His last role was Brand Marketing Officer at YUM! Brands, responsible for A&W and Long John Silver’s. Previously, he was the Marketing Director of Hugs & Kisses at The Hershey Company; and started in brand management with The Campbell Soup Company. A native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Don received a BS degree in economics from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where he played Ivy League football. He also earned a MBA degree with a concentration in finance and management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. This year, he will complete a Masters of Divinity degree in Worldview and Apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Don has been faithfully married to Amy for twenty-three years and is very active in the lives of their children – Don III, Abigail and Emily. He is an avid reader, engaging communicator and enjoys coaching sports. He is a dedicated member at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville; and on the board of several faith-based organizations.

	Jennifer Gates Aevitas Creative Management Query method(s): Online Form * Work 19 West 21st St Suite 501 New York NY 10010 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Christian * Commercial * General Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Religious * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Christian * Cooking/Cookbook * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Inspiration * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Sports * Upmarket * Biography Jennifer Gates is a literary agent and partner with Aevitas Creative Management. She has represented numerous New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, among them Mira Bartók, author of the bestselling and NBCC Award winner The Memory Palace and the forthcoming The Wonderling; Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Ladder to the Moon; Eva Longoria’s Eva’s Kitchen; Thomas P.M. Barnett’s The Pentagon’s New Map; and Chris Gardner’s #1 New York Times bestseller The Pursuit of Happyness. Gates received her BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University and worked in social services before becoming an editor at a division of HarperCollins. She joined Zachary Shuster Harmsworth as an agent in 1997. Jennifer Gates is a Senior Partner with Aevitas and Director of Strategic Partnerships. Based in New York, Gates represents a range of nonfiction, including narrative and expert-driven works, memoir, current affairs, pop culture, as well as literary fiction and children’s books.

	Mary Gaule Mary Evans Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

	Mary Ellen Gavin The Gavin Agency Query method(s): Email * Online Form * Work USAwork Work Email: MaryEllenGavin.Agent@yahoo.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * Historical * Humor Fiction * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Western * NONFICTION: Biography Mary Ellen Gavin is a literary agent with and the founder of The Gavin Agency. She lives in Loudoun County, Virginia a few miles from the Capitol. Raised in Chicago and Los Angeles, she also includes New Orleans as her third hometown. She teaches writing/screenwriting and judges writing contests. Her specialty is finding overlooked seeds of genius buried in manuscripts by the new authors. MEg loves Political and Suspense Thrillers, Mysteries, Comedy, Political and Historical Anything to include Westerns; any story that has a well-researched historical background will have value.

	Nadeen Gayle Serendipity Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

	Ellen Geiger Frances Goldin Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work 214 W. 29th St. Suite 410 New York NY 10001 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Environment * Ethnic * Film/Entertainment * Family * Fitness * Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * Humor * Inspiration * Investigative * Journalism * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Middle Grade * Military/War * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Music * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Sports * Technology * Travel * True Adventure * True Crime * Women’s Issues Young Adult * Biography Ellen Geiger is a literary agent with the Frances Goldin Literary Agency. Ellen has over two decades in publishing, film and television, and represents a broad range of fiction and non-fiction. She is always looking for great stories and great writing—preferably in the same manuscript—and has a lifelong interest in multicultural and social issues embracing change. History, biography, progressive politics, photography, science and medicine, women, religion and serious investigative journalism are special interests. In fiction, she loves a good literary thriller, and novels in general that provoke and challenge the status quo, as well as historical and multicultural works. She is drawn to big themes which make a larger point about the culture and times we live in. She is not the right agent for New Age, romance, how-to or right-wing politics. Her authors span most categories and have won many awards and prizes including the National Book Award, National Jewish Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anthony, Edgar, Grawemeyer, Lambda, and Malice Domestic. She also represents several important estates, including Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, the poet Adrienne Rich and novelist Tillie Olsen. Ellen served on the board of the Association of Author’s Representatives, is a member of the Author’s Guild and PEN, and is a past president of NY Women in Film and Television. In her previous incarnation in public television, she was nominated for an Emmy for “The Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist,” was Executive Producer of Katherine Patterson’s “Jacob Have I Loved” and the miniseries “Roots of Rhythm with Harry Belafonte,” and an Associate Producer of “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.”

	Nicole Geiger Full Circle Literary Query method(s): Online Form * Work 3268 Governor Drive #323 San Diego CA 92122 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Chapter Book * Children’s Fiction * Graphic Novel * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * NONFICTION: Juvenile * Middle Grade * Biography Nicole Geiger is a literary agent with Full Circle Literary. She has 30 years of experience in publishing and has worked in just about every capacity in the industry. As an agent, she is focusing on both fiction and nonfiction in board books, picture books, young chapter books, and middle grade. For 18 years, first as VP and Publisher of Ten Speed Press/Tricycle Press then VP and Publisher of Random House/Tricycle Press, Nicole was the primary acquirer and directed the production and marketing of up to 30 children’s titles yearly. Whether as editor or publisher, she has worked with talents such as Marissa Moss, Elisa Kleven, Carmen Tafolla, Mollie Katzen, Daniel San Souci, Frank Remkiewicz, Ashley Wolff, and David Schwartz. Always both adventurous and commercially minded, Nicole published several U.S. “firsts” including the first picture book about same-sex marriage (King & King) and the first board book about sushi (First Book of Sushi). She also edited and published the first five titles in the long-running Amelia’s Notebook series written by Marissa Moss. Books she has either edited or acquired have garnered the Jane Addams Peace Award and Honor, the Pura Belpré Honor, the Ezra Jack Keats Award, The Christopher Award, Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of the Year, as well as numerous ALA Notable Books, CBC Children’s Choices, and Reading Rainbow titles. The New York Times called Pretend Soup by Mollie Katzen “the gold standard” of children’s cookbooks. Nicole has also worked as a consultant for publishers, helping to launch AMP! Comics for Kids and editing the inaugural Pearls Before Swine and Lio comics collections, and consulting on early graphic novel acquisitions. She acquired MG and YA nonfiction as part of the relaunch of Beyond Words’ children’s publishing program in partnership with Simon & Schuster; favorite acquisitions include Laurie Ann Thompson’s award-winning Be a Changemaker, Luke Reynolds’s Surviving Middle School, and Lulu Cerone’s Philanthroparties. She manages the day-to-day publishing efforts for Yosemite Conservancy, bringing to market Little Muir’s Song, a board book with text by renowned conservationist John Muir and illustrations by Full Circle’s Susie Ghahremani, Where’s Rodney? by Carmen Bogan, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year), and The Sequoia Lives On by new-comers Joanna Cooke and Fiona Hsieh. Nicole has spent her career making books and is thrilled to take the next step as a literary agent with the Full Circle Literary team!

	Jane Gelfman Gelfman Schneider/ICM DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Postal Mail *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mainstream * Mystery * Romance * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * General Nonfiction * Biography Jane Gelfman is a literary agent with the Gelfman Schneider/ICM Literary Agency. Jane was born in New York, and after attending an out-of-town college, couldn’t wait to move back to the city and work in Publishing. After a small flirtation with Simon and Schuster and as a “story editor” in film production, she formed an alliance with a British publisher as acquisitions editor and agent for its US rights, and then seguéd into full-time agenting in partnership with Deborah Schneider. The agency has prospered harmoniously for decades, representing a multifaceted array of wonderful writers.

	Tara Gelsomino One Track Literary Agency Query method(s): Online Form * Work 44 Homeland St. Johnston RI 02919 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Mystery * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Tara Gelsomino is a literary agent with and the founder of the One Track Literary Agency. A voracious genre reader since childhood, Tara began her publishing industry career at Romantic Times magazine in 1998 as a writer/editor then managing editor, before transitioning to audiobook publishing in 2005 with BBC Audiobooks America as managing editor, acquisitions editor, and executive marketing manager. During her time with BBCAA, she also spearheaded creating and publishing the first crowd-sourced audiobooks via Twitter with renowned bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Meg Cabot. (Despite not having the correctly shaped head to pull it off, she has indeed worn many hats.) In 2013, she returned to her romance roots as the Executive Editor of Crimson Romance, a digital-first imprint for F+W Media and later Simon & Schuster, where she acquired and published more than 300 titles by new and up-and-coming authors. Her proudest achievements at Crimson include leading the imprint to become the largest romance publisher of own voices titles, with nearly 30 percent of its 2017 books by authors of color (per The Ripped Bodice’s Diversity in Romance report), and conceiving, editing, and publishing Snow Falling, the TV tie-in romance novel for the Peabody Award-winning CW show, Jane the Virgin. Throughout her career, she has accumulated extensive experience in: creating, revising, and negotiating publishing contracts; providing in-depth editorial feedback, including developmental, line, and copy edits; designing attention-getting promotional, marketing, and social media campaigns; developing a strong network of publishing industry contacts across multiple formats and disciplines; and advising and advocating for authors and providing general career guidance A member of RWA, Tara lives in Rhode Island with her husband and her rescue dog, Yoda. When she isn’t reading or writing, she enjoys watching too much television, buying yarn (and occasionally even knitting it), seeing Broadway musicals, and traveling to new places.

	Yfat Reiss Gendell Foundry Literary + Media Query method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 33 West 17th St. PH New York NY 10011 USAwork Work Email: yrgsubmissions@foundrymedia.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Historical * Mainstream * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Cultural/Social Issues * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Diet/Nutrition * Fitness * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Practical * Prescriptive * Psychology * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Sports * Technology * Travel * True Adventure * True Crime * Current Events/Affairs * Biography Yfat Reiss Gendell is a literary agent with Foundry Literary + Media. Yfat represents practical nonfiction projects in the areas of health and wellness, diet, lifestyle, how-to, and parenting and a broad range of narrative nonfiction that includes humor, memoir, history, science, pop culture, psychology, and adventure/travel stories. Yfat also looks for commercial fiction, including young adult fiction, that embraces unique people, places, and times, and seeks projects that touch on her nonfiction interests, including some speculative fiction, thrillers, and historical fiction. Her titles include number one New York Times bestseller The Dukan Diet (Crown), New York Times bestselling franchise author Tosca Reno The Eat-Clean Diet, New York Times bestselling humor title Sh*tty Mom (Abrams), Ernest Cline’s New York Times bestselling Ready Player One (Crown), and new and established brands such as Harvard University’s Let’s Go Travel Guides, “Supernanny” Jo Frost, Target and HSN’s Liz Lange, and baby specialty giant BabyGanics. Yfat’s clients and titles sell foreign translations all over the world and enjoy adaptation into film, television and merchandising. She understands what her authors go through, because she is one, herself. Yfat has published eight nonfiction titles with Chronicle Books, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Penguin Avery Books, among others. Prior to becoming an agent, Yfat worked as a lawyer and small publisher. She attended Brandeis University and The UCLA School of Law and currently serves on the executive board of WIN (formerly Women in Need), one of New York’s largest providers of homeless services for women and children.

	Caroline George Hartline Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work Greenville SC USAwork Work Email: submissions@cyleyoung.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Christian Fiction * Fantasy * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Romance * Science Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Christian * Parenting/Child Guidance * Self-Help/Personal Development * Biography Caroline George is an associate agent with the Hartline Literary Agency. She commits her time and energy to telling stories in their many forms. As a 2017 Belmont University graduate with a double-major in publishing and public relations, Caroline aims to pursue a career committed to helping authors, publishers and organizations project their stories to their publics. She spends her time blogging, writing for various magazines and authoring young adult fiction books (her current publications include “The Prime Way Trilogy” and “The Vestige”). She considers herself a not-so-southern Georgia peach, coffee-junkie, bona fide goofball and delights in being best known for writing the phrase, “Coffee first. Save the world later.”

	Marc Gerald Europa Content Ltd. Query method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 254 36th Street Suite B – 642 Brooklyn NY 11232 USAwork Work Email: marc@europacontent.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Erotica * Ethnic Fiction * Family Saga * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Glitz * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Humor Fiction * Inspirational Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Religious * Romance * Satire * Science Fiction * Short Story Collection * Sports Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Western * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Architecture * Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Computers * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Diet/Nutrition * Economics * Film/Entertainment * Environment * Ethnic * Family * Fitness * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Government * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Investigative * Law * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Music * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Reference * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Sports * Technology * Travel * True Adventure * True Crime * Biography Marc Gerald is a literary agent and founder of Europa Content Ltd. He started his career as an editor at True Detective Magazine, before spending four years as a writer/producer at America’s Most Wanted. While there, he conceived and produced the show’s recreations as well as countless full-length TV specials for Fox. Eventually, Gerald left Fox to head up ABA Award winning Old School Books, an imprint of WW Norton books, that is widely credited with starting a resurgence in interest in urban black literature. After publishing close to 25 books with Old School, as well as co-writing and co-producing the Stratosphere release of Six Ways to Sunday (based upon one of its titles) Gerald moved on to form The Syndicate with Wesley Snipes and Def Jam. Determined to bring literature and a love of reading to a young, urban and primarily black audience, Gerald commissioned novellas from some of hip hop’s brightest stars and sold them with CD’s supplied by Def Jam. Eventually, Gerald’s interest in germinating original ideas and packaging innovative concepts led him to representation and the formation of Los Bravos Management. In August 2004, LBM was acquired by The Agency Group. In 2016, The Agency Group was purchased by United Talent Agency. Gerald left in May 2018 to start Europa Content.

	Jeff Gerecke G Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work PO Box 374 Bronx NY 10471 USAwork Work Email: gagencyquery@gmail.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mystery * Thriller * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Computers * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * History * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Sports * Technology * True Adventure * True Crime * Biography Jeff Gerecke is a literary agent with the G Agency. Jeff says: “Starting in June 2010, I am now officially running my own agency, the G Agency, LLC. I have previously worked at the JCA Literary Agency for 17 years and for the last 5 have been affiliated with the Gina Maccoby Literary Agency. I am interested in commercial and literary fiction, as well as serious non-fiction and pop culture. My focus as an agent has always been on working with writers to shape their work for its greatest commercial potential. I provide lots of editorial advice in sharpening manuscripts and proposals before submission. I’ve been a member of the Royalty Committee of the Association of Authors Representatives since its founding and am always keen to challenge publishers for their willfully obscure royalty reporting. Also I have recently taken over the position of Treasurer of the A.A.R. My publishing background includes working at the University of California Press so I am always intrigued by academic subjects which are given a commercial spin to reach an audience outside academia. I’ve also worked as a foreign scout for publishers like Hodder & Stoughton in England and Wilhelm Heyne in Germany, which gives me a good sense of how American books can be successfully translated overseas.”

	David Gernert The Gernert Company Query method(s): Email * Work 136 East 57th Street New York NY 10022 USAwork Work Email: info@thegernertco.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Horror * Mystery * Romance * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * History * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Sports * True Crime * Biography David Gernert is a literary agent with the Gernert Company. David spent the first fourteen years of his publishing career at Doubleday, the last six as Editor-In-Chief. He left Doubleday in 1996 to start The Gernert Company, believing his experience as a publisher would give him some unique insight into the representation of authors. He lives in Pound Ridge with his wife and four children.

	Jack Gernert The Gernert Company Query method(s): Email * Work 136 East 57th Street New York NY 10022 USAwork Work Email: info@thegernertco.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Humor Fiction * Satire * NONFICTION: Biography Jack Gernert is a literary agent with The Gernert Company. Jack is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he double majored in Economics and American Studies with a focus on popular culture. A former intern, Jack spent time chasing snow drifts and sunshine as a ski bum in Utah and an events coordinator in Miami before joining The Gernert Company full time in 2016. He loves stories about heroes—both real and imagined—and is often hooked by writing with a sense of humor or an unforgettable narrator.

	Sarah Gerton Curtis Brown Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work Ten Astor Place New York NY 10003-6935 USAwork Work Email: sg@cbltd.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Middle Grade Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: History * Journalism * Memoir * Middle Grade * Narrative * Young Adult * Biography Sarah Gerton is an associate agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd., building a list of fiction and narrative nonfiction for middle grade and young adult readers. While fantasy is her first love, she’s eager to read YA and MG fiction of all genres, gravitating toward character-driven stories with unforgettable settings. On the nonfiction side, her interests include beautifully written history, reportage, and/or memoir for a young audience. She graduated from Wesleyan University and the Columbia Publishing Course.

	Claire Gerus Claire Gerus Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work P.O. Box 8100 Tumacacori AZ 85640 USAwork Work Email: gerus.claire@gmail.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Diet/Nutrition * Fitness * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Technology * True Adventure * True Crime * Women’s Issues * Biography Claire Gerus is a literary agent with the Claire Gerus Literary Agency. Claire has been Editor-in-Chief of two publishing houses, worked for seven major publishers, including Harlequin, Rodale, Random House, Doubleday, John Wiley, Kensington, and Adams Media, written articles for U.S. and Canadian magazines and newspapers, and taught corporate communications to such clients as IBM, Kelloggs, Mutual of Omaha, and Procter & Gamble. In 1996, she established a thriving business as a New York literary agent, selling publishers books on a variety of subjects: business, history, memoirs, religion, health, spirituality, psychology, politics, pop culture, and women’s studies. She sold a 3-million copy health bestseller and brought film star Esther Williams’ story to Simon & Schuster. It went on to become a New York Times bestseller. In 1999, she joined Kensington Publishing in New York and founded TwinStreams Books, a complementary healing imprint. Later, as Executive Editor at Citadel Press, she acquired and edited titles on celebrity biography, self-help, relationships, spirituality, new age, diet, Judaica, and health. From 2001-August, 2002, she was Executive Editor at Adams Media, where she published the first biography of Laura Bush. She also published a wide range of new age, business, self-help, and inspirational books. She is presently working as a literary agent and book development consultant. Among her clients are an ex-CIA agent, three psychologists, a policewoman, a District Attorney, an Assistant Attorney-General, a business communications consultant, a women’s safety advocate, a best-selling psychologist, the Wall Street Journal’s Soviet specialist, a former Miss Connecticut and inspirational columnist, a diabetes spokesperson and many more with equally fascinating backgrounds!

	Joshua Getzler Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 37 West 28th St 8th Floor New York NY 10001 USAwork Work Email: jgetzler@hsgagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Horror Humor Fiction Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Satire * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Action/Adventure * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * History * Lifestyle * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Self-Help/Personal Development * Sports * Biography Josh Getzler is a literary agent with the Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency.Josh left Harcourt in 1993 to get an MBA from Columbia Business School. After Business School, Josh spent 11 years owning and operating a minor league baseball team (the Staten Island Yankees). He left baseball in late 2006 and rejoined the book world on the agent side. Josh worked at Writers House until November 2009, building a list of adult novelists, YA and middle grade authors, and the occasional nonfiction writer; then joined Russell and Volkening. In May 2011 he partnered with Carrie Hannigan and Jesseca Salky, and has been actively and happily running his list. Josh represents more than 60 authors, including Geoff Rodkey (NYT Best Selling THE TAPPER TWINS series from Little, Brown), Paul Goldberg (THE YID—Picador), Todd Moss (The Judd Ryker thriller series from Putnam), EJ Copperman/Jeff Cohen (The best-selling HAUNTED GUEST HOUSE series from Berkley Prime Crime among others), EM Powell (The FIFTH KNIGHT series from Thomas & Mercer with more than 150,000 sales), Jessica Burkhart (Best Selling CANTERWOOD CREST series), Asha Dornfest (PARENT HACKS out from Workman) and Gerald Elias (the Daniel Jacobus mystery series from Severn). Josh is particularly into foreign and historical fiction; both women’s fiction (your Downton Abbey/Philippa Gregory Mashups), straight ahead historical fiction (think Wolf Hall or The Road to Wellville); and thrillers and mysteries (The Alienist, say; or Donna Leon or Arianna Franklin). He’d LOVE a strong French Revolution novel. So send in your ruthless doges and impious cardinals…and your farmhouse cozies! (He does love cozies…) Give him atmosphere, let him learn something about another time or another place (or both), and kill off nasty Uncle Mortimer in the process—Josh will be yours! Josh has also been taking on a significant amount of middle grade fiction, which has been a particular sweet spot. Settings that are just a little off seem to be a real favorite, along with contemporary/funny books about kids. Not so much high fantasy or science fiction, and definitely not picture books. (There are many others who specialize in these books, including Carrie Hannigan at HSG.) Please don’t send religious fiction–he doesn’t have contacts in the Christian book market. In nonfiction, he’s very interested in increasing his list in history (including micro-histories), business, and political thought—but not screeds.

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“Mark, finding you has been both a treat and a treasure—I just signed a contract with my new literary agent!

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.

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.”

Nathaniel Lande

Author of ten fiction and nonfiction books

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“I’m psyched to have this be official. After getting five different offers for representation from top literary agents, I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6-figure book deal with Penguin!

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.”

Amy Jo Goddard

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.

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.”

Daniel Cohen

Author of Single Handed
(Berkley Books, a Division of Penguin Random House)

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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. 🙂

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
and many other children’s books

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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.

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!!!”

Dave Hamme

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.

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
(Behler Publications)

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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.

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!

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.

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!!

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?

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
(Harper Collins/Thomas Nelson)

	Joshua Getzler Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 37 West 28th St 8th Floor New York NY 10001 USAwork Work Email: jgetzler@hsgagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Horror Humor Fiction Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Satire * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Action/Adventure * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * History * Lifestyle * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Self-Help/Personal Development * Sports * Biography Josh Getzler is a literary agent with the Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency.Josh left Harcourt in 1993 to get an MBA from Columbia Business School. After Business School, Josh spent 11 years owning and operating a minor league baseball team (the Staten Island Yankees). He left baseball in late 2006 and rejoined the book world on the agent side. Josh worked at Writers House until November 2009, building a list of adult novelists, YA and middle grade authors, and the occasional nonfiction writer; then joined Russell and Volkening. In May 2011 he partnered with Carrie Hannigan and Jesseca Salky, and has been actively and happily running his list. Josh represents more than 60 authors, including Geoff Rodkey (NYT Best Selling THE TAPPER TWINS series from Little, Brown), Paul Goldberg (THE YID—Picador), Todd Moss (The Judd Ryker thriller series from Putnam), EJ Copperman/Jeff Cohen (The best-selling HAUNTED GUEST HOUSE series from Berkley Prime Crime among others), EM Powell (The FIFTH KNIGHT series from Thomas & Mercer with more than 150,000 sales), Jessica Burkhart (Best Selling CANTERWOOD CREST series), Asha Dornfest (PARENT HACKS out from Workman) and Gerald Elias (the Daniel Jacobus mystery series from Severn). Josh is particularly into foreign and historical fiction; both women’s fiction (your Downton Abbey/Philippa Gregory Mashups), straight ahead historical fiction (think Wolf Hall or The Road to Wellville); and thrillers and mysteries (The Alienist, say; or Donna Leon or Arianna Franklin). He’d LOVE a strong French Revolution novel. So send in your ruthless doges and impious cardinals…and your farmhouse cozies! (He does love cozies…) Give him atmosphere, let him learn something about another time or another place (or both), and kill off nasty Uncle Mortimer in the process—Josh will be yours! Josh has also been taking on a significant amount of middle grade fiction, which has been a particular sweet spot. Settings that are just a little off seem to be a real favorite, along with contemporary/funny books about kids. Not so much high fantasy or science fiction, and definitely not picture books. (There are many others who specialize in these books, including Carrie Hannigan at HSG.) Please don’t send religious fiction–he doesn’t have contacts in the Christian book market. In nonfiction, he’s very interested in increasing his list in history (including micro-histories), business, and political thought—but not screeds.

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