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	Lesley Sabga The Seymour Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 475 Miner St. Rd Canton NY 13617 USAwork Work Email: lesley@TheSeymourAgency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Fantasy * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Narrative * Biography Lesley Sabga is a literary agent with The Seymour Agency. Since graduating from The University of Kentucky (Go Cats!) and obtaining her Editorial Certification from The University of Chicago, Lesley has worked as an editorial intern and freelancer for multiple publishing houses. She’s also been working for The Seymour Agency since 2014. Starting out as an eager intern, she worked her way up to a Literary Assistant, and in the fall of 2017, Lesley became an Associate Agent with The Seymour Agency. Lesley loves intricate and vivid world-building and character driven plots. She is actively acquiring MG, YA, and Adult fantasy/science fiction and she is always down to read a dark and twisty suspense or thriller featuring strong, female protagonists. She also loves a classic happily-ever-after romance or curling up with a good mystery. She is also interested in acquiring narrative non-fiction. When she is not rescuing animals or searching for her next debut author, Lesley is a constant occupant at local bookstores in Louisville and is a self-proclaimed coffee aficionado. She is also an active member of the Louisville Literary Arts.

	Jodell Sadler Sadler Children’s Literary Query method(s): Email * Work Rockton IL USAwork Work Email: kidlitcollege@gmail.orgINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Graphic Novel * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Juvenile * Middle Grade * Young Adult * Biography Jodell Sadler is a literary agent with Sadler Children’s Literary. She earned her MFA in Children’s Writing from Hamline University. She is the author of Picture Book Lunch: 20 Tools for Pacing and Writing Picture Books to Wow, and has produced five Writer’s Digest University Tutorials on Children’s Writing. Her published articles include Picture Book Pacing: Verbal and Visual Tools for Writers, and Picture Book Pacing: The ultimate 20 editing tools for your work, in the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market, 2011 and 2013, respectively. Jodell is interested in YA, MG (especially funny) , fiction and nonfiction, book proposals, and picture books. She will also coach writers wanting to self publish. She simply loves a well-paced story that moves her between joy and tears. She lives in the Rockton area with her husband, four kids, four cats, bearded dragon, parakeet, and new pup, Rosie.

	Raphael Sagalyn ICM/Sagalyn Query method(s): Email * Work 2 Wisconsin Circle Suite 650 Chevy Chase MD 20815 USAwork Work Email: query@sagalyn.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Mainstream * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Computers * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Economics * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Inspiration * Journalism * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Sports * Technology * Upmarket * Biography Raphael Sagalyn is a literary agent with the Sagalyn Agency. Raphael Sagalyn was born and raised in Western Massachusetts and attended Tufts University and the Radcliffe (now Columbia) Publishing Procedures Course. He worked for Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, Beacon Press and Little, Brown before moving to Washington, DC to work for The New Republic. Soon after its founding, the agency was fortunate to have four books on the bestseller list. One was Robert Reich’s first book, THE NEXT AMERICAN FRONTIER, and another was Jim Trelease’s previously self-published pamphlet about reading-aloud to children, which became a huge bestseller after “Dear Abby” called THE READ ALOUD HANDBOOK “the best lifetime gift a parent can give to a child.” Sagalyn represents leading journalists, public intellectuals, business thinkers and novelists. The agency’s list of recent bestsellers includes Robert Reich’s latest book, SAVING CAPITALISM, Katty Kay and Claire Shipman’s THE CONFIDENCE CODE, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andy McAfee’s THE SECOND MACHINE AGE, David Maraniss’s ONCE IN A GREAT CITY, David Ignatius’s thriller THE DIRECTOR, Rick Atkinson’s THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT, and Greg McKeown’s ESSENTIALISM, among others. Early in his career, Sagalyn wrote and packaged two books. The first, THE GREAT AMERICAN WEB BOOK, a guide to the government’s services on the internet, was honored as one of the year’s best reference books by the New York Public Library. The second was a guide to the great national parks and forests and wildlife refuges and other public places in the U.S, titled UNCLE SAM’S GUIDE TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS. Rafe Sagalyn is married to Anne Sagalyn, a physician on the faculty of the George Washington University School of Medicine, and they are the proud parents of daughters Rebecca and Erica.

	Jean Sagendorph Mansion Street Literary Management Query method(s): Online Form * Work 304 Park Avenue South 11th Floor New York NY 10010 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Graphic Novel * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Design * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Humor * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Middle Grade * Pop Culture * Prescriptive * Reference * Young Adult * Biography Jean Sagendorph is a literary agent with Mansion Street Literary Management. Jean is a twenty-year veteran of the entertainment industry whose award-winning work includes many New York Times bestsellers. She spent more than fifteen years at United Media, where she managed the firm’s publishing, interactive, film, and music interests. While at United Media, her clients included Food Network, Peanuts, Dilbert, Fancy Nancy, Raggedy Ann & Andy, Rainbow Brite, hoops & yoyo, Dirty Dancing, Iron Chef, Iron Chef America, History Channel, Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, and more. Jean capitalized on her expertise within the publishing and entertainment industries when she launched Mansion Street Literary Management, a boutique literary agency that seeks exciting new authors and properties to represent. She recently spearheaded the creation of a Meals On Wheels cookbook, Made with Love: The Meals on Wheels Family Cookbook, which features recipes from renowned personalities like Martha Stewart, Mario Batali, Helen Mirren, Joan Rivers, Patti LaBelle, Al Roker, and more. Jean is the recipient of the Scripps Howard/William R. Burleigh award for community service for her work on the Peanuts book Why, Charlie Brown, Why?, which benefited Paul Newman’s Hole In The Wall Gang Camp. She has also been a featured speaker at leading industry conventions, like Comic-Con, NXNE, Crossroads, Activison/Atari Global Sales Meeting, Blogher, DFW Writers Conference, Undercurrents, and others. She is the author of Starry Night, Hold Me Tight (Running Press) and Icebox Cakes (Chronicle, April 2015).

	Kat Salazar Larsen Pomada Literary Agents This agent is no longer active

	Mike Salisbury Yates & Yates Query method(s): Email * Work 1551 N. Turstin Ave Suite 710 Santa Ana CA 92705 USAwork Work Email: email@yates2.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Christian Fiction * Religious * NONFICTION: Business * Christian * Money/Finance * Religion * Spirituality * Biography Mike Salisbury is a literary agent with Yates & Yates. He says, “My dad once told me the best days are the ones that include a trip to the bookstore. I couldn’t agree more. And perhaps the best careers involve literature too, because every day I consider myself fortunate to work with extremely talented writers, editors, marketers, and sales professionals in the publishing industry. Biographical Information At Grand Valley State University I enrolled in an introductory creative writing class on a whim, thinking it would be fun. That class led to a minor and then a major. I was hooked. Being a double major in both creative writing and marketing, I had no idea how I would marry the two in a career. I always thought they’d be separate, writing being my passion and marketing my day job. Then one day I was offered an internship with ZonderKidz, the children’s division of Zondervan. My first project was working on the movie tie-in release for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. My internship turned into a full-time role on the trade books team. I was responsible for developing author brands and marketing strategies for product launches. I worked with authors like Chuck Colson, Gary Thomas, Ann Voskamp, Jon Acuff, and Shauna Niequist. In December 2010, I moved from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs to pursue an opportunity with David C Cook. But not without first asking the love of my life, Amy, to marry me. After finishing the school year—she’s a teacher—we married that summer and she joined me on this Colorado adventure. During my time at David C Cook, I had the opportunity to market Francis Chan, Matt Chandler, Tullian Tchividjian, and many others. As I grew from a senior manager to the marketing director of trade books, I began helping with publishing decisions and guiding the company’s future initiatives. I also finished my Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Being a literary agent for Yates & Yates is the perfect opportunity for me to continue combining my passions for publishing and marketing. When I’m not reading or writing, Amy and I love to run in the summer and ski the mountains in the winter. We enjoy listening to Detroit Tigers baseball and wandering bookstores. You can keep up with my reading list by friending me on Goodreads.”

	Jesseca Salky Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work 37 West 28th St 8th Floor New York NY 10001 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Family Saga * General Fiction * Humor Fiction * Literary * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Computers * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Education * Family * Film/Entertainment * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Lifestyle * Memoir * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Science * Sports * Technology * Travel * Young Adult * Biography Jesseca Salky is a literary agent with the Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency. She began her publishing career at Random House and spent her formative years as an agent and foreign rights manager at the boutique literary agency, Russell & Volkening. Jesseca represents a wide variety of literary authors, with a focus on literary fiction. Her clients include New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author Anne Tyler, among other critically acclaimed and prize-winning writers. Jesseca is also an attorney, and in addition to being an agent, does legal work for authors, publishers, agents and other publishing industry professionals who need a legal perspective. For legal matters only, you can reach her at jsalky@lyonsandsalkylaw.com. Jesseca is looking for literary fiction submissions that are family stories (she loves a good mother/daughter tale), have a strong sense of place (where the setting feels like its own character), or a daring or unique voice (think Jamie Quatro), as well as upmarket fiction that can appeal to men and women and has that Tropper/Hornby/Matt Norman quality to it. She loves interwoven or multiple narratives, novels in stories, and surprising character arcs. Some recent books she wishes she’d agented are The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout and Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple. She also represents select narrative non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, food, psychology, science, history and parenting.

	Steven Salpeter Curtis Brown Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work Ten Astor Place New York NY 10003-6935 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Fantasy * Graphic Novel * Historical * Humor Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Science Fiction * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Diet/Nutrition * Film/Entertainment * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Memoir * Money/Finance * Narrative * Pop Culture * Science * Technology * True Crime * Biography Steven Salpeter is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd. A graduate of the University of Florida, Steven edited Tea and founded the Palmetto Prize for Fiction. He began his publishing career at Writers House and Brandt & Hochman before moving to Curtis Brown to assist Mitchell Waters and help Timothy Knowlton manage many of the agency’s venerable estate clients, including W. H. Auden, Stanley Ellin, John Knowles, Alfred Lansing, and Ayn Rand, among other bestsellers and literary award winners. He is now actively building his list, seeking literary fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, young adult, and authors who can blend elements of these genres. Steven is also interested in narrative nonfiction, gift books, history, humor, and popular science. He lives in New York City.

	Abigail Samoun Red Fox Literary 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: Children’s Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Middle Grade * Biography Abigail Samoun is a literary agent with the Red Fox Literary Agency. Before co-founding Red Fox Literary, LLC with Karen Grencik in 2011, ABIGAIL SAMOUN was an in-house children’s book editor for over ten years. Her books received such honors as the CCBC Charlotte Zolotow award, the New York Public Library Ezra Jack Keats award, the SCBWI Golden Kite, and the Pura Belpre Honor. As an agent, Abigail now represents authors and illustrators working in a range of genres, from board books to young adult novels. Her clients include author/illustrator Hannah Harrison whose debut, Extraordinary Jane, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Harrison’s picture book was Red Fox’s first project to go to auction. Fellow clients Chris Pallace and Kevin Serwacki wrote and illustrated Joey and Johnny, the Ninjas, an illustrated middle-grade series that received four offers before being bought by Donna Bray at HarperCollins/Balzer&Bray. In addition to agenting, Abigail is the author of several children’s books, including Sterling Publishing’s Little Traveler board book series illustrated by Red Fox’s own Sarah Watts. Abigail likes to organize her library according to which authors would get along well together (the Brontes next to George Elliot, Lois Lowry next to Margaret Atwood). She lives in Sonoma, California with her entomologist husband, two dogs, a gaggle of chickens, and a curious little boy named Tristan.

	Shelby Sampsel Vicky Bijur Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

	Ruth Samsel William K Jensen Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

	Rayhane Sanders Massie & McQuilkin Query Method(s): Email * Work 27 West 20th Street Suite 305 New York NY 10011 USAwork Work Email: rayhane@mmqlit.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Ethnic Fiction * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Literary * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Multicultural * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Biography Rayhane Sanders is a literary agent with Massie & McQuilkin. She attended NYU and began her publishing career at Newsweek Magazine. She then moved to book publishing, working first for Penguin’s Dutton and Gotham Books and then for William Morris Endeavor, where she worked with New York Times bestselling authors and recipients of such honors as the PEN/Hemingway Award, PEN/New England Award, Guggenheim and Wallace Stegner Fellowships, and National Endowment for the Arts grants, among others. Rayhane began to represent authors at Wayne Kabak’s WSK Management, where she worked with a slew of internationally bestselling authors and broadcast journalists, and added a New York Times bestseller and winners of, among others, the Hopwood Award, Oregon Book Award, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award to her list. She represents and is on the lookout for literary and historical fiction, upmarket book-club fiction and comic novels, select YA (no speculative elements, please), propulsive narrative nonfiction, linked essay collections, and select memoir. She likes projects that are voice-centered and site-specific, whether that be a place, profession, or subculture. Though quality of writing is the most important factor, she is particularly interested in fresh voices telling fresh stories we haven’t heard before (including for YA audiences), and is fond of immigrant stories and stories concerned with race, sexuality, specific cultural settings, cross-cultural themes, and notions of identity.

	Victoria Sanders Victoria Sanders & Associates Query method(s): Email * Work 440 Buck Road Stone Ridge NY 12484 USAwork Work Email: queriesvsa@gmail.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Chick Lit * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Picture Book * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Cooking/Cookbook * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Ethnic * Family * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * History * How-To * Humor * Memoir * Military/War * Multicultural * Parenting/Child Guidance * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Religion * Spirituality * Biography Victoria Sanders is a literary agent with Victoria Sanders & Associates. She says: “When I founded Victoria Sanders & Associates in 1992, it was the first step toward the culmination of a dream and a calling. Following my law school graduation, driven by a lifelong love affair with reading and books, I immersed myself in the world of publishing. I worked in the legal/contracts departments of Simon & Schuster, and at two literary agencies. It’s been an incredibly exciting journey, and one that keeps getting better. While representing a multi-cultural roster of internationally bestselling and award-winning authors, I endeavor to seek out and champion new and diverse voices and viewpoints. As a literary agent for these 25 years, I’ve taken great pride in having represented many of my clients for their entire careers. I am honored to work with the extraordinary group of visionary writers and thinkers who grace this agency, the publishing marketplace, and their devoted readers with their talent and artistry.”

	Zoe Sandler International Creative Management Query method(s): Email * Work 65 East 55th Street New York NY 10022 USAwork Work Email: zsandler@icmpartners.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Memoir * Narrative * Science * True Crime * Biography Zoe Sandler is a literary agent with International Creative Management. Zoe has a BA in English from McGill University, after attending the University of California, Berkeley.

	Katharine Sands Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 59 W. 71st St. Suite 9B New York NY 10023 USAwork Work Email: Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Chick Lit * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Fantasy * General Fiction * Literary * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Mystery * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Beauty/Fashion/Style * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cooking/Cookbook * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Design * Film/Entertainment * Food/Drinks * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Music * Parenting/Child Guidance * Philosophy * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Travel * Biography Katharine Sands is a literary agent with the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency. Katharine has worked with a varied list of fiction and non-fiction authors who publish a diverse array of books. Highlights include Dating the Devil (producer: Vast Entertainment) by Lia Romeo; XTC: SongStories; Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, MD; Make Up, Don’t Break Up with Oprah guest Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil; Playwright Robert Patrick’s novel, Temple Slave; The Complete Book on International Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Child; Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman’s Survival Guide to Myths, Mothers, and Moods; Under the Hula Moon; Whipped: A Professional Dominatrix’s Secrets for Wrapping Men Around Your Little Finger; The Gay Vacation Guide; CityTripping: a Guide for Foodies, Fashionistas and the Generally Syle-Obsessed; Writers on Directors; How to Create an Identity for a Brilliant Career, Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Annulled, Beheaded, Survived: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Ford model Helen Lee’s The Tao of Beauty; Elvis and You: Your Guide to the Pleasures of Being an Elvis Fan; New York: Songs of the City; Taxpertise: Dirty Little Secrets the IRS Doesn’t Want You to Know; The SAT Word Slam; Divorce After 50; The Complete Book of Bone Health; and The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery, to name a few. She is the agent provocateur of Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent’s Eye, a collection of pitching wisdom from leading literary agents. Actively building her client list, she likes books that have a clear benefit for readers’ lives in categories of food, travel, lifestyle, home arts, beauty, wisdom, relationships, parenting, and fresh looks, which might be at issues, life challenges or popular culture. When reading fiction she wants to be compelled and propelled by urgent storytelling, and hooked by characters. For memoir and femoir, she likes to be transported to a world rarely or newly observed.

	David Sanford Credo Communications, Inc. This agent is no longer active

	Kelly Van Sant Red Sofa Literary Query method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 7 Indian Valley Rd. Weston CT 06883 USAwork Work Email: kvs.submissions@gmail.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Children’s Fiction * Contemporary * Fantasy * Historical * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Science Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Kelly Van Sant is a literary agent with Red Sofa Literary. Kelly Van Sant has nearly a decade of experience in the publishing industry. She cut her teeth in New York working at esteemed literary agencies such as Writers House and Harold Ober Associates, where she developed an eye for compelling, emotionally resonant stories, honed her editorial skills, and soon grew adept at contract vetting. After relocating to Minnesota, Kelly joined Llewellyn Worldwide as their Contracts Manager across all three imprints and then moved to Quarto Publishing Group USA where she led the contract department. After years on the publisher’s side of the fence she returned to her roots in agenting. She has worked as a freelance editor with various publishers and is a teaching artist at the Loft Literary Center. She also blogs about writing and the publishing industry at Pub(lishing) Crawl and co-hosts their weekly podcast. You can learn more about Kelly and what she represents at her website, penandparsley.com, or on twitter @bookishchick

	Todd Sattersten Fletcher & Company This agent is no longer active

	Abby Saul The Lark Group Query Method(s): Email * Work 260 W Montgomery Haverford PA 19041 USAwork Work Email: abby@larkwords.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Abby Saul is a literary agent with The Lark Group. She founded The Lark Group after a decade in publishing at John Wiley & Sons, Sourcebooks, and Browne & Miller Literary Associates. She’s worked with and edited bestselling and award-winning authors as well as major brands. At each publishing group she’s been a part of, Abby also has helped to establish ebook standards, led company-wide forums to explore new digital possibilities for books, and created and managed numerous digital initiatives. A zealous reader who loves her iPad and the ebooks on it, she still can’t resist the lure of a print book. Abby’s personal library of beloved titles runs the gamut from literary newbies and classics, to cozy mysteries, to sappy women’s fiction, to dark and twisted thrillers. She’s looking for great and engrossing adult commercial and literary fiction. A magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College, Abby spends her weekends—when she’s not reading—cooking and hiking with her husband and son.

	Carolyn Savarese Kneerim & Williams Literary Query method(s): Email * Work 90 Canal St. Boston MA 02114 USAwork Work Email: submissions@kwlit.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * Historical * NONFICTION: Art * Biography * Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Design * Food/Drinks * Health/Wellness * History * Lifestyle * Money/Finance * Narrative * Politics * Science * Biography Carolyn Savarese is a literary agent with the Kneerim & Williams Literary. She joined Kneerim & Williams as an Affiliated Agent in June 2017 after 18 years at The Perseus Book Group, where she was Group Vice President for Global Licensing, International Sales and Marketing, Contracts and Legal Affairs. After beginning her career at Mondadori, she worked for the international literary scout Maria Campbell, then sold foriegn and domestic rights at HarperCollins, Basic Books, Pearson, and PublicAffairs. She has earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator on behalf of authors including Elizabeth Warren, George Soros, Samantha Power, Niall Ferguson, Sherry Turkle, Steven Pinker, Henry Louis Gates, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Feynman, Zbigniew and Mika Brzezinski, and Rick Steves. With deep knowledge of the publishing process, both domestic and international, electronic and print, and with contacts throughout the industry, Carolyn is a fierce and strategic advocate for clients. She’s looking for writers who can tell a great story on subjects that matter, whether personal or political, historical or scientific, cultural or culinary. She is also keen to develop branded content in health, food, arts, culture, lifestyle and design.

	Logan Garrison Savits The Gernert Company This agent is no longer active

	Peter Sawyer Fifi Oscard Agency This agent is no longer active
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	Linda Scalissi 3 Seas Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

	Eva Scalzo Speilburg Literary Agency Query method(s): Email * Work 3223 Radiance Rd. Louisville KY 40220 USAwork Work Email: speilburgliterary@gmail.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Fantasy * Multicultural Fiction * Romance * Science Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Eva Scalzo is a literary agent with Speilburg Literary Agency. Eva Scalzo was born in New Jersey, but has lived in Houston, Buenos Aires, San Juan, and Boston before settling down outside of Binghamton, New York. She has a B.A. in the Humanities from the University of Puerto Rico and a M.A. in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College. Since graduating in 2002, she has spent her career in scholarly publishing, working for Houghton Mifflin, Blackwell Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, and Cornell University in a variety of roles. Eva has been reading romance since the fifth grade when she discovered the Sweet Valley High series. On inheriting her grandmother’s collection of vintage Harlequin Romances, she promptly set about filling the gaps, and her goal is to someday finish reading all the treasures. Eva is looking to represent all subgenres of Romance, with the exclusion of inspirational romance, as well as Young Adult fiction. One last fun fact: if you’ve been reading this bio and pronouncing Eva’s name with a long E sound, you’ve been saying it wrong.

	Frank Scatoni Venture Literary Query method(s): Email * Work 2683 Via de la Valle G-714 Del Mar CA 92014 USAwork Work Email: submissions@ventureliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * NONFICTION: Business * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * History * How-To * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Sports * Biography Frank Scatoni is a literary agent with Venture Literary Agency, a founding partner, and heads the San Diego office. He had worked in book publishing for ten years, including stints at Doubleday and Simon & Schuster in New York, before relocating to Solana Beach, California, in 2000. Having been in the position of acquiring books for publishers, he knows what sells and why, and he uses that experience to shape manuscripts and proposals to meet the standards of publishing houses. In addition to having reviewed, acquired, and edited hundreds of manuscripts as both an editor and agent, Frank is also the author of two pop culture books – Who Can It Be Now? and Say Anything – as well as Saratoga: The Ultimate Racing Experience and Six Secrets of Successful Bettors. He also served as the editor of Finished Lines, an anthology of memorable writing about horse racing.

	Adam Schear DeFiore and Company AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 47 E. 19th St. 3rd Floor New York NY 10003 USAwork Work Email: adam@defliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Fantasy Historical Humor Fiction * Literary * Satire * Science Fiction * Short Story Collection * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * Gift/Novelty * Humor * Memoir * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Technology * Biography Adam Schear is a literary agent with DeFiore and Company. Adam is a graduate of Tulane University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He began his publishing career at the William Morris Agency and joined DeFiore and Company in 2009. He is interested in literary fiction and well-crafted commercial fiction, work that captivates the reader with both its prose and its plot, humor, YA, smart thrillers, historical fiction, and quirky debut literary novels. For non-fiction he is interested in memoirs, politics, science, popular culture, and current events.

	Andy Scheer Hartline Literary Agency This agent is no longer active

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Author Coaching Testimonials

“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)

	Adam Schear DeFiore and Company AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 47 E. 19th St. 3rd Floor New York NY 10003 USAwork Work Email: adam@defliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Fantasy Historical Humor Fiction * Literary * Satire * Science Fiction * Short Story Collection * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Film/Entertainment * Gift/Novelty * Humor * Memoir * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Technology * Biography Adam Schear is a literary agent with DeFiore and Company. Adam is a graduate of Tulane University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He began his publishing career at the William Morris Agency and joined DeFiore and Company in 2009. He is interested in literary fiction and well-crafted commercial fiction, work that captivates the reader with both its prose and its plot, humor, YA, smart thrillers, historical fiction, and quirky debut literary novels. For non-fiction he is interested in memoirs, politics, science, popular culture, and current events.

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