
The Directory of Literary Agents
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Literary Agent Directory
Important: Visit each agent’s website (links in their listings below) to see if they’re open to submissions before querying.
Amy Collins
Biography
Amy Collins is a literary agent with Talcott Notch Literary Services. She says: “I have lived and worked in the publishing industry since 1991 when I decided to take a short break from my music career to work in a bookstore for Christmas cash. If anyone had told me that I would still be paying for holiday presents with a career in books all these years later, I would have laughed.
Over time, I became the book buyer for the entire chain of bookstores in NY, CT and PA. In 1996 I “hopped the desk” to become a sales rep and spent over 20 years selling books to Barnes & Noble, Target, Costco, Books-A-Million, Wal-Mart as well as independent stores and libraries.
Uniquely positioned to help authors because of my decades of marketing experience, I would love to work with authors who have a passion for business and the promotional side of this industry as well as the writing side.
Besides being a USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author and on the national advisory board for IngramSpark, I am a featured columnist for THEBOOKDESIGNER, WRITERS DIGEST MAGAZINE, IBPA, and a sought-after teacher at conferences world-wide. I teach and speak at many of the publishing industry’s top festivals and conferences including Publisher’s Weekly’s BookCon, Oklahoma Writer’s Conference, Author U, AAPS, Dublin Writers Conference, BAIPA, PALA, St. Louis Writer’s Conference, Writers Digest indieLAB, Henderson Writers Conference, and many others.”
Notes
This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Contemporary * Fantasy * Historical * Magical Realism * Science Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Animals/Pets * Biography * Celebrity * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Gardening * History * How-To * Journalism * Lifestyle * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology *
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