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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.
Biography
Katherine Boyle is a literary agent with the Veritas Literary Agency. A Bay Area native, Katherine attended Stanford and the Berkeley extension publishing program before working at a variety of independent publishers and literary agencies. She established Veritas in 1995. A member of the AAR and the Authors Guild, she loves books that explore the lesser-known territories of human experience.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues * Environment * General Nonfiction * History * Juvenile * Memoir * Middle Grade * Narrative * Nature * Pop Culture * Women’s Issues * Young Adult *
601 Van Ness Ave. Opera Plaza, Suite E San Francisco CA 94102 USA
Biography
Jaidree Braddix is a literary agent with Park & Fine Literary and Media. Jaidree is a literary agent representing a broad range of non-fiction authors who are changing the ways we think about, talk about, and move through the world we live in. Her clients are Guinness World Record-holding athletes, activists who are challenging societal standards and institutions, trailblazers who have created globally trending wellness movements, and acclaimed thought leaders in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, business, and organizational behavior. Specializing in platform-driven non-fiction, Jaidree is committed to helping authors turn their assets—be they courageous ideas, academic studies, foundations for social good, popular podcasts, transformative programs, or online communities—into compelling proposals and noteworthy books.
Following a couple years as a legal assistant, Jaidree got her start in publishing as a publicist at a small press, where her list included cookbooks, health and diet, memoir, lifestyle, business, personal development, and more. She was most recently an associate agent at Sterling Lord Literistic.
Jaidree holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.S. in Publishing from Pace University. She lives in Manhattan, surrounded by an ever-increasing number of house plants that were all deeply necessary purchases at the time.
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This literary agent represents:
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NONFICTION: Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Diet/Nutrition * Education * Fitness * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Money/Finance * Psychology * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Sports *
55 Broadway Suite 1601 New York NY 10006 USA
Biography
Laura Bradford is a literary agent with the Bradford Literary Agency. Laura established the Bradford Literary Agency in 2001. She considers herself an editorial-focused agent and takes a hands-on approach to developing proposals and manuscripts with her authors for the most appropriate markets. During her own misadventures as a writer, Laura came to understand the importance of having a friendly but critical eye on your side, a career strategist in your corner and a guide who can lead you through the travails of publication.
Her recent sales include books placed with Berkley, Grand Central, Harlequin, Kensington, Simon and Schuster, HarperCollins, Sourcebooks, Hyperion, Flux, Macmillan, Adams Media, Egmont USA, John Wiley and Sons and Mira Books. She continues to actively build her client list and is currently seeking work in the following genres: Romance (historical, romantic suspense, paranormal, category, contemporary, erotic), urban fantasy, women’s fiction, mystery, thrillers and young adult as well as some select non-fiction.
She is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR) and Romance Writers of America, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and she is an RWA-recognized agent.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chick Lit * Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Family Saga * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * New Adult * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Art * History *
5694 Mission Center Rd. #347 San Diego CA 92108 USA
Biography
Catherine Bradshaw is a literary agent with Writers House. She is a junior agent at Writers House, building her adult, young adult, middle grade, and picture book lists. Catherine joined Writers House in 2018 as the front desk administrative assistant and reader for the agency at large. In 2019, she began supporting Senior Agent Susan Ginsburg’s diverse list of clients. Under Susan’s guidance and mentorship, Catherine has worked closely—both editorially and administratively—with a broad range of award-winning and bestselling adult and children’s book authors, including Diane Chamberlain, Sara Farizan, Jessica B. Harris, Deborah Heiligman, Edward Humes, Pam Jenoff, Cedella Marley, Leonard Mlodinow, Sarah Morgan, and Alexandra Penfold. Prior to Writers House, Catherine worked for Alanna Feldman Scouting, advising international and domestic clients on acquiring translation and/or TV/film rights for upcoming releases. Before that, Catherine received her Bachelor of the Arts in English with a minor in Creative Writing from New York University, all the while interning in editorial at Scholastic Book Clubs, Viking Children’s Books, and Flatiron Books.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Romance * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Narrative *
Karen Brailsford
Aevitas Creative ManagementDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Karen Brailsford is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She spent more than two decades covering arts and culture, Hollywood, fashion, beauty and human interest as a staff writer and editor with Newsweek, Elle, In Touch and E! Entertainment. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Interview, Black Enterprise and other publications.
A native New Yorker, she is a graduate of The Brearley School and Yale where she earned a B.A. in English literature. Karen has been a licensed spiritual therapist with the Agape International Spiritual Center since 2009 and is the author of Sacred Landscapes of the Soul: Aligning with the Divine Wherever You Are (Wyatt-MacKenzie | 2020).
Karen is based in Los Angeles and is especially interested in arts and entertainment, memoir, biography, health and wellness, spirituality and works of non-fiction that inspire and shine a light on contemporary conditions.
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This literary agent represents:
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NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Beauty/Fashion/Style * Celebrity * Cultural/Social Issues * Health/Wellness * Memoir * New Age * Pop Culture * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Religion *
Biography
David Bratt is a literary agent with BBH Literary. With over twenty years of experience in publishing, David co-founded BBH Literary after serving as executive editor at Eerdmans Publishing. He has developed, edited, and helped bring to market over a hundred books, including several that received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and two that became cover stories for Christianity Today. With a PhD in American religion from Yale University, David has spent his career studying trends in the world of faith. He has presented at the Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing, the American Society of Church History, the Louisville Institute, and the University of Notre Dame, among other venues. He has been quoted in numerous articles on publishing trends in Publishers Weekly and other publications.
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NONFICTION: Christian * General Nonfiction * Religion *
Biography
Hannah Brattesani is a literary agent with The Friedrich Agency. She says: “Freshly graduated from the University of St Andrews, I’m on the top floor of a RADA building in Bloomsbury, London being interviewed for an MFA in playwriting by a man who, for the sake of this story, looks like a young Tom Stoppard. I’ve just been told something that hurts more than it should, “You’re too green.” Tom ends our interview with an instruction as I exit the door: “Go live!” It takes five creaking flights to get out of the building and five creaking flights for hurt to rise to spite. I spend the afternoon searching for jobs in New York from the coffee shop next door. I’ll show you living!
I begin working for Emma Sweeney Agency, a boutique literary agency which was home to bestselling and beloved authors and helmed by the eponymous Emma Sweeney. From that Upper East Side office, I learn the ropes of the industry and I am first introduced to the international publishing network. While juggling myriad duties at ESA, I also handle contracts for Blue Flower Arts, a speakers bureau whose roster includes Claudia Rankine, Joy Harjo, George Saunders, Eileen Myles and many more critically acclaimed poets and authors. I learn a lot in that first year; crucially, that there are only 24 hours in a day.
Just six months after a promotion to ESA’s Foreign Rights Director, I am given an opportunity to double up once again, and I step in as the interim Director of International Rights at Folio Literary Management. I go from handling a catalog of twenty titles to ten times that amount; the list encompasses everything from picture books to green juice cookbooks to sweeping historical novels. I add mastering a matinee commute through Times Square to my skillset: elbows out, avoid eye contact, pause for no one.
At the end of my time at Folio, Emma Sweeney retires, and the agency is acquired by Folio. That weekend, I stand in a Barnes & Noble parking lot when my phones rings with a number I don’t recognize. I answer. “It’s Molly Friedrich. I heard you’re looking for a job.” The whole thing would feel like divine intervention if it weren’t happening next to the New Jersey turnpike.
I join Friedrich as an agent and Director of International Rights at the end of 2019 and have been cultivating a list of literary and upmarket fiction and voice-driven non-fiction ever since. Tom Stoppard – real or otherwise – has yet to get in touch.
Five non-agency books that I loved: FEVER DREAM, CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN, HOW TO BE BOTH, anything by Rebecca Solnit, and THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US.”
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * General Fiction * Historical * Humor Fiction * Literary * Picture Book * Satire *
NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * General Nonfiction * Humor * Lifestyle * Narrative * Science *
281 McLain Street Bedford Hills NY 10507 USA
Biography
Barbara Braun is a literary agent with Barbara Braun Associates. Barbara began her agency 16 years ago after a career as an author, journalist and museum curator (she has a BA in English Literature from Cornell and a Columbia PhD in art history). Her first big success as an agent was with Susan Vreeland’s “Girl in Hyacinth Blue.” Which has sold over a half a million copies, been translated into 20 languages, and was the first in a series of popular novels about the lives of great artists by this author. Barbara is particularly interested in fiction and nonfiction about women, but her roster includes authors of mysteries, thrillers and historical novels. She does not represent children’s books, science fiction or romance titles.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * Historical * Literary * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Art * Biography * Film/Entertainment * History * Memoir * Narrative * Photography * Pop Culture *
7 E. 14th St. Suite 19F New York NY 10003 USA
Biography
Jordan Breindel is a literary agent with Literary Counsel. He grew up in New Jersey and has been reading ever since he learned how. As an agent, he’s interested in literary and commercial fiction including mystery/thriller, humor, YA and/or some awesome genre that combines all of the above. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and in addition to agenting, he’s written for a variety of publications both online and in print. He’s also written some commercials you may have seen or fast-forwarded through.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Literary * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Romance * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Memoir *
30 West 21 Street 8th Floor New York NY 10010 USA
Biography
Helen Breitwieser is a literary agent with Cornerstone Literary Agency. Helen is also the owner. Cornerstone Literary Agency in located in Los Angeles, CA. The agency represents a wide range of novelists with an emphasis on women’s fiction, children’s books, romance and suspense/mystery. Clients include Katherine Center, Beth Fantaskey, C.S. Harris, Rachel Lee, Sophia Nash, Ursula Vernon, Tracy Anne Warren and Ahmet Zappa. She is a member of the AAR, the Author’s Guild, Poets & Writers, RWA and PEN. Before founding Cornerstone Literary in 1998, she was a literary agent at the William Morris Agency in New York. She graduated Barnard College magna cum laude in 1990.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Horror * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * NoPB * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Ethnic * History * Juvenile * Memoir * Multicultural * Narrative *
325 Larchmont Blvd. Suite 346 Los Angeles CA 90004 USA
Biography
Tracy Brennan is the founder and president of Trace Literary Agency, LLC. She received her B.A. from Indiana University’s College of Arts and Sciences and also received a certificate in secondary education from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Before opening the agency, Tracy taught at the secondary level for over eleven years.
Tracy decided to pursue her career as a literary agent after she saw a gap in the American market. Having undergone a lengthy process of introduction and research, she was able to secure some of Ireland’s top contemporary writers.
Tracy has worked with Mercier Press, Ireland’s oldest independent publishing house, and is currently working with publisher Jo O’Donoghue of Londubh Books in Dublin. She has several clients whose work she is trying to place in the American market.
Trace Literary Agency is a small agency which allows us to offer our clients the personal attention we feel they deserve. We pride ourselves in finding the perfect home for high quality, well written books.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chick Lit * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mainstream * Mystery * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Business * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Politics * True Crime *
15831 Branch Water Way Mishawaka IN 46545
Biography
Paul Bresnick is a literary agent with the Bresnick Weil Literary Agency. Paul established the Paul Bresnick Literary Agency in 2004 (now the Bresnick Weil Literary Agency). Prior to his tenure as Publisher at LiveREADS, the enhanced e-book publishers, from 2000-2002, Paul Bresnick was Fiction Editor at Penthouse, Associate Editor at Simon & Schuster, Editor at Henry Holt, Senior Editor at Doubleday, and Executive Editor at William Morrow. At Penthouse, he published fiction by a distinguished group of writers including Philip Roth, James Baldwin, John Hawkes, James Purdy, T.C. Boyle, Don DeLillo, and several others. At Simon & Schuster and Holt, he edited such major bestsellers as THE CINDERELLA COMPLEX by Colette Dowling, THE SECOND STAGE by Betty Friedan, and CATCH A FIRE: THE LIFE OF BOB MARLEY by Timothy White.
Shortly after he arrived at Doubleday, Bresnick came up with the idea of doing a book called FATHERHOOD and succeeded in convincing Bill Cosby to write what would become a publishing phenomenon, with net hardcover sales of over three million copies. His other bestsellers at Doubleday included GRACE: THE SECRET LIVES OF A PRINCESS by James Spada, SEPARATED AT BIRTH? by the editors of Spy magazine, DRIVE by Larry Bird, and ON BOXING by Joyce Carol Oates. Some highlights at Morrow: FOREVER BARBIE by M. G. Lord, MODEL by Michael Gross, BLACK PROFILES IN COURAGE by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, JACKIE AFTER JACK by Christopher Andersen, KING CON by Stephen J. Cannell, HIT MAN by Lawrence Block, POACHERS by Tom Franklin, HELL’S ANGEL by Sonny Barger, AHAB’S WIFE by Sena Jeter Naslund.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Sports Fiction * Suspense * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * General Nonfiction * History * Humor * Memoir * Multicultural * Narrative * Pop Culture * Psychology * Sports * True Crime * Women’s Issues *
30 Deep Six Drive 3rd Floor East Hampton NY 11937 USA
Amy Brewer
Metamorphosis Literary AgencyDO NOT QUERY – Submission Window – Check website.Query method(s): Online Form *Biography
Amy Brewer is a literary agent with Metamorphosis Literary. She wears many hats everyday, from literary agent at Metamorphosis, to co-author of the Texting Prince Charming series, to social media manager, to yoga teacher. She is a graduate of Culver-Stockton College with a theater degree because drama, romance, and angst are her lifelong passions. Her intuitive human understanding can help other writers bridge the communication gap and jump into the publishing world. For the last few years she has been learning all she can about social media optimization and platform building in the publishing industry. Amy’s experience in the mental health field and yoga training help her guide and assist clients with stress and anxiety in this highly competitive industry. All of this is pulled together with a multi-tasking and hyper-organized brain, so that at the end of every day she feels accomplished and grateful. She’s seeking: Romances of all kinds, if your plot revolves around love or angst or both, send it to her. She is also looking for general fiction, LGBTQ+, women’s fiction, book club reads, and quirky humor.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * Humor * Mind/Body/Spirit * Young Adult *
Kansas City MO USA
Biography
Alice Brinkman is a literary agent with and the founder of the Alice Brinkman Literary Agency.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction *
Encinitas CA USA
Biography
John Brockman is a literary agent with the Brockman Literary Agency. Born 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, John specializes in scientific literature. He founded the Edge Foundation, an organization aimed to bring together people working at the edge of a broad range of scientific and technical fields. Referencing C.P. Snow’s “two cultures”, he introduced the “third culture” consisting of “those scientists and other thinkers in the empirical world who, through their work and expository writing, are taking the place of the traditional intellectual in rendering visible the deeper meanings of our lives, redefining who and what we are.
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This literary agent represents:
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NONFICTION: Autobiography * Business * Biography * Celebrity * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Film/Entertainment * Fitness * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Pop Culture * Politics * Psychology * Reference * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Technology *
260 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10001 USA
Biography
Alicia Brooks is a literary agent with the Jean Naggar Literary Agency. She began her career over twenty-five years ago in book publishing as an editorial assistant at Penguin USA. She advanced to an assistant editor position at Nan A. Talese/Doubleday where she worked with groundbreaking authors, including Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, and Ian McEwan. Alicia then became an editor at Picador/St. Martin’s Press where she edited over 40 hardcover titles and several trade paper original titles, including Good Morning America Book Club Pick Noelle Howey’s Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods–My Mother’s, My Father’s, and Mine, Nega Mezlekia’s award-winning Notes from the Hyena’s Belly, and Ben Brantley’s New York Times Book of Broadway. As an agent at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, she is looking for Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction from writers with diverse backgrounds, Self-Help, Pop Culture, Literary Fiction with high concepts, original voices, and imaginative structure, Speculative Fiction, Book Club Fiction, Thrillers, YA Fiction, and Historical Fiction. Alicia is a graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. in English and Philosophy and has a Master’s Degree in the Teaching of English from Columbia University.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Family Saga * Fantasy * General Fiction * Historical * Horror * Literary * New Adult * Science Fiction * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Current Events/Affairs * Gift/Novelty * History * How-To * Humor * Memoir * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Prescriptive * Self-Help/Personal Development * Science * Sports * Young Adult *
216 E. 75th St. Suite 1E New York NY 10021 USA
Rachel Brooks
BookEnds Literary AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Rachel Brooks is a literary agent with BookEnds Literary Agency. She moved to BookEnds in 2017 after spending three years as an agent at the L. Perkins Agency. Since joining the publishing industry, she’s grateful to have worked with award-winning and bestselling authors, as well as wonderful debuts.
Rachel’s focus is representing fiction, including women’s fiction, romance, rom-coms, mystery/thrillers, and YA. You can find more details about what she’s currently looking for in her wishlist below.
When not working, Rachel is likely hanging out with her husband and chatty rescue cat trying new recipes, watching K-dramas, painting, or playing World of Warcraft.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Picture Book * Romance * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION:
Regina Brooks
Serendipity Literary AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Regina Brooks is a literary agent with Serendipity Literary Agency. Ms. Regina Brooks is the founder and president of Serendipity Literary Agency LLC in New York, New York. Her agency is the largest African American owned agency in the country and has represented and established a diverse base of award-winning clients in adult and young adult fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Her authors have appeared in USA TODAY, NY TIMES, and the Washington Post, as well as on Oprah, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSBNC, TV ONE, BET, and a host of others. In 2015, Publishers Weekly nominated Regina Brooks as a PW Star Watch Finalist, and she was honored with a Stevie Award in Business. Writer’s Digest magazine named Serendipity Literary Agency as one of the top 25 literary agencies. Formerly, she held senior editorial positions at John Wiley and Sons (where she was not only the youngest but also the first African-American editor in their college division) and McGraw-Hill.
Prior to her publishing career, she worked as an aerospace engineer and made history as the first African American woman to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from The Ohio State University. She is a graduate of The School of the Arts High School in Rochester, NY.
She is the author of Essence Magazine’s quick pick children’s book, NEVER FINISHED NEVER DONE (Scholastic), WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS 2e (Sourcebooks), and YOU SHOULD REALLY WRITE A BOOK: HOW TO WRITE, SELL AND MARKET YOUR MEMOIR (St. Martin’s Press), and a well received blogger for the Huffington Post. Brooks is also on the faculty of the Harvard University publishing program the Whidbey Island Writers MFA, Western Connecticut MFA low residency programs, Writer’s Digest University and teaches annually at more than twenty worldwide conferences. She has been highlighted in several national and international magazines and periodicals, including Publishers Weekly, Forbes, Media Bistro, Writers and Poets, Essence Magazine, Ebony, Jet, Women on Writing, Writer’s Digest Magazine, The Writer, The Network Journal, and Rolling Out.
She was named Woman of the Year by The National Association of Professional Women, A New York Urban League Rising Star Award winner, and a finalist for the StevieTM Award for Women Entrepreneurs. Regina Brooks is featured in books such as The Guide to Literary Agents and the NAACP nominated Down to Business: The First 10 Steps for Women Entrepreneurs, How to Build a Platform, and Bill Duke’s Dark Girls. She is also listed in International Who’s Who under the categories of Professional Management, Technology, Entrepreneurs, and Engineering.
In November 2010, Brooks partnered with Marie Brown, of Marie Brown and Associates, and Marva Allen of Hue Man Bookstore to launch a new publishing imprint with Johnny Temple’s Akashic Books called Open Lens.
Further, Possibiliteas is the brainchild of literary agent and tea enthusiast, Regina Brooks, who believed that tea—the world’s oldest performance-enhancing beverage—could have a beneficial effect on her clients—writers, artists, and other creative professionals who were looking for fuel for their creative fire.
She is a pilot and cofounder of Brooklyn Aviation as well as a member of the Association of Author Representatives and New York Women in Film and Television.
Ms. Brooks is the founder and co-Executive Director of Y.B. Literary Foundation, Inc. (www.ybliterary.org), a not-for-profit organization designed kindle a passion for literature within high school students and an appreciation for the possibilities and opportunities that reading can provide.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chapter Book * Christian Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Religious * Romance * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Art * Biography * Business * Christian * Cooking/Cookbook * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Diet/Nutrition * Ethnic * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Memoir * Middle Grade * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Sports * Travel * True Crime * Young Adult *
Savannah Brooks
KT LiteraryDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Savannah Brooks is a literary agent with KT Literary. She started in agenting as an intern with the Jennifer De Chiara team in 2017, moving to associate agent in 2018. In 2022, she joined the incredible team at KT Literary as an agent, where she represents all of kid lit and adult contemporary fiction, romcoms, thrillers/mystery/suspense, and horror. She’s especially interested in stories that teach her something new, add to a larger sociopolitical conversation, and highlight underrepresented identities and cultures. She earned her MFA, focused in creative nonfiction, from Hamline University and her BS in marketing management from Virginia Tech and worked on the editorial side of publishing for two years prior to joining JDLA. As well as agenting, she works as a publishing and literature lecturer at the University of Minnesota and a teaching artist at the Loft Literary Center. She lives in Minneapolis and can regularly be found at one of Minnesota’s 11,842 lakes—yes, even in winter.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Graphic Novel * Horror * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Juvenile * Middle Grade * Young Adult *
Philippa Brophy
Sterling Lord LiteristicDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Philippa Brophy is a literary agent with Sterling Lord Literistic. Philippa is President of the Agency, where, after graduating from Boston University, she began her career over 30 years ago as a receptionist. Philippa represents journalists, nonfiction writers and novelists, and is most interested in current events, memoir, science, politics, biography, and women’s issues. Authors she represents include James McBride, author of The Color of Water and Miracle at St. Anna; Richard Ben Cramer, author of What It Takes, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life, and Why Israel Lost: The Four Questions; and Senator John McCain, author of Faith of My Fathers, Why Courage Matters and Character Is Destiny. She represents several Pulitzer-Prize winning journalists, distinguished politicians, and award-winning novelists.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Journalism *
Justin Brouckaert
Aevitas Creative ManagementDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Justin Brouckaert is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. He represents literary novelists and short story writers, award-winning journalists, renowned health professionals, and prominent academics.
Justin holds an English degree from Saginaw Valley State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of South Carolina, where he was a James Dickey Fellow in Fiction and editor-in-chief of the internationally distributed literary journal Yemassee. He joined Aevitas in 2017 after more than five years working in journalism and independent publishing.
Based in Detroit, Justin is actively seeking character-driven and formally inventive literary fiction and memoir, as well as narrative nonfiction in the areas of sports, internet culture, politics and current affairs, parenting, travel, and history. Regardless of genre, he is most passionate about projects that shine a light on underserved and overlooked communities and/or highlight unique relationships between people and places. He is especially interested in pairing with debut authors and helping them grow their careers.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Literary *
NONFICTION: Memoir * Narrative *
Biography
Kimberly Brower a literary agent with and the president of Brower Literary & Management. She fell in love with reading when she picked up her first Babysitter’s Club book at the age of seven and hasn’t been able to get her nose out of a book since. She holds a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge and received her JD from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Although she loves all things romance, she is also searching for books that are different and will surprise her, with empathetic characters and compelling stories. She takes great pride in her client list, from the debut authors to #1 NYT bestsellers, and likes to consider them all her favorite authors. She previously worked for over two years at Rebecca Friedman Literary before starting her own agency. After spending 14 years in California, she is thrilled to be back on the east coast living in New York City.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Family Saga * General Fiction * Humor Fiction * Magical Realism * Mystery * Paranormal * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
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13720 Old St. Augustine Rd. Ste 8-512 Jacksonville FL 32258 USA
Biography
Michelle Brower is a literary agent with and a founding partner of Trellis Literary Management. She has spent over fifteen years as an agent, first at Wendy Sherman Associates and most recently as a partner at Aevitas Creative Management. She co-founded Trellis Literary Management in 2021 in order to better serve and support her authors and create an agency with a lasting positive impact in the world of publishing.
Her list spans the spectrum of literary and commercial fiction, from thought-provoking story collections to page-turning thrillers. She is primarily interested in work that focuses on storytelling and emotional connection, rather than formal experimentation, and believes that the best reading experience engages both the heart and the head. She is looking for book club novels (a commercial idea with a literary execution), literary fiction, literary suspense, genre fiction for a non-genre audience, and upmarket women’s fiction. In non-fiction, she is looking for a personal story that illuminates a greater subject. Michelle also very selectively represents literary Young Adult fiction. In all of these areas, she is looking to support underrepresented voices.
Michelle is honored to work with books that have received a variety of accolades, including NY Times Bestsellers, National Book Award finalists, and Read with Jenna, Target, and Barnes and Noble book club selections. Her authors have received recognition from the Whiting Awards, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, MacDowell, the Steinbeck Fellow Program, the Sewanee Writers Conference as well as from many other organizations.
Michelle received her Masters degree in British and American Literature from New York University. Originally from New Jersey, she now lives in Seattle with her family.
Michelle’s favorite non-client authors (if your work is similar, feel free to get in touch!): Maggie Shipstead, Lily King, Louise Erdrich, Deesha Philyaw, Kiley Reid, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Kazuo Ishiguro, Yaa Gyasi, Celeste Ng, Jennifer Egan, Shirley Jackson, Ann Patchett, Sarah Waters.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Contemporary * Family Saga * Fantasy * Historical * Literary * Magical Realism * Multicultural Fiction * Short Story Collection * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Memoir * Narrative *
Seattle WA 98177 USA
Andrea Brown
Andrea Brown Literary AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Andrea Brown is a literary agent with the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Andrea is the president of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc. Founded in New York City in 1981, it was the first literary agency to represent both children’s book authors and illustrators. Prior to opening her own firm, Andrea was an editor at Alfred A. Knopf, and worked in the editorial departments of Random House and Dell. In 1990, she moved her literary agency to Northern California. Andrea has published articles and published a chapter about the children’s book field in THE PORTABLE WRITER’S CONFERENCE, published by Quill Driver Books. She has been quoted in the New York Post, CNN.com, Yahoo News, Forbes, Good Housekeeping and Reuters News Service.
President of the San Francisco chapter of the Women’s National Book Association for four years, she was the National Pannell Award Chair that gives awards to booksellers at the Book Expo Association. Andrea has also had her own cable television show in New York City, An Afternoon with Children’s Books, and has appeared on
C-SPAN’S Book Notes, and public television’s Authors and Critics.
She is the Executive Director of the Big Sur Writing Workshops for children’s books, held annually in December. Andrea has lectured at many writing conferences and colleges such as UCLA, Stanford, and Dominican College. She was also an associate faculty member at the Pacific Northwest MFA program in Whidbey Island.
Andrea is also the author of WRITERS’ AND ARTISTS’ HIDEOUTS: Great Getaways for Seducing the Muse, the only travel/writer’s guide available.
Andrea represents National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Graphic Novel * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Juvenile * Middle Grade * Young Adult *
Biography
Margaret Sutherland Brown is a literary agent with Folio Literary Management. She says: “I’m an agent at Folio representing literary and upmarket commercial fiction, psychological thrillers, select young adult fiction, and narrative non-fiction.
Previously I was an agent at Emma Sweeney Agency, LLC, and transitioned to represent many of ESA’s clients at Folio in January 2020. Before becoming an agent, I spent the first seven years of my career in editorial, primarily at Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press, where I worked on a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. As an agent, I use my insider knowledge of how a publishing house operates to my clients’ advantage, and my editorial background informs how unusually closely and thoroughly I work with clients to develop a project before we ever submit to publishers. I’m proud to work with immensely talented authors. Among many other accolades, my clients have won the American Book Award, been finalists for the National Book Award and the PEN/ Hemingway Award, and been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships.
I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, graduated from Wake Forest University as an English major with a double minor in journalism and Spanish, and now live in Brooklyn with my husband and two sons. When I’m not reading I love to take advantage of New York City’s art, dance, theater, and restaurant scene and go running. I also love to travel.
I’m grateful every day to have the privilege of supporting writers in their work of bringing into the world literature that describes, enriches and transforms our lives.”
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Family Saga * Fantasy * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mystery * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Family * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Humor * Lifestyle * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Prescriptive * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Suspense * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Issues *
630 Ninth Ave. Suite 1101 New York NY 10036 USA
Biography
Marie Brown is a literary agent with Marie Brown Associates. Marie is also President of Marie Brown Associates. Ms. Brown is a part of the elite and small group of “black” literary agents. A 40-year veteran of the book business, Brown acquired a thorough understanding of her “calling” working as an editorial assistant and book editor; bookseller and bookstore manager; editor-in-chief of a magazine; book marketing strategist and literary agent. Ms. Brown has been a bibliophile since her childhood years and currently lives and works in Harlem.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * Film/Entertainment * Health/Wellness * History * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Music * Politics * Pop Culture * Self-Help/Personal Development * Women’s Issues *
412 W. 154th St. New York NY 10032 USA
Biography
Megan Brown is a literary agent with The Steve Laube Agency. She is an accomplished author, speaker, and military missionary. She is passionate about equipping the United States military community to carry the redemptive story of Jesus to the four corners of the Earth through radical hospitality, sound biblical teaching, and community discipleship in the local church.
She is the author of Summoned: Answering a Call to the Impossible, an eight-week, expository Bible study of Esther (Moody Publishing, 2021) and Know What You Signed Up For: How to Follow Jesus, Love People, Live on Mission as a Military Spouse (Moody Publishing, 2023). While Megan loves writing, she also enjoys traveling around the country for short-term military mission trips, teaching the Bible, and launching women into ministry leadership. You can visit her author website at meganbbrown.com.
Megan has her bachelor’s degree in Ministry Leadership, focusing on women’s ministry (2021) and a master’s degree in Global Ministry Design from Moody Bible Institute (2023). She hopes to begin her work soon toward a Ph.D. in Christian Leadership.
She lives in south Mississippi with her husband, M.Sgt Keith Brown, U.S. Air Force, and their four energetic children.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION:
NONFICTION: Christian * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Family * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Inspiration * Lifestyle * Military/War * Reference * Religion * Spirituality * Travel * Women’s Issues *
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About Mark Malatesta
MARK MALATESTA is a former literary agent turned author coach. Mark now helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books) get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author. Mark’s authors have gotten six-figure book deals, been on the NYT bestseller list, and published with houses such as Random House, Scholastic, and Thomas Nelson. Click here to learn more about Mark Malatesta and click here for Reviews of Mark Malatesta.
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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.”
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.”
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.”
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!”
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!!!”
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!”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Author of Lights Out
(Random House)
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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.”
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.”
Author of The Unbreakable Boy
(Harper Collins/Thomas Nelson)