Louise Fury

Louise believes in the power of marketing and is constantly on the lookout for authors who know how to promote themselves.

She is seeking graphic novels, well written, teen Sci-Fi and Young Adult horror . She is also on the hunt for deep, dark contemporary YA and select Middle Grade fiction with a literary feel-- it must be realistic and thought provoking and the characters must be authentic and original.

Louise is a huge adult horror fan, but also loves romance (especially Regency & Victorian) and is looking for steam/cyberpunk with series potential.

In nonfiction, please send humor and pop culture manuscripts her way.NO memoirs or erotica!!

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Daniel Lazar

Daniel is a literary agent with Writers house

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Sara Sciuto

Sara is a literary agent with Full Circle Literary Agency

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Courtney Miller-Callihan

Courtney began her career in publishing at Random House, where she spent a number of years in subsidiary rights sales and in contracts before joining Sanford J. Greenburger Associates in 2005. A member of the Romance Writers of America, she is seeking new voices in women's fiction, romance, historical novels, and literary fiction. Courtney also looks for non-fiction projects on unusual topics, science, personal finance, business, pop culture, lifestyle books, and craft books. Excellent credentials are a must. She represents a limited number of children's book authors and illustrators.

Courtney holds a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a M.A. in English from The Johns Hopkins University.  She prefers to receive submissions via e-mail at cmiller [at] sjga [dot] com.

You can read the interview with Courtney here

Suzie Townsend

Suzie is an agent with FinePrint Literary Management, a full service literary agency, and its sister company FinePrint Productions. She represents adult and children's fiction. She is actively looking to build her adult list and specifically interested in romance (historical and paranormal), and fantasy (urban fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, epic fantasy). She also loves Middle Grade and YA novels (all subgenres, but particularly literary projects).


She drinks too much diet orange soda, has a book-buying problem and a Starbucks problem (those soy chai lattes are addictive), and lives in Washington Heights with two dogs who know that chewing on shoes is okay but chewing on books is not. Read the Interview here

 

 

Michelle Wolfson

Michelle Wolfson formed Wolfson Literary Agency in 2007 and is actively seeking authors of commercial fiction in the following categories: mainstream, mysteries, thrillers, suspense, chick-lit, romance, women's fiction, and young adult. She is drawn to well written material with strong interesting characters. She is also interested in practical and narrative non-fiction projects, particularly those of interest to women. Michelle holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from New York University. Prior to forming her own agency, Michelle spent two years with Artists & Artisans, Inc. and two years with Ralph Vicinanza, Ltd. Before that, she spent several years working outside of publishing, in non-profit and then finance, and she brings the skills she learned there plus a lifetime love of reading to the table as an agent. Read the Interview here

An interview with Laurie Mclean of the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency

Laurie McLean joined the two agency founders in 2005 following a 20-year stint as the CEO of a successful Silicon Valley public relations agency. Laurie was able to switch gears in 2002 to immerse herself in writing. She has penned three manuscripts to date, and if that wasn't enough, she decided that the life of a literary agent would be the perfect complement to her duties as a writer of genre fiction.
Laurie has been writing professionally since high school--first as a journalist, then as a public relations agent. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the State University of New York and a Master's Degree at Syracuse University's prestigious Newhouse School of Journalism.

Laurie specializes in adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, westerns, horror, etc.) plus middle-grade and young adult children's books. She does not handle non-fiction, or commercial, literary or women's fiction, nor does she handle children's picture books or graphic novels. Read the Interview here

 

An Interview with Molly Jaffa of Folio Literary Management

Molly has been working closely with Folio authors' projects since 2008, and is now aggressively and selectively building her list of clients. She is thrilled to be part of the recent launch of Folio Jr., a division within the agency dedicated to developing and nurturing the careers of YA and children's authors.

In addition to agenting, Molly utilizes her editorial background, previous work experience in the e-publishing industry, and intimate knowledge of the Folio list in her position as Subsidiary Rights Associate. She actively pursues sales of all unsold subsidiary rights, helping Folio clients' books reach wide audiences in as many formats as possible. Molly is an avid reader, and when she's not devouring manuscripts, she can usually be found camped out in the aisles of her local bookstore (until they kick her out at closing time). Read the Interview here

 

 

An Interview with Tamar Rydzinski of the Laura Dail Literary Agency

Tamar Rydzinski worked at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates prior to joining the Laura Dail Literary Agency. She graduated from Yeshiva University in 2003 with a major in literature and a minor in business.
Tamar is not interested in prescriptive/practical non-fiction, humor, coffee table books or children's books (meaning anything younger than YA). She is interested in everything else that is well-written and has great characters, including graphic novels. A fantastic query letter is essential - "you need to make me want to read your book, and be excited to read it," she says, "with those first couple of paragraphs." Read the Interview here

 

 

 

An interview with Sara Megibow of the Nelson Literary Agency

An interview with a Literary Agent:This month Stacey Interviews Sara Megibow from the Nelson Literary Agency. Sara gives us some great advice on getting published. If you are a writer you have got to read this interview: An Interview with Sara Megibow of the Nelson Literary Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vania

We interviewed Vania, the owner of VLC Productions. She's created book trailers for some of your favorite authors including Cassandra Clare, Maggie Stiefvater, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Holly Black, and tons more! 

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RESOURCES

2011 Guide To Literary Agents

Now includes subscription to GLA online (the agents section of writersmarket.com). Now in its 20th year, Guide to Literary Agents is a writer?s best resource for finding a literary agent who can represent their work to publishing houses, big and small. The days when a writer could deal directly with a large publisher are over. Literary agents represent writers and shepherd manuscripts to the right editor; and a good representative is the difference between a published book and a manuscript that never gets read. To help writers acquire an agent, GLA provides names and specialties for more than 750 individual agents around the United States and the world. GLA includes more than 90 pages of original articles on finding the best agent to represent your work and how to seal the deal. From identifying your genre to writing query letters to avoiding agent pet peeves, GLA will help writers deal with agents every step of the way.

 

2011 Writer's Market

This is the writer?s bible to freelance success by providing the updated information writers need to get published and get paid for their work. Features include: more than 3,500 completely updated listings from the previous edition; exclusive interviews with successful writers, such as Charlaine Harris, Gwendolyn Heasley, and Cliff Dorfman; completely updated ?How Much Should I Charge?? rate chart for freelancers; and new articles on topics such as how to use social media and online freelance writing.