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Who do you want to meet at our Meet the Agents Day?
Please respond by 5:00 PM Eastern on Monday, September 10th
Steve Harrison and the rest of our team are looking forward to seeing you at the
upcoming Bestseller Blueprint Live event and Meet the Agents Day in Philadelphia.
Please take a moment and indicate, in ranked order, the agents you’d like to meet at Meet
the Agents Day. We’ll be using all the survey responses to organize an orderly system so
all attendees get to meet as many of their top picks as possible, while spending a
minimum amount of time waiting in lines.
You’ll find the survey form on page 2 of this document and Profiles of Literary Agents,
which contains unedited comments from attending agents starting on page 3.
Please number-rank your picks and fax your survey form to us at 610-541-0281 or
610-541-0282 or email us at AgentPicks@bestsellerblueprint.com by 5:00 PM
Eastern on Monday, September 10th.
For instance if your #1 pick is Daniel Bial Agency, put #1 in that slot. If your second
priority is meeting Ross Yoon Agency put #2 in that slot, etc.
IMPORTANT TIPS/RULES:
 If you do not submit picks by 5:00 PM Eastern on Monday, September 10th you
will be assigned a random appointment number to meet all of the literary agents.
 You need to prioritize/rank the agents you most want to meet. If you rank a
particular agent #2, that does not mean that they will be the second agent you meet
nor does it mean you will be the second attendee to meet them. We have a unique
software program that takes into account your prioritized rankings (along with all
other attendees’ rankings) and assigns you an appointment with each of the agents
you rank.
 Please only pick agents you want to meet – don’t check off agents that aren’t
appropriate for your topic.
 You can only use each number once (i.e. you can’t have two #1 picks). For
instance.
 You can only submit your picks ONCE. After sending us your picks do not make
changes and re-send. No exceptions.
 If you have any questions please contact support@bestsellerblueprint.com.
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Please number-rank your picks and fax this survey
form to us at 610-541-0281 or 610-541-0282 or email
us at AgentPicks@bestsellerblueprint.com by 5:00 PM
Eastern on Monday, September 10th.
Your name ___________________________________________________
Literary Agents & Book Publishers
(see “Profiles” below for info on types of topics they are and aren’t interested in)
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Daniel Bial Agency
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Jeff Herman Agency
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John Wiley & Sons (#1)
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John Wiley & Sons (#2)
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Kae Tienstra Literary Services
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Literary Services Inc.
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March Tenth, Inc.
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Midpoint Trade
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PMA Literary & Film Mgt., Inc.
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Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises, Inc.
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Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency
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Ross Yoon Agency
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Serendipity Literary Agency
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The Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency
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The Seymour Agency
 I don’t know who I want to meet. Please select agents who make sense for me.
My book is about ___________________________________________________.
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Profiles of Literary Agents
Daniel Bial Agency
Daniel Bial was an editor for 15 years, including 10 years at HarperCollins. He founded the
Daniel Bial Agency in 1992. Daniel is interested in representing authors of biography, business,
cooking, current events, history, how-to, humor, language, narrative nonfiction, popular culture,
popular reference, popular science, psychology, sports and travel.
Representative Titles: The Year With No Summer by Will Klingaman, Crash by
Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, The Halo Effect by Phil Rosenzweig and Osama Bin Ladin by Yossef
Bodansky.
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: biography, business, cooking, current events,
history, how-to, humour, Judaica, language, narrative nonfiction, popular culture, popular
reference, popular science, psychology, sports and travel.
Subject/categories agent does not work with: Academic treatises, crafts, gift books, children's
books, genre fiction, poetry, novels by first-time authors.
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Jeff Herman Agency
Jeff Herman founded The Jeff Herman Literary Agency, LLC, in 1987 when in his 20’s. The
agency has sold many hundreds of titles to publishers, and is one of the most dynamic and
innovative agencies in the business.
Herman’s agency has a strong presence in general adult nonfiction, including business,
commercial self-help, technology, recovery/healing, and spiritual subjects. The agency is a
trendsetter for new publishing models, such as the creation of branded imprints and multi-title
programs. H&R Block, Fisher Investments, and the Days of Our Lives soap opera franchise are
some of the celebrity brands that Herman has packaged dedicated imprints for.
Herman’s own books include, Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Editors, Publishers & Literary
Agents (more than 400,000 copies sold), and Write the Perfect Book Proposal: 10 Proposals
That Sold & Why! They are universally considered to be among the best tools available for
writers.
Herman speaks throughout the country about how to get published and become a successful
author. He’s been written about in dozens of books and publications, including Success,
Entrepreneur, Publisher’s Weekly, Forbes, Associated Press, and The New Yorker, and has been
on many television and radio shows.
Prior to launching his agency, Herman worked for a NY public relations firm where he designed
and managed national marketing campaigns for such brands as Nabisco and AT&T, including
the introduction of the first consumer cell phone in the NY market. Herman’s first job out of
college was as a publicist at Schocken Books (now a Random House imprint) where he
promoted the bestseller: When Bad Things Happen to Good People.
Herman graduated from Syracuse University, where he was Captain of the award winning debate
team. A native New Yorker, he resides with his family of humans and other species in the
Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
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John Wiley & Sons (#1)
Debra Englander is editorial director in the business/finance group at John Wiley & Sons. She
edits a range of titles including business narratives, company profiles, self-help, personal finance
and investing titles. Before coming to Wiley, she was a long-time staffer at Money Magazine and
has also written a personal finance primer.
What topics are you not interested in?
Health and beauty, fiction.
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John Wiley & Sons (#2)
Matthew Holt
What topics are you interested in?
Business Books (trade)
What topics are you NOT interested in?
Health, diet, fitness, memoirs, fiction.
What we look for in an author is someone who can tell their story and differentiate their book
from the other hundreds of books out there on the same subject, and someone who can get out
there in front of a crowd of people—getting in front of potential readers, either in person or
online, and sharing your message.
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Kae Tienstra Literary Services
Once a stay at home mom, Kae Tienstra became a freelance writer, "to save her sanity." She
wrote articles for The Mother Earth News, Organic Gardening and other like publications, as
well as for their local newspaper and magazines. Hired by Rodale, Inc. as a publicity assistant,
she quickly moved up to Director of Publicity for the book division, where she stayed in that
capacity for 13 years. She left Rodale in 1993 to launch her own publicity firm (KT PR), which
her husband joined after a few years. She represented large publishers (Random House, Putnam,
HarperCollins, and John Wiley and Sons) as well as smaller publishers and authors. She
launched her literary agency in 2006, and changed the company name to KT Public Relations &
Literary Services.
Representative Titles: The Light Side of the Moon by Ditta M. Oliker, Ph.D. (2012 Central
Recovery Press); Town in a Pumpkin Bash by B.B. Haywood (2013 Prime Crime);Town in a
Lobster Stew by B.B. Haywood (Prime Crime);Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood
(Prime Crime); The Red Gold Bridge by Patrice Sarath (Ace); Gordath Wood by Patrice
Sarath (Ace); Are You Ready for Lasting Love? By Paddy S. Welles (Marlowe & Company);
100 Recipes You Can't Eat by Alexa Lett (Putnam)
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Women's fiction, quirky, contemporary fantasy,
mysteries, YA. Nonfiction: Gardening, health/medical, narrative nonfiction, animals, nature,
parenting, psychology, relationships.
Subject/categories agent does not work with: Christian, "swords and dragons" fantasy, erotica,
children's, poetry, political, inspirational/New Age
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Literary Services Inc.
Founded in 1991, Literary Services Inc. represents writers exclusively in non-fiction categories.
Our focus areas are in business, careers, personal growth, investing and finance, sports, science,
health, history and quick reference. We are expanding into narrative non-fiction books such as
true crime, biographies, travel and adventure and current events/issues, but not memoirs.
John Willig, President and Literary Agent, has worked for leading publishing companies such as
HarperCollins and Prentice-Hall as an executive editor and marketing director. He has been
recently described and thanked by clients as "the real Jerry McGuire."
Cynthia Zigmund, former VP and Publisher at Dearborn/Kaplan Trade, works for the firm based
in the MidWest and has also closed major deals with leading publishers. For more info, our
company website is www.LiteraryServicesInc.com
What topics are you NOT interested in?
Fiction; children's books; 'chic' lit; memoirs.
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March Tenth, Inc.
Sandra Choron worked as an editor at Hawthorn Books for eight years and then Dell Publishing
for two years, where she was senior editor of trade paperbacks, before, in 1981, founding her
own literary agency/book packaging firm, March Tenth, Inc. Specializing in books on popular
culture and rock music eventually led to a position as art director for Bruce Springsteen. Sandra
Choron has served as a member of the board of directors of the American Book Producers
Association and is the author of a number of books, including Rocktopicon, co-authored with
Dave Marsh in 1984; National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982); Elvis: The Last Word (1991);
The Book of Lists for Kids (1985; 1995; 2002); The Book of Lists for Teens (2002); College in a
Can (2004); Planet Dog (2006), Planet Cat (2007), Planet Wedding (2009); and The Moneyphile
(2010). She is a founding editor of the music and politics monthly newsletter Rock & Rap
Confidential, which is now in its twenty-third year. She has taught book publishing on a college
level at Lehman College.
As art director for Bruce Springsteen from 1984 until 2003, Sandra Choron has moved easily
between the complementary worlds of book publishing and music, a connection that led to the
production of illustrated, production-intensive books about Bruce Springsteen, Prince, the
Rolling Stones, Garth Brooks, the Doors, and The Grateful Dead. Springsteen projects include
the design and art direction of all album covers, tour books, merchandise, and the illustrated
lyrics collection, Songs, which Avon published in 1998. She has also worked closely with Mark
Knopfler, Sting, and Shania Twain on record packages.
March Tenth, Inc. was founded by Sandra Choron in 1981 and since then has been involved in
various areas of book publishing, primarily as a literary agency and book production company.
As a literary agency, March Tenth represents some forty authors, mostly in the areas of music
and popular culture, including such notable writers as music critic Dave Marsh, film director
John Waters, best-selling self-help author David Niven, and Batman film producer Michael
Uslan. Other significant projects include a volume of the unpublished works of Woody Guthrie
as well as a book about the art of Woody Guthrie, edited by Nora Guthrie; a twelve-volume oral
history of rock music edited by Dave Marsh; and five Disney young adult novels by awardwinning writer Ben Mikaelsen.
March Tenth has packaged over 200 books, including all of the books published by Rawson
Associates (a division of Macmillan) and the first two lists for Amistad Press. The latter
includes the highly touted sports encyclopedia A Hard Road To Glory (3 vols.), by Arthur Ashe,
Jr., and the 6-volume Amistad Literary Series, which consists of the first-ever collections of such
notable writers as Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Langston Hughes. In addition, March
Tenth has packaged books for every major American book publisher including Simon &
Schuster, Random House, McGraw-Hill, Dell, Rodale, The Sierra Club, and Disney.
Representative Titles: The Boy Who Loved Batman, by Michael Uslan (Chronicle
2011)
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Wildlife Heroes, by Julie Scardina and Jeff Flocken (Running Press, 2012)
Dante’s Inferno (Graphic novel), by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury, 2010)
My Name Is New York: Woody Guthrie’s New York, by Nora Guthrie
(PowerHouse, 2012)
100 Simple Secrets Of Happy People, by David Niven (6 editions, Harper San
Francisco)
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes, by David Acord (Perigee, 2011)
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Pop culture, music, social history, New Age
subjects, light reference, biography, off-beat non-fiction, humor.
Subject/categories agent does not work with: Science, history, religion, fiction.
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Midpoint Trade
Eric Kampmann is interested in speaking to people who might be considering some form of self
publishing. He is not an agent but would be happy to advise authors on various options open to
them.
Kampmann is President of Midpoint Trade Books, one of the leading sales and distribution
companies for book publishers. Midpoint celebrated its 12th anniversary in February and has
continued to build on its reputation as a powerful sales, marketing and distribution choice in
today’s competitive business environment.
He is also the President and owner of Beaufort Books which came to prominence in September
of 2007 by successfully publishing the controversial national bestseller, If I Did It, OJ Simpson’s
autobiographical account of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron
Goldman.
Eric has always been known as an entrepreneur and innovator. He is proud of the fact that
Midpoint has become known as a company that lives by the highest standards in the industry.
Midpoint continues to excel on a daily basis and strives to achieve the very best sales results for
its clients.
Eric is the author of three books: The Book Publishers Handbook: The 7 Keys to Publishing
Success (2007), Tree of Life (2003) and Trail Thoughts (2008).
Eric has also taught courses on book publishing at Harvard, Columbia, NYU and Hofstra.
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PMA Literary & Film Mgt., Inc.
Peter Miller, President of PMA Literary & Film Mgt., Inc, represents cutting-edge nonfiction and
fiction with global marketing and motion picture/television production potential. PMA has
managed 17 New York Times bestsellers and many international bestsellers. We are uniquely
positioned as a boutique global literary and film management company.
What topics are you NOT interested in?
Not interested in poetry, pornography, or hobby writers. We focus on long-term relationships
with professional, prolific authors.
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Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises, Inc.
Regina Ryan started as an editor with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and then moved to Macmillan Adult
Books as editor-in-chief. She founded Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises, Inc. in 1977 as a
book packaging and literary agency; now it is a literary agency only. She's looking for books
that can change things for the better and/or open our eyes to something new and exciting. Areas
of special interest include true adventure, memoir, and well-written narrative nonfiction; also
architecture, history, natural history, politics, science, the environment, women's issues,
parenting, cooking, psychology, health, wellness, diet, fitness, lifestyle, home improvement and
design, business, popular reference, leisure activities including sports, travel, and gardening.
Representative Titles: Gilded Mansions: The Stately Homes of America's First Millionaire
Society, Wayne Craven, W.W. Norton; Chronicle: The 750-Year History of an Eastern
European Jewish Family, Michael Karpin, John Wiley; Return to the Middle Kingdom: One
Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China, Yuan-tsung Chen, Union
Square Press; Rain Before Rainbows: How Successful People Failed at First in Their Chosen
Fields, Darcy Andries, Sellers Publishing; The Legacy: The Rockefellers and Their
Museums, Suzanne Loebl, Smithsonian Press; Escaping Toxic Guilt: Five Proven Setps to
Free Yourself from Guilt for Good, Susan Carrell, McGraw-Hill; Mortality Bites: Living with
Cancer in Your 20s and 30s, Kairol Rosenthal, John Wiley; Great Smoky National Park and
Acadia National Park: FalconGuide Primers, Randi Minetor, Globe Pequot Press; 151 Quick
Ideas for Great Advertising on a Shoestring, Jean Joachim, Career Press; The Serotonin
Power Diet: A Scientifically Proven Weight Loss Program That Uses Your Brain's Ability to
Stop Your Overeating by Judith Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Marquis, MD, Rodale; The Bomb
in the Basement: How Israel Got Its Nuclear Option and What It Means for the World,
Michael Karpin, Simon & Schuster; Anatomy of a Suicidal Mind by Edwin Shneidman with
an introduction by Judy Collins, Oxford University Press; Escape from Saigon, Andrea
Warren; a Melanie Kroupa Book, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; What Babies Say Before They
Can Talk, Paul Holinger, MD, with Kalia Doner, Fireside Books. The Altruist, Walter Keady,
MacAdam/Cage; American Art: History and Culture, Wayne Craven, McGraw-Hill; Beyond
the Bake Sale: The Ultimate School Fund Raising Book, Jean Joachim, St. Martin's Press;
Lost in the Mirror: Borderline Personality Disorder, Richard Moskovitz, MD, Taylor
Publishing; Surviving Hitler: A Teenager in the Nazi Death Camps, Andrea Warren,
HarperCollins Junior Books; The Garden Primer, Barbara Damrosch, Workman Publishing;
Thomas Eakins by William Innes Homer, Abbeville Press; Organize Your Office! Ronni
Eisenberg and Kate Kelly, Hyperion; Pickups: Classic American Trucks by Harry Moses,
photographs by William Bennett Seitz, Random House; Wildflowers in Your Garden, Viki
Ferreniea, Random House; Living in Style Without Losing Your Mind, Marco Pasanella,
Simon & Schuster; The Art of the Table: Table Settings, Table Manners, Table Ware by the
Baronness Suzanne von Drachenfels, Simon & Schuster; The Last Childhood: A Family's
Memories of Alzheimer's, Carrie Knowles, Three Rivers Press.
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Books that can change things for the better and/or
open our eyes to something new and exciting. Areas of special interest include true adventure,
memoir, and well-written narrative nonfiction; also architecture, history, natural history (esp.
birds and wildflowers), politics, science, the environment, women's issues, parenting, cooking,
psychology, health, wellness, diet, fitness, lifestyle, home improvement and design, business,
popular reference, leisure activities including sports, travel, gardening.
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Subject/categories agent does not work with: No fiction or children's literature (other than those
by clients I already represent), no poetry, movie scripts, or celebrity tell-alls, or anything that
involves vampires and/or demons or conspiracy theories.
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Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency
Rita Rosenkranz was an editor at various major New York publishing houses before becoming
an agent in 1990. She focuses on adult nonfiction, stresses strong editorial development and
refinement before submitting to publishers, and brainstorms ideas with authors. She looks for
familiar subjects presented freshly and lesser-known topics presently commercially. She is
actively seeking authors who are well paired with their subject, either for professional or
personal reasons. She has resold to traditional publishers more than a dozen self-published
books.
Representative Titles: Executive Presence: The Art of Commanding Respect Like a CEO by
Harrison Monarth; Poised for Success: Mastering the Four Qualities that Distinguish
Outstanding Professionals by Jacqueline Whitmore; Get Known Before the Book Deal: Use
Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform by Christina Katz (Writer's Digest
Books); 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker (DaCapo
Press); See Me After Class: Experienced Teachers Share the Lessons They Learned the
Hard Way (Kaplan); Twenty Strengths Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed by Sherrie
Eldridge (Bantam Dell); Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs by Askhari Johnson Hodari and
Yvonne McCalla Sobers (Broadway Books); Encyclopedia of Jewish Food by Gil Marks
(Wiley)
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Animals; anthropology/archaeology;
art/architecture/design; biography/autobiography; business/economics; child guidance/parenting;
computers/electronic; cooking/foods/nutrition; crafts/hobbies; current affairs; ethnic/cultural
interests; gay/lesbian issues; government/politics/law; health/medicine; history; how-to;
humor/satire; interior design/decorating; language/literature/criticism; military/war;
money/finance; music/dance; nature/environment; New Age/metaphysics; photography; popular
culture; psychology; religious/inspirational; science/technology; self-help/personal improvement;
sports; theater/film; women's issues/studies. ***This agency focuses on adult nonfiction, stresses
strong editorial development and refinement before submitting to publishers, and brainstorms
ideas with authors. Actively seeking authors who are well paired with their subject, either for
professional or personal reasons.
Subject/categories agent does not work with: Fiction, children's books, screenplays and poetry.
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Ross Yoon Agency
Anna Sproul-Latimer is a literary agent who has worked for the DC-based Ross Yoon Agency
since 2005. She is currently building her client list, looking for smart, funny, original voices in
nonfiction - especially if those voices have already attracted a sizeable fan base. The manager of
the Ross Yoon foreign rights list, she is particularly interested in books that appeal to a global
audience.
Together with agency partners Gail Ross and Howard Yoon, Anna produces and edits book
proposals; coordinates sales to New York publishers; reviews prospective clients’ manuscripts;
helps authors promote authors’ books online; and organizes social events for the client
community. She has a BA from Columbia and a master’s degree from Oxford, both
in twentieth-century English literature. Anna is also a freelance editor and ghostwriter. In her
spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and dog, going to rock concerts, and
visiting America’s weirdest roadside attractions.
Representative Titles: I’m really just starting to represent domestic deals in my own name, so if
you’re looking for representative titles that have already been published, that’s a little tricky. As
a freelance editor and ghostwriter, I contributed significantly (original writing + heavy
manuscript editing) to the following Ross Yoon Agency titles for which Gail and/or Howard
served as the official literary agent:
The Secret Lives of Wives by Iris Krasnow, recently optioned for Lifetime television pilot
starring Salli Richardson.
Bitch Is The New Black by Helena Andrews, optioned for film by “Grey’s Anatomy” producer
Shonda Rhimes.
Speech-Less: Tales Of A White House Survivor, a New York Times bestseller by
Matt Latimer.
Life After Murder: Five Men In Search Of Redemption, by Murrow-award winning author
Nancy Mullane.
How To Disappear, an Amazon #1-bestselling book in its category, by Frank Ahearn and Eileen
Horan.
As an agent in my own right, I’m currently selling a Sloane Crosleyeseque memoir by a Los
Angeles-area mortician (Caitlin Doughty, creator of the “Ask a Mortician” web series). The
other projects I have underway are similar in tone: offbeat, funny, and of interest to curious,
smart, web-literate readers (mostly Gens X and Y).
As an agency, Ross Yoon sells groundbreaking nonfiction of all kinds. Clients include NIH
director Francis Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God;
Kai Bird, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus; Tina
Rosenberg, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award; Martha Raddatz,
ABC News reporter and moderator of the upcoming vice presidential debate; and a huge number
of reporters from the Washington Post, NPR, Politico, the New York Times, and similar.
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Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Similar to what I said above: most of what I
pursue is nonfiction in the vein of Sloane Crosley, Bill Bryson, and Mary Roach. I love authors
who are curious. I love authors who are funny. I love learning about new places, hidden histories,
and cool science - anything that makes me see the world with new, more excited eyes. Since I am
a young agent, my expertise and New York editor contacts skew young as well; I represent a lot
of projects aimed at a 20-30something audience. But my interests are by no means limited to that
demo. I’ll consider projects for audiences of any age, background, religion, or political
persuasion—as long as they satisfy the following requirements: 1. They’re nonfiction; 2. They’re
aimed at an adult audience; and 3. They’re written by the best, most qualified writer for the topic.
Subject/categories agent does not enjoy working with: Fiction of any kind, YA, children’s,
poetry. Religious books meant for practitioners rather than a general audience (e.g. devotionals).
Books written by academics for academics.
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Serendipity Literary Agency
Dawn Michelle Hardy is an associate agent at Serendipity Literary Agency with 10 years
experience in book publishing. Prior to becoming an agent she started Dream Relations, PR
& Literary Consulting Agency where she is an award-winning publicist creating book publicity
campaigns and consulting self-published authors on trends and changes in the publishing
marketplace. She landed in the industry by overseeing the day-to-day operations for the
independent press for New York Times Bestselling Author Teri Woods.
Representative Titles: Nicki Minaj: Hip-Pop Moments for Life; (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on
Race; Forgotten Burial: A Restless Spirit’s Plea for Justice
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Non-fiction: pop-culture, music, sports, memoirs,
dating and relationship, leadership, career, non-denominational self-help, Fiction: women’s
fiction
Subject/categories agent does not work with: Science, politics, historical fiction
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The Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency
Jeff Ourvan, an attorney, published author, writing instructor and former editor, is a literary
agent with the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. His interests are varied: he represents nonfiction
works, especially histories, biographies, international current events, pop culture, science and
sports. He also represents fiction works, particularly in the YA and thriller markets. Jeff’s next
published work, Finding Buddha in America, will be distributed by Norton in Spring 2013.
Representative Titles: Rami Ollaik, The Bees Road (2012, Editions Anne Carriere), Elke
Gazzara, No Better Friend (Lyons, 2013), Christina Farley, Gilded (Amazon, 2013)
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: : nonfiction works, especially histories,
biographies, international current events, pop culture, science and sports. He also represents
fiction works, particularly in the YA and thriller markets.
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The Seymour Agency
Mary Sue Seymour started the Seymour Agency in 1992. The Seymour Agency strives to offer
aspiring and established authors the representation they need to thrive in the publishing world.
From foreign rights to film rights and everything in between, they provide emotional,
professional, promotional, and editorial counsel to each of our authors.
Representative Titles: The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook, which was a New York Times
Best Seller; Angels In The Fire, which was purchased recently by Bethany House; Survival
Guide For People Of Faith and also Confessions Of A Wonder Woman, which are 2 other titles
I’ve recently sold.
Subject/categories agent enjoys working with: Nonfiction, Christian books of any type,
especially historical Christian romance, category romance, and any type of secular romance
Subject/categories agent does not work with: Fantasy romance, sci-fi romance, erotica, short
stories, poetry, general novels.
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