I acquire both fiction and non-fiction. I’m specifically looking for page-turning and plot-driven literary fiction, commercial fiction, upmarket fiction, mature Young Adult, New Adult that is not formulaic, memoir, graphic novels, narrative non-fiction, and commercial non-fiction (in the areas of current affairs, medicine, entrepreneurship, history, pop-culture, psychology, and social justice). I love stories that are … Continue reading
Category Archives: Psychology
Lydia Shamah, Carol Mann Agency
In fiction I’m open to Adult, YA and MG. I’m looking for edgy and enchanting page-turners written with a light hand. I always enjoy complex female characters, and have a thing for unreliable narrators. I love fiction that explores social issues or is inspired by the headlines, like ROOM by Emma Donahue and THE HATE … Continue reading
Hannah Elnan, Sasquatch Books
I acquire nonfiction titles for our adult list with a Northwest regional focus yet national appeal. The tagline for what we do at Sasquatch is “cool stuff from here” and “here” extends from the Pacific Northwest into Alaska. I’m focusing on practical nonfiction in the categories of home, garden, craft, DIY, style, love and relationships, … Continue reading
Jaime Coyne, St. Martin’s Press
I am interested in acquiring literary fiction, contemporary commercial fiction, women’s fiction, and young adult. In general I tend to be drawn to character-driven narratives, family sagas, and other stories that focus on the relationships between people. On the nonfiction side, I’m interested in a range of narrative nonfiction including memoir, biography, humor, and investigative … Continue reading
Jennifer Johnson-Blalock, Liza Dawson Associates
I’m looking for nonfiction (narrative, prescriptive, and memoir) in almost all areas, especially current events, social sciences, women’s issues, law, business, history, the arts and pop culture, lifestyle, sports, and food, including cookbooks and health/wellness. I love nonfiction that uses a unique, specific story to cast light on and explore a larger issue. More specifically, … Continue reading
Maria Ribas, Stonesong
I only represent nonfiction–no fiction, please! In general, I focus on cookbooks, health & diet, home design, self-help, humor, pets, and other lifestyle categories. I love projects that offer a new solution or new perspective on something and that do it in a practical, approachable way. I also work with narrative titles in the categories … Continue reading
Jessica Sinsheimer, The Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
I’m officially open to all genres–I know how that sounds, and yes, I know, YIKES, I’ll be getting a lot of mail–but I’m particularly interested right now in the following: Whatever the age group, I tend to love contrast–highbrow sentences and lowbrow content, beautiful settings and ugly motives–the books that are beautiful and scary, heartbreaking … Continue reading
Annie Bomke, Annie Bomke Literary Agency
My absolute favorite genre is psychological thrillers/mysteries. I love character-rich literary fiction. I also love historical fiction and fiction set in foreign lands. If you combine all of those elements and send me a psychological, historical, literary mystery set in a foreign land, I’d be thrilled. I like books with multicultural and LGBT characters. I … Continue reading
Emmanuelle Morgen, Stonesong Literary Agency
General adult fiction, young adult fiction, women’s fiction and romance, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery. Also, memoir, any kind of narrative nonfiction, and select kinds of prescriptive nonfiction, particularly in the areas of science, psychology, sociology, and relationships. See all of Emmanuelle’s #MSWL tweets. Continue reading
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