Flash Reviews of Under-Appreciated Fiction

We will be looking at short excerpts of prose – in this case the opening paragraph of The Virgin Suicides by the brilliant Jeffrey Eugenides – to decipher how the motifs of great writing – life, love, loss, regret and the seemingly elusive quest for meaning, transcendence and redemption are communicated by the nuts and bolts applications of craft.

Every compelling writer has mastered craft to a degree where we, as readers, are almost unaware of how we are being drawn in – line by line – into the author’s story. Every couple of weeks we will look at prose by great modern and postmodern authors (like Roth, Atwood, DeLillo, Palhniuk & others), popular fiction and memoir (Eat, Love, Pray will be flash reviewed soon), as well as genre pieces (PossiblyTwilight and others) to understand what makes these authors’ craft so effective.

Because this is the first blog entry for WordSmiths and because beginnings are so very hard (I struggled with this one!), to honor this occasion, I’d like to take a look at a beginning.  But first, I want to give a word of general caution on beginnings – well more than a word – how about several.

First of all, it’s easy to obsess about beginnings, combing through those first sentences to get them just right long before you’ve written your manuscript. With those first words, you must raise questions for your reader, immerse them in the world you’ve created, and more than anything else, you want to get the momentum going so that the reader is led, much like the proverbial donkey and carrot, through the story.  It’s a tall order and you can spend months trying to get it just right before you’ve even written your story.  Lord knows I’ve done it and it can be a fabulous way to feel as if you are writing while you are in fact wasting time. Resist that urge. It will hold you back from the story that wants to be told.

The second mistake we often make is to begin in ways we find extremely clever, but which in fact do more to confuse the reader than to inspire them.  This would be your Finnegan’s Wake opening, where the reader enters with so many questions they can’t figure out where to turn their attention (In FW it would be, what is this word supposed to be?!).  This can be pulled off by people like Joyce, but as they say, proceed at your own peril.  The antithesis to this is we often begin in tried and true ways “the alarm clock rang and Tim saw, from his crusted over eyes, the cascades of jet black hair that did not belong to Tracy, his overly perky, overly peroxided, blonde wife.”  This is the alarm clock opening, and while it may work, it is a trope, so be wary of it.

My suggestion is to write a functional beginning, a sentence that begins ‘in the middle of the action” and then write your story/book, etc., and then rewrite the beginning to fit the actual fiction you produced.  Trust me, you will feel much more inspired to get that beginning just right when you know what comes after it.

That said, let’s look at how one author pulls off a successful beginning by analyzing one of the most underrated, vibrant, works of fiction written in the last twenty years – The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. This book tells the story of a group of sisters who commit suicide, but of course it is far more than that – an elegy to the loss of innocence, a testament to the power of suburban oppression, a meditation on the nature of longing, and more.  And this is all set up in the opening scene.

“On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide – it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese – the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope. They got out of the EMS truck, as usual moving much too slowly in our opinion, and the fat one said under his breath “This ain’t TV, folks, this is how fast we go.”  He was carrying the heavy respirator and the cardiac unit past the bushes that had grown monstrous and over the erupting lawn, tame and immaculate thirteen months earlier when the trouble began.”

The beauty of this opening, from a craft point of view, is that the first sentence clearly communicates that we are in the middle of the ‘action’ while also placing the reader at the start of a new set of actions.  The term “the last” Lisbon daughter and the phrase “took her turn at suicide” both imply that others have come before her.  The narrator/s tells us that the trouble (but what trouble?) began thirteen months earlier. We enter the story with questions.  How many Lisbon girls were there? Why did they all attempt to commit suicide? What happened thirteen months ago?  And how successful is Mary?  The others?  We are awash with questions – however we are not adrift in the world.

This is an important craft point to emphasize. Unless you’re Becket dabbling in his later fictions, you don’t want to lose the reader. So how do you raise questions and not lose the reader?  Eugenides uses solid, descriptive language to anchor us in place.  We have a “knife drawer” rather than the much more nebulous “knives”, a “gas oven”, a “beam” in the basement and a “fat” paramedic who “as usual” moved too slowly. And then we have the bushes, “monstrous and erupting.”  The physical world grounds the reader in an actual physical space, each object defined in most cases by one very clear adjective (not two or three, but one).

The author also gives us a specific time frame for the start of the action – thirteen months prior.  This grounding lets the questions about the nature of the action in the story sit and waits because the reader is already titillated and now is satisfied (partially) with the visual world unfolding before him or her. In short, the reader is given two different starts – one a set of questions about the suicides, and two– the suburban world of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.  And this is what reading is – an act of seeking information so we can assemble a coherent meaning as well as an act of watching a world we’ve seen but never truly seen rise before us.

Also notice how Eugenides refuses to hide the major action of the story – the suicides. He opens with them, thereby transferring the mystery (i.e. what’s happening) from that physical act to questions about why?  Who is telling us this?  What are the results of the suicideattempts?  And why all these sisters?  The bigger issues hover out there while the physical setting and action of the story comes to the fore.  This is one technique, but a very important one, for keeping the reader engaged. Put your reader in a place, don’t withhold information just to withhold it. When you withhold, do so with the larger questions of why, who did it, what’s the purpose, etc.  It’s a lot to handle, but you can do it, especially if you know your story.

 Joseph Chinnock

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http://josephchinnock.wordpress.com

Legally Ted Published in the Gettysburg Review and Available for Purchase

The latest edition of the Gettysburg Review features my short story Legally Ted and is available to be purchased at their website.  Click here to check it out!

Funny- The Art of Short Story Writing

Great Literary Websites

1. Single-Servings

• Awesome People Reading: Where to see what famous people read.
• Cover Spy: Where to see what MTA passengers read.
• Lisa Simpson Book Club: Where to see what Lisa Simpson reads.
• Bookshelf Porn: The SFW (despite its title) spot to ogle bookshelves.
• Slaughterhouse 90210: The middle of the television/literature Venn diagram.
• The Art of Google Books: Who’s scanning those books? Whose hand is that?
• The Final Sentence: An effort to spoil every book’s ending.
• Better Book Titles: Where spoilers and humor coexist.
• n+personals: As Malcolm Harris put it, the apex of The New Sincerity.
• Ransom Book Quotes: Title supposedly wasn’t meant to be “random.” Sure.
• Writers No One Reads: Neglected authors and philosophers.
• (un)justly (un)read: Same as above, but perhaps even more obscure.
• 50 Watts: Book design from around the world and across the ages.
• The Books They Gave Me: The intimate details of books gifted by exes.
• The Collected Blurbs of Gary Shteyngart: The man gets around, doesn’t he?
• Poor Yorick Entertainment: Now-defunct, but a must-see for all fantods.
• Lady Journos!: Highlights the best female journalists and their work.

2.     Reviewers

• The Los Angeles Review of Books: Rapidly increasing L.A.’s literary cachet.
• The New Inquiry: The Times can look down its nose all it wants. Who cares?
• The Boston Review: Loose updates from the Boston non-profit.

3.     Booksellers/Libraries/Foundations

• Housing Works Bookstore Café: Dispatches from a great cause.
• New York Public Library: The epicenter of literary Manhattan. (& its events)
• McNally Jackson: One of New York City’s favorite bookshops.
• WORD Brooklyn: One of New York City’s favorite bookshops across the river.
• 57th Street Books: One of Chicago’s favorite bookshops.
• Tattered Cover: One of Denver’s favorite bookshops.
• Powell’s: One of Portland’s favorite bookshops.
• PEN American Center: Great quotations from the PEN folks.
• 92nd Street Y: One of New York’s best curators of cultural entertainment.
• Books and Books*: Originally on the Wish List below, they’ve since come around. Welcome aboard!

4.     Marginalia

• Proustitute: A highbrow, poetry-heavy mental treat.
• Dostoesvky: All things Fyodor.
• Russkaya Literatura: All things Fyodor, Lev, Anton, Mikhail, etc…
• F*ck Yeah Manuscripts: Like LettersOfNote, but exclusively authors.
• John Jeremiah Sullivan: Dispatches from the essayist’s book tour.

5.     Publishers (Big Six) — Bear in mind: most of these lean pretty heavily
towards being just marketing tools.

• A. A. Knopf: The intersection of books and borzoi.
• Harper Perennial: The most exciting Big Six imprint in the game right now.
• Farrar, Straus & Giroux: Welcome aboard, newcomers! Way to get off on the right foot.
• Scribner: Bookish miscellany from the Simon & Schuster imprint.
• Doubleday: One of the more stereotypically Tumblr-like publishing Tumblrs.
• Vintage & Anchor: Great stuff from Random House’s paperback wizards.
• Pantheon Books: Image-heavy in a great way.
• Classic Penguin: It’s about time the Penguin folks joined the Tumblr crowd.
• Viking Penguin: Updates from the Viking & Penguin publicity team.
• Riverhead Books: Penguin’s got the most imprints on Tumblr, bar-none.

6.     Publishers (Littler Guys)

• W. W. Norton & Co.: Plus ten points for their GZA post.
• NYRB Classics: The inimitable publisher of overlooked classics.
• Fantagraphics: The premier publishers of alternative comics in the U.S.
• New Directions: Come back, guys! You were great while you lasted.
• OR Books: Small, politically-minded indie publisher.
• Ugly Duckling Presse: Photos from one of the best book designers in the U.S.
• Bloomsbury Publishing: The U.S. office of London’s reputable house.
• Verso Books: Very #OWS-heavy of late.
• Nouvella Books: The most Downton Abbey-obsessed publishers around.

7.     Magazines

• Longreads: Looking for something to read? Not anymore.
• Hobart Pulp: They came here to drink bourbon and publish stories.
• BOMB Magazine: The best of the BOMBsite.
• The Missouri Review: Multimedia posts from the underrated journal.
• Lapham’s Quarterly: Witty and smart, and with a great design to boot.
• The Atlantic: A steady stream of interesting links.
• Utne Reader: Good stuff from the Minneapolis (and soon Topeka) institution.
• The Believer: Special features from the monthly magazine.
• Specter: Not to be confused with the James Bond villains.
• The Atavist: More people should know about these folks!
• Poetry*: Originally on the Wishlist, they’ve since joined the fun. Happy 100th birthday!

Joseph Chinnock Short Fiction Officially Published!

We wanted to make you aware of two short stories that explore the dark side of love, revenge and redemption, both by Joseph Chinnock.

Legally Ted is the story of a parole who is just barely able to keep his cool until he meets Ted in a Group and has to contend with guilt, despair,  regret, rage, Clock-work Orange-like treatment systems, retro-reunion revival bands, the profound differences between Styx and Journey and his own diminishing hopes for redemption.

Published in the spring 2013 issue of The Gettysburg Review

Grinding Machines is the story of a desperate man offered a chance at freedom through the retelling, by a cagy Gurkha, of the conversion of the great Tibetan saint Milarepa though in a decidedly modern way. The protagonist must choose his path as they discuss scorpions, the Pinkertons, black magic, revenge, sexual politics, pension plans, the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and the recursive nature of revenge over cheap whiskey and Bollywood movies.

An online version is available at http://thedirtynapkin.com/issue/054/03/

Joseph Chinnock is the director of A Writers’ Collective, a consortium of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates. Grinding Machines is an excerpt from his most recent book, The Alchemy of Nourishment, the story of a post-Catholic, B minus Buddhist who joins a cooking class in the new-age Mecca of Boulder. The class is put on by a charismatic Wise-Woman with a dark past, and her precocious teenage daughter, resulting in a love triangle that explores the very limits of hunger, food, love, betrayal, madness, revenge, Clock–Work Orange-like programs, organized resistance to such programs and ultimately—redemption. His next project is about a Hindu Sherlock Holmes, a Brahmin postal worker in the British Raj who uses Hindu logic to solve crimes. In his free time Joseph writes, reads, broods, drinks way too much coffee and listens to New Order. 

www.josephchinnock.wordpress.com

www.awriterscollective.wordpress.com

"Grinding Machines" Published in The Dirty Napkin

Click his link for The Dirty Napkin publication of Grinding Machines, a post-modern retelling of the life of the Tibetan Saint Milarepa, secret spots in Rocky Mountain National Park, The Falklands War, the difference between British and Nepali pensions, the persuasiveness of Gurkhas, the nature of scorpions, the ethics of murder for hire, and the oftentimes tricky path to dissolution and even trickier path to redemption.

http://thedirtynapkin.com/

Press Release for Grinding Machines by Joseph Chinnock

Joseph Chinnock has had two short stories published in respected publications and is awaiting the publication of his first novel The Alchemy of Nourishment.

The first story, Grinding Machines, to be published in The Dirty Napkin (www.thedirtynapkin.com), Grinding Machines is a dark, noir story of two men discussing murder at a kid's birthday party complete with a re-telling of the life the Tibetan saint Milarepa, and the life of a Gurka with too small of a pension to support his family. Dark, multi-layered, and illuminating, Grinding Machines is sure to please if you like noir. 

The Dirty Napkin is an online literary journal that was created in August 2007 that seeks seeks to publish the best Poetry, Fiction, and Letters each year.

Joseph Chinnock is a freelance writer, writing coach, and world traveler.  He has had an eclectic career as an entrepreneur, including a three-year stint in Kathmandu working with traditional healers to bring Tibetan Medicine to the United States. The last three years he has been the director of Wordsmiths, a consortium of Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates who collaborate to mentor aspiring writers.

Press Release for Legally Ted by Joseph Chinnock

Joseph Chinnock has had two short stories published in respected publications  (Grinding Machines in The Dirty Napkin and Legally Ted in The Gettysburg Review) and is awaiting the publication of his first novel.

One piece of Joseph Chinnock’s short fiction to be published in 2012 is Legally Ted, the dark, funny and multilayered story of a parolee, Ted, who is trapped in a Clock-Work Orange-like system while trying to keep his sanity, his sexuality, and his retro-reunion band, Styxian Revival, going through it all. 

Legally Ted is being published in The Gettysburg Review. The Gettysburg Review, published by Gettysburg College, is recognized as one of the country’s premier literary journals. Since its debut in 1988, work by such luminaries as E. L. Doctorow, Rita Dove, James Tate, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Wilbur, and Donald Hall has appeared alongside that of emerging artists such as Christopher Coake, Holly Goddard Jones, Kyle Minor, Ginger Strand, and Charles Yu, whose short-story collection, Third-Class Superhero, was selected recently by Richard Powers as one of the National Book Foundation’s “Five Under 35.”

More than one-hundred short stories, poems, and essays first published in The Gettysburg Review have been reprinted in the various prize anthologies—The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, The Best American Poetry, Essays, Mystery Stories, and Short Stories, New Stories from the South, as well as Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards—or have reappeared in such esteemed publications as Harper’s. In addition, The Gettysburg Review’s editing, elegant design, and stunning graphics have earned numerous prizes, including a Best New Journal award and four Best Journal Design awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, and a PEN/Nora Magid Award for Excellence in Editing.

The editors of The Gettysburg Review express their deep commitment to the arts and humanities by seeking out and publishing the very best contemporary poetry, fiction, essays, essay-reviews, and art in issues as physically beautiful as they are intellectually and emotionally stimulating. Joseph Chinnock is very proud to be included in this esteemed publication, which is highly selective, publishing only two percent of manuscripts submitted annually.

Joseph Chinnock is a freelance writer, writing coach, and world traveler.  He has had an eclectic career as an entrepreneur, including a three-year stint in Kathmandu working with traditional healers to bring Tibetan Medicine to the United States. The last three years he has been the director of Wordsmiths, a consortium of Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates who collaborate to mentor aspiring writers.

Top 10 Literary Agents for Horror Novels

Top 10 Literary Agents for Horror Novels

1. Daniel Bial, Literary Agent
Daniel Bial Agency
Address: 41 W. 53rd Street, Suite 5C, New York, NY 10024
Email: dbialagency@msn.com

2. Laura Rennert, Senior Agent
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Address: 1076 Eagle Drive, Salinas CA 93905
Email: Check website at www.andreabrownlit.com

3. Bob Diforio, Literary Agent
D4EO Literary Agency
Address: 7 Indian Valley Road, Weston, CT 06883
Email: d4eo@optonline.com

4. Jennifer Dechiara, Literary Agent
The Jennifer Dechiara Literary Agency
Address: 254 Park Avenue South, Suite 2L, New York, NY 10010
Email: jenndec@aol.com

5. Brian DeFiore, Literary Agent
DeFiore and Company
Address: 72 Spring Street, Suite 304, New York, NY 10012
Email: Does not accept e-mail queries

6. David Hale Smith, Literary Agent
DHS Literary Agency
Address: 10711 Preston Road, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75230
Email: Does not accept e-mail queries

7. Michael D. Farris, Literary Agent
Farris Literary Agency Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 570069, Dallas, Texas 75357
Email: agent@farrisliterary.com

8. Anne Hawkins, Literary Agent
John Hawkins & Associates Inc.
Address: 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10019
Email: ahawkins@jhalit.com

9. Natasha Kern, Literary Agent
Natasha Kern Literary Agency
Address: P.O. Box 2908, Portland, Oregon 97208-2908


10. Irene Kraas, Literary Agent
Kraas Literary Agency

Top 10 Literary Agents for Self-Help Books

Top 10 Literary Agents for Self-Help Books

1. Michelle Wolfson, Literary Agent
Artists and Artisans Literary Agency
Address: 104 West 29th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Email: michelle@artistsandartisans.com

2. Lawrence Hoffman, Literary Agent
Authors' Marketing Services Ltd.
Address: Box 84668, 2366 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M65-4Z7
Email: authorslhoffman@cs.com

3. Meredith Bernstein, Literary Agent
Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency
Address: 2095 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10023
Email: Does not accept queris via e-mail

4. Jessica Faust, Literary Agent
Bookends LLC Literary Agency
Address: 136 Long Hill Road, Gillette, New Jersey 07933
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

5. Nancy Crossman, Literary Agent
Crossman Literary Agency
Address: 65 East Scott Street, Suite 12E, Chicago, IL 60610
Email: crossmanla@aol.com

6. Joelle Delbourgo, Literary Agent
Joelle Delbourgo Associates Inc. Literary Agency
Address: 516 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 5, Montclair, NJ 07042
Email: info@delbourgo.com

7. Michael Ebeling, Literary Agent
Ebeling and Associates Literary Agency
Email: ebothat@yahoo.com

8. Kate Epstein, Literary Agent
The Epstein Literary Agency
Address: P.O. Box 356, Avon, MA 02322
Email: kate@epsteinliterary.com

9. Michael D. Farris, Literary Agent
Farris Literary Agency Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 570069, Dallas, Texas 75357
Email: agent@farrisliterary.com

10.Erin Cartwright Niumara, Literary Agent
Folio Literary Management LLC Literary Agency
Address: 505 8th Avenue, Suite 603, New York, NY 10018
Email: ecartwright@foliolit.com

Top 10 Literary Agents for Fantasy Novels

Top 10 Literary Agencies for Fantasy Novels


1. Catt LeBaigue, Literary Agent
Heacock Literary Agency Inc./West Coast Office
Address: 11740 Big Tujunga Canyon Road, Tujunga, CA 91042
Email: catt@heacockliteraryagency.com

2. Noah Lukeman, Literary Agent
Lukeman Literary Management Ltd.
Address: 101 N. Seventh Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Email: queries@lukeman.com

3. Sidney B. Kramer, Literary Agent
Mews Books Ltd.
Address: 20 Bluewater Hill, Westport, CT 06880
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

4. Randi Murray, Literary Agent
Randi Murray Literary Agency Inc.
Address: 1325 Howard Avenue, Suite 619, Burlingame, CA 94010
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

5. Susan Ann Protter, Literary Agent
Susan Ann Protter Literary Agency
Address: 110 West 40th Street, Suite 1408, New York, NY 10010
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

6. Lynn Seligman, Literary Agent
Lynn Seligman Literary Agency
Address: 400 Highland Avenue, Upper Montclair NJ 07043
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

7. Lucienne Diver, Literary Agent
Spectrum Literary Agency
Address: 300 Central Park West, No. 1-D, New York, NY 10025
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

8. Daniel Lazar, Literary Agent
Writers House Literary Agency
Address: 21 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10010
Email: Does not accept queries via e-mail

9. Michelle Wolfson, Literary Agent
Artists and Artisans Inc.
Address: 104 West 29th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Email: michelle@artistsandartisans.com

10. Michele Glance Rooney, Literary Agent
Michele Glance Rooney Literary Agency
P.O. Box 2533, Birmingham, MI 48012
Email: michelroon@aol.com

Posted by Literary Agent News at 10:48 AM 

Labels: fantasy novels top literary agents LeBaigue Lukeman

My Good Reads List

Check out the link for my Good Reads list, what I like, and scathing reviews of books I don't!

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4387228-joseph-chinnock

Check out the Article "God, Mary Karr and Ronald Reagan: D.T. Max on David Foster Wallace"

By JOHN WILLIAMS

Less than six months after David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46, D. T. Max published a long article in The New Yorker about Wallace, his depression and his attempts to write a new novel. That essay  spurred Mr. Max’s new book, “Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story,” the first biography of Wallace. Michiko Kakutani called it a “revealing” book that “gives us a sympathetic appraisal of Wallace’s life and work, tracing the connections between the two, while mapping the wellsprings of his philosophical vision.” In a recent e-mail interview, Mr. Max discussed Wallace’s literary influences, his sometimes tumultuous relationships with women, the role of God in his life and more. Below are edited excerpts from the conversation:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/god-mary-karr-and-ronald-reagan-d-t-max-on-david-foster-wallace/

Master List of Agents and Agencies Interested in Literary Fiction/Memoir

In my search for an agent for my novel, which is part memoir, part literary fiction, these are all the agents and agencies who I found to be potentially interested in my work.  This could help you if you are also looking for an agent for a piece of fiction which is based off your life experiences.

1.       2M Communications Ltd – Madeline Morel

2.       3 Seas Literary Agency – Cori Deyoe

3.       A & B Works – Amy Jameson

4.       Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency – Lisa Erbach Vance, Lucy Childs

5.       Abrams Artists Agency – Maura Teitelbaum

6.       Adams Literary – Josh Adams

7.       Agency Group  - Marc Gerald

8.       Ahearn Agency – Pamela Ahearn

9.       Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd – Anna Stein

10.   Alicka Pitek Lterary Agency – Alika Pistek

11.   Albert LaFarge Literary Agency – Albery LaFarge

12.   Albert T. Longden Agency  - Albert Longden

13.   Alive Communications – Beth Jusino

14.   Allen O’Shea Literary Agency – Colleen O’Shea

15.   Amy Rennert Agency – Amy Rennert, Robyn Russell

16.   AMB Literary Management – Amy Moore-Benson

17.   A M Heath and Co – Euan Thorneycroft

18.   Anderson Literary Management– Kathleen Anderson, Casey Coughlin

19.   Anderson Literary Agency, Inc – Giles Anderson

20.   Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Laura Rennert

21.   Andrea Hurst & Associates – Gordon Warnock

22.   Andrew Lownie Literary Agency – Andrew Lownie

23.   Andy Ross Agency – Andy Ross

24.   Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency – Angela Rinaldi

25.   Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency – Ann Rittenberg, Penn Whaling

26.   Ann Tobias Literary Agency – Ann Tobias

27.   Anne Edelstein Literary – Anne Edelstein

28.   Anne McDermid & Associates – Anne McDermid, Monica Pacheco

29.   Antony Harwood, LTD – James MacDonald Lockhart

30.   AP Watt, LTD – Homa Rastegar

31.   April Eberhardt Agency – April Eberhardt

32.   Aragi, Inc.- Nicole Aragi

33.   Arcadia Literary Agency – Victoria Pryor

34.   Artists and Artisans, Inc – Adam Chromy

35.   August Agency – Jeffrey McGraw, Cricket Pechstein

36.   Authentic Creations – Mary Lee Laitsch

37.   Author’s Marketing Services – Lawrence Hoffman

38.   Avenue A Literary LLC – Jennifer Cayea

39.   Axelrod Agency – Steve Axelrod

40.   Ayesha Pande Literary – Ayesha Pande

41.   Barer Literary, LLC- Julie Barer

42.   Barbara Bova Literary Agency – Michael Burke

43.   Barbara Braun Associates – Barbara Braun

44.   Barbara Hogenson Agency – Barbara Hogenson

45.   Barbara Rifkind Literary Agency – Barbara Rifkind

46.   Baror Literary – Danny Baror

47.   Barry Goldblatt – Barry Goldblatt

48.   Bent Agency – Jenny Bent

49.   Betsy Amster Literary – Betsy Amster

50.   Bidnick and Company – Carol Bidnick

51.   BJ Robbins Literary – BJ Robbins

52.   Blake Friedman Literary Agency – Carole Blake

53.   Blanche C. Gregory , Inc – Merry Gregory Pantano

54.   Bleeker St Associates – Agnes Birnbaum

55.   Bliss Literary Agency International – Willy Blackmore

56.   Blumer Literary Agency – Liv Blumer

57.   Bob Mecoy Literary Agency – Bob Mecoy

58.   Bond Literary Agency – Sandra Bond

59.   Book Cents Literary Agency – Christine Witthohn

60.   BookEnds, LLC – Jessica Faust, Kim Lionetti

61.   Books & Such Literary Agency – Janet Koboel Grant, Rachel Kent

62.   Bradford Literary Agency – Laura Bradford

63.   Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. – Marianne Merola, Bill Contardi

64.   Brick House Literary Agents – Sally Wofford-Girand, Jenny Ferrari-Adler

65.   Brown Literary Agency – Roberta Brown

66.   Browne & Miller Literary Associates, LLC – Joanna MacKenzie

67.   Cambridge Literary Association – Mike Valentino

68.   Caren Johnson Literary Agency – Caren Johnson Estesen

69.   Carnicelli Literary Management – Matthew Carnicelli

70.   Carol Mann Agency – Carol Mann, Will Sherlin, Myrsini Stephanides 

71.   Castiglia Literary Agency – Julie Castiglia

72.   Chalberg Sussman – Rachel Sussman

73.   Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency – Meredith Kaffel

74.   Chase Literary Agency – Farley Chase

75.   Cherry Weiner Literary Agency – Cherry Weiner

76.   Choate Agency – Michael Choate

77.   Christina Ward Literary Agency – Christina “Kit” Ward

78.   Christopher Little Literary Agency – Chris Little

79.   Chudney Agency – Steven Chudney

80.   Clear Sailing Creatives - Beth Fleisher

81.   Cooke Agency – Dean Cooke, Sally Harding

82.   Cornerstone Literary Agency – Jacquleine Ross, Helen Breitweiser

83.   Corvisiero Literary Agency – Marisa Corvisiero

84.   Cowles-Ryan Literary Agency – Nina Ryan, Katherine Cowles

85.   Craig Nelson Company – Craig Nelson

86.   Creative Book Services – Bob Mecoy

87.   Creative Trust Inc – Meredith Smith

88.   Crichton and Associates – Sha-Shana Crichton

89.   Curtis Brown – Katherine Fausset, Laura Blake Peterson

90.   D4EO Literary – Kristin Miller

91.   Daniel Bial Agency – Daniel Bial

92.   Daniel Literary Group – Greg Daniel

93.   Daniels Books LLC – Leslie Daniels

94.   Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents – Michele Mortimer, Leigh Feldman

95.   Darley Anderson Literary Agency – Clare Wallace

96.   David Black Literary Agency – Gary Morris, Joy Tutela

97.   Davis Wager Literary Agency – Timothy Wager

98.   Defiore & Associates – Adam Schear, Brian DeFiore

99.   Denise Marcil Literary Agency, Inc – Denise Marcil

100.   Denise Shannon Literary – Denise Shannon

101.   DH Literary Inc – David Hendin

102.   Diana Finch Literary – Diana Finch

103.   Doe Coover Agency – Colleen Mohyde

104.   Dominick Abel Literary Agency – Dominick Abel

105.   Donadio & Olson, Inc – Carrie Howland, Ira Silverberg, Edward Hibbert

106.   Don Congdon Associates – Cristina Concepcion

107.   Donald Maass – Donald Maass, Katie Shea

108.   Dreisbach Literary Management – Verna Dreisbach

109.   DSM Agency – Doris Michaels

110.   Dunham Literary – Jennie Dunham

111.   Dunow, Carlson & Lerner – Jennifer Carlson & Betsy Lerner, Erin Hosier

112.   Dupree, Miller, and Assoc. – Michael Broussard

113.   Dystel & Goderich Literary – Miriam Goderich, Michael Bourret, Lauren Abramo

114.   Ebeling and Associates – Michael Ebeling

115.   Eden St LLC – Liza Pulitzer-Voges

116.   Elaine Koster Literary Agency – Elaine Koster

117.   Elaine P. English Literary Agency – Elaine English

118.   Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency  - Elizabeth Kaplan

119.   Elyse Cheney Literary – Elyse Cheney

120.   Emma Sweeney Agency – Emma Sweeney

121.   Emilie Stewart Literary Agency – Emilie Stewart

122.   Endeavor – Richard Abate

123.   Erin Murphy Literary Agency – Erin Murphy

124.   Ethan Ellenberg Literary – Ethan Ellenberg

125.   Evan Marshall Agency – Evan Marshall

126.   Fairbank Literary – Sorche Fairbank

127.   Falkin Literary – Mark Falkin

128.   Faye Bender Literary – Faye Bender

129.   Felicia Eth Literary Representation – Felicia Eth

130.   Fifi Oscard Agency Inc – Jerome Henry Rudes, Kevin McShane

131.   FinePrint Literary Mgmt. – Peter Rubie, Stephanie Evans

132.   Fischer-Harbage Agency – Ryan Fischer-Harbage

133.   Flannery Literary – Jennifer Flannery

134.   Fletcher & Company – Christy Fletcher

135.   Folio Literary Mgmt. – Jeff Kleinman, Paige Wheeler

136.   ForthWrite Literary – Wendy Keller

137.   Foundry Literary (plus) Media – Mollie Glick & Peter McGuigan

138.   Fountain Literary – Jennifer de la Fuente

139.   Fox Literary – Diana Fox

140.   Frances Collin Literary Agency – Frances Collin

141.   Frances Goldin Literary – Matt McGowan, Stephanie Cabot

142.   Fresh Books Inc – Matt Wagner

143.   Friedrich Agency – Molly Friedrich & Paul Cirone, Lucy Carson

144.   Full Circle Literary – Adriana Dominguez,  Stefanie Von Borstel

145.   G Agency LLC- Jeff Gerecke

146.   Gail Ross Literary Agency – Howard Yoon

147.   Gelfman Schneider – Victoria Marini

148.   George Borchardt Inc – Valerie Borchardt

149.   Gernet Company – Chris Paris-Lamb

150.   Gersh Agency – Sonia Pabley

151.   Gina Maccoby Literary Agency – Gina Maccoby

152.   Global Literary Management – Marc Serges

153.   Golvan Arts Management – Colin Golvan

154.   Grant Agency – Stephen Grant

155.   Greenhouse Literary Agency -

156.   Grosvenor Literary Agency – Deborah Grosvenor

157.   Harold Ober Associates - Jake Elwell, Phyllis Westberg

158.   Harriet Wasserman Agency – Harriet Wasserman

159.   Harvey Klinger, Inc. – Sara Crowe, Andrea Somberg

160.   Heacock Literary Agency – Catt LeBaigue

161.   Helen Heller Agency – Sarah Heller

162.   Helen Rees Literary Agency – Lorin Rees

163.   Helen Zimmermann Literary Agency – Helen Zimmermann

164.   Herman Agency – Jill Corcoran

165.   Hill Nadell Literary Agency – Bonnie Nadell

166.   Hornfischer Literary Management – Jim Horfischer

167.   Howard Morhaim Litrerary Agency – Kate McKean, John Michel

168.   I-Inspire LTD – Lesley Thompson-Lamot

169.   Inko Inc – Sue Yuen

170.   Inkwell Mgmt. – Kimberly Witherspoon, Alexis Hurley

171.   Intellectual Property Group – Amy Schiffman

172.   International Creative Management – Lisa Bankoff, Tina Wexler, Jennifer Joel

173.   International Literary Arts – Pamela Brodowsky

174.   International Transactions – Peter Riva

175.   Irene Goodman Literary Agency- Irene Goodman, Miriam Kriss

176.   Irene Skolnick Agency – Irene Skolnick

177.   Irene Webb Literary – Irene Webb

178.   J de S Associates – Jacques de Spoelberch

179.   JABberwocky Literary Agency – Eddie Schneider, Joshua Bilmes

180.   James Fitzgerald Agency – Anne Garrett

181.   Jane Chelius Literary – Jane Chelius, Mark Chelius

182.   Jane Rotrosen Agency – Christina Hogrebe

183.   Janis A. Donnaud Literary Agency – Janis Donnaud

184.   Janklow & Nesbit Associates – Alexandra Machinist

185.   JCA Literary Agency – Melanie Cushman

186.   Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency – Alice Tasman

187.   Jeff Herman Agency – Thomas Wilkens

188.   Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency – Jennifer DeChiara

189.   JET Literary Associates, Inc - Elizabeth Trupin-Pulli

190.   Jill Grinberg Literary Management – Jill Grinberg

191.   Jil Grosjean Literary Agency – Jil Grosjean

192.   Jim Cypher Author’s Rep – Jim Cypher

193.   Jim Donovan Literary – Jim Donovan

194.   Joan Brandt Agency – Joan Brandt

195.   Joanna Pulcini Literary Agency- Joanna Pulcini

196.   Jody Rein Books, Inc – Jody Rein

197.   Joelle Delbourgo Associates – Carrie Cantor, Joelle Delbourgo

198.   John A. Ware Literary Agency – John Ware

199.   John Hawkins & Associates – Warren Frazier, William Reiss

200.   Jon Klane Agency – Jon Klane

201.   Joy Harris Literary Agency-  Joy Harris, Alexia Paul

202.   Judith Ehrlich Literary Mgmt. – Judith Ehrlich, Martha Hoffman

203.   Judith Riven Literary Agency – Judith Riven

204.   Jud Laghi – Jud Laghi

205.   Julia Lord Literary Agency – Julia Lord

206.   JVNLA – Elizabeth Evans & Alice Tasman

207.   Karpfinger Agency – Barney Karpfinger

208.   Kathi J. Paton Literary Agency – Kathi Paton

209.   Kathryn Green Literary Agency – Kathryn Green

210.   Ken Sherman and Associates – Ken Sherman

211.   Kleinworks Agency – Judy Klein

212.   Kimberley Cameron & Associates – Kimberley Cameron, Amy Burkhardt

213.   Kirsten Manges Literary – Kirsten Manges

214.   Kirsten Neuhaus Literary Agency – Kirsten Neuhaus

215.   Kneermin & Williams – Katherine Flynn & Caroline Zimmerman

216.   Knight Agency – Nephele Tempest, Judson Knight (same agency?)

217.   Kraas Literary Agency – Irene Kraas

218.   KT Public Relations & Literary Services – Kae Tienstra

219.   L. Perkins Agency – Sandy Lu, Louise Fury

220.   Langton’s International Agency – Linda Langton

221.   Larry Weissman Literary LLC – Larry Weissman

222.   Larsen Pomada Literary Agency – Elizabeth Pomada, Tamar Ellman Rydzinski

223.   Laura Dail Literary Agency – Laura Dail

224.   Laura Gross Literary Agency – Laura Gross

225.   Laura Langlie Agency – Laura Langlie

226.   Lazear Agency – Christi Cardenas

227.   Lennie Literary Agency – Alana Lennie

228.   Lescher & Lescher, Ltd. – Robert Lescher

229.   Levine Greenberg Literary Agency – Danielle Svetcov, Stephanie Rostan

230.   Linda Allen Literary Agency – Linda Allen

231.   Linda Chester and Associates – Laurie Fox

232.   Linda Konner Literary Agency – Linda Konner

233.   Linda Roghaar Literary Agency – Linda Roghaar

234.   Lindstrom Literary Group – Kristin Lindstrom

235.   Linn Prentice Agency – Linn Prentice

236.   Lippincott Massie McQuilkin – Rob McQuilkin

237.   Literary Artists Representatives – Sam Fleishman

238.   Literary and Creative Artists – Muriel Nellis

239.   Literary Group International – Frank Weimann

240.   Literary Works, LLC – Jacqueline Hackett

241.   Liza Dawson Associates – Liza Dawson, David Austern

242.   LJK Literary – Susanna Einstein

243.   LKG Agency – Lauren Galit

244.   Loretta Barrett Books – Loretta Barrett, Nick Mullendore

245.   Lotts Agency – Chris Lotts

246.   Lowenstein Associates – Barbara Lowenstein

247.   Lynn Franklin Associates – Weronika Janczuk

248.   Lynn Rabinoff Associates – Lynn Rabinoff

249.   Lynn Whittaker – Lynn Whittaker

250.   Lyons Literary LLC – Jonathan Lyons

251.   Malaga Baldi Literary Agency – Malaga Baldi

252.   Mansion Street Literary Management – Jean Sagendorph

253.   Manus & Associates Literary Agency – Dena Fischer

254.   March Tenth Inc – Sandy Choron

255.   Margaret McBride Literary Agency – Michael Daley

256.   Marjacq Micro Lts. – Philip Patterson

257.   Markson Thoma Literary – Elaine Markson

258.   Maria Carvainis Agency Inc – Donna Bagdasarian

259.   Marianne Strong Literary Agency – Marianne Strong

260.   Marie Brown Associates – Marie Brown

261.   Marly Rusoff Literary – Marly Rusoff

262.   Marsal Lyon Literary Agency – Jill Marsal

263.   Martell Agency – Alice Martell

264.   Martha Kaplan Agency – Michelle Humphrey

265.   Martin Literary Management (different?) – Sharlene Martin

266.   Martin Literary Management – Kate Folkers

267.   Mary Evans Inc. – Rachel Vogel

268.   Max & Co: A Literary Agency and Social Club – Michael Murphy

269.   Max Gartenberg Literary Agency – Anne Devlin

270.   McCarthy Agency – Nahvae Frost

271.   McCormick & Williams – David McCormick, PJ Mark

272.   McGinnis Associates Literary Agency – James McGinnis

273.   McHugh Agency – Elisabet McHugh

274.   McIntosh & Otis, Inc. - Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein

275.   McIntyre Agency – Devin McIntyre

276.   McMakin Literary – Jordan McMakin

277.   McVeigh Agency – Mark McVeigh

278.   Media Motion International – Julie May

279.   Metropol Literary – Drew Nederpelt

280.   Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency – Meredith Bernstein

281.   Michael Meller Literary Agency – Cristina Bernardi

282.   Miller Agency – Jennifer Griffin

283.   Miriam Altshuler Literary – Miriam Altshuler

284.   Mondella Jones Agency – Mondella Jones

285.   Monteiro Rose Agency – Candy Monteiro

286.   Movable Type Literary Agency – Jason Allen Ashlock, Michelle Matrisciani

287.   Mullane Literary Associates – Dierdre Mullane

288.   Nancy Coffey Literary and Media Representation – Nancy Coffey

289.   Nancy Love Literary  - Nancy Love

290.   Nancy Stauffer Associates – Nancy Stauffer Cahoon

291.   Nancy Yost Literary Agency – Zoe Sacham

292.   Natasha Kern Literary Agency – Natasha Kern

293.   Ned Leavitt Agency – Ned Leavitt

294.   Nelson Literary Agency – Kristin Nelson

295.   Neville Agency – Barret Neville

296.   Nicholas Ellison, Inc. – Nicholas Ellison

297.   Nina Graybill – Nina Graybill

298.   Northern Lights Literary – Sammy Justesen

299.   Northwest Literary Agency – Alice Volpe

300.   Objective Entertainment – Elizabeth Jote, Ian Kleinert

301.   Oshun Literary Associates – Karen E. Quinones Miller

302.   P.S. Literary – Curtis Russell

303.   Paraview Literary Agency – Lisa Hagan

304.   Paradigm Literary and Talent Agency – Alyssa Reuben, Jason Yarn

305.   Park Literary Group – Theresa Park, Abigail Coons

306.   Patricia Moosbrugger Literary Agency -  Patricia Moosbrugger

307.   Paul S. Levine – Paul S. Levine

308.   Paula Balzer Agency  - Paula Balzer

309.   Pearson, Morris, and Belt Agency – Djana Morris

310.   Peter Rubie Literary Agency – Peter Rubie

311.   PFD New York – Mark Reiter

312.   Philip G. Spitzer Literary – Philip Spitzer

313.   Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Associates, Ltd – Robert Thixton

314.   Pippin Properties – Holly McGhee

315.   PlainSmart Publishing Agency – Curtis Russell

316.   PMA Literary Agency and Management – Peter Miller

317.   POM – Simon Green

318.   Poynor Agency – Jay Poynor

319.   Prospect Agency – Emily Sylvan Kim

320.   Psaltis Literary – Michael Psaltis

321.   Quicksilver Books Literary Agency – Bob Silverstein

322.   Raines and Raines -

323.   Ralph Vicinanza LTD – Christopher Schelling

324.   Ravenskyy Literary Agency – Kelly Garett

325.   Rebecca Strong International Literary Agency – Rebecca Strong

326.   Red Sofa Literary – Dawn Frederick

327.   Red Tree Literary – Elana Roth

328.   Redwood Agency – Cathy Fowler

329.   Reese Halsey North – Elizabeth Evans

330.   Rees Literary Agency – Ann Collette

331.   Regal Literary Agency – Markus Hoffman, Joe Regal

332.   Renee Zuckerbrot Literary Agent – Renee Zuckerbrot

333.   Richard Curtis Associates – Richard Curtis

334.   Richard Henshaw Group – Richard Henshaw

335.   Richard Parks Agency – Richard Parks

336.   Rick Broadhead and Associates – Rick Broadhead

337.   Rights Unlimited – Desmond Sansevere’

338.   Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency – Rita Rosenkranz

339.   RLR Associates, LTD – Scott Gould, Tara Mark

340.   Robert Astle & Associates Literary Management, Inc – Robert Astle

341.   Robert E. Shepard Agency – Robert Shepard

342.   Rob Weisbach Creative Management – Erin Cox

343.   Robin Straus Agency – Robin Straus

344.   Rodeen Literary Agency – Paul Rodeen

345.   Rohm Agency – Wendy Rohm

346.   Roman Group – Nicholas Roman Lewis

347.   Rosenberg Group – Barbara Collins Rosenberg

348.   Ross Yoon Agency – Howard Yoon

349.   Rothschild Literary Agency – Vivian Ducrest

350.   Russell & Volkening Inc – Josh Getzler, Timothy Seldes

351.   Sally Hill McMillan and Associates – Sally McMillan

352.   Sandy Dijkstra Literary – Sandy Dijkstra, Jill Marsal, Wlise Capron

353.   Sanford J. Greenburger Associates – Matthew Bialer & Heide Lange, Daniel Mandel

354.   Sarah Jane Freymann – Katharine Sands

355.   Sassafras Book – Michael Suswal

356.   Schiavone Literary Agency – James Schiavone, Jennifer DuVall

357.   Scott Treimel NY

358.   Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary – Russell Galen

359.   Screenland Literary Associates – Paula Allen

360.   Scribblers House – Stedman Hays

361.   Sebastian Literary – Laurie Harper

362.   Selectric Artists – Christopher Schelling

363.   Serendipity Literary Agency – Regina Brooks

364.   Sharon Friedman Literary Agency – Sharon Friedman

365.   Sheldon Fogelman Agency – Marcia Wernick

366.   Sheree Bykofsky Associates, Inc- Sheree Bykofsky, Janet Rosen

367.   Signature Literary – Ellen G. Pepus, Amy Tipton

368.   Skolnick – Erin Harris

369.   Solow Literary Enterprises – Bonnie Solow

370.   Spectrum Literary Agency – Eleanor Wood

371.   Spencerhill Associates – Jennifer Schober

372.   Spieler Agency – Eric Myers

373.   Steele-Perkins Literary Agency – Pattie Steele-Perkins

374.   Steinberg Agency – Peter Steinberg

375.   Stephanie Tade Agency – Dana Bacher

376.   Sterling Lord Literistic – Douglas Stewart

377.   Stimola Literary Studio – Rosemary Stimola

378.   Stinson Literary Agency – Denise Stinson

379.   Stonesong Agency – Emanuelle Morgen

380.   Straus Literary – Jonah Straus

381.   Stringer Literary Agency – Marlene Stringer

382.   Strothman Agency – Wendy Strothman

383.   Straus Literary – Jonah Straus

384.   Stuart Agency – Andrew Stuart

385.   Stuart Krichevsky Literary – Stuart Krichevsky

386.   Susan Ann Protter – Susan Protter

387.   Susan Golomb – Susan Golomb, Terra Chalberg

388.   Susan Herner Rights Agency – Susan Herner

389.   Susan Rabiner Literary Agency – Holly Bemis

390.   Susan Schulman Literary – Susan F. Schulman

391.   Talbot Fortune Agency – John Talbot

392.   Talcott Notch Literary Services - Gina Panettieri

393.   Tessler Literary Agency – Michelle Tessler

394.   Timberlake-Oliver Literary Services – Joan Timberlake

395.   Thomas Grady Agency – Tom Grady

396.   Tomasino Agency – Christine Tomasino

397.   Tracy Brown Literary Agency – Tracy Brown

398.   Tracy Sherrod Literary Agency – Tracy Sherrod

399.   Transatlantic Literary Agency – Samantha Haywood

400.   TriadaUS Literary Agency – Uwe Stender

401.   Trident Media Group, LLC – Eileen Cope, John Silbersack

402.   Turning Point Literary Management  - Margot Meyers

403.   Unter Agency – Jennifer Unter

404.   Upstart Crow Literary – Chris Richman

405.   Van Haitsma Literary – Sally van Haitsma

406.   Venture Literary – Greg Dinkin

407.   Veritas Literary Agency – Katherine Boyle, Michael Carr

408.   Vicky Bijur Literary – Vicky Bijur

409.   Victoria Sanders & Associates – Victoria Sanders, Burnadette Baker-Baughman

410.   Vigliano Associates – Kirby Kim

411.   Vines Agency – James C. Vines

412.   Wade and Doherty Literary Agency – Robin Wade

413.   Wales Literary Agency – Elizabeth Wales

414.   Ward & Balkin Agency- Christina Ward

415.   Waterside Productions – Ming Russell

416.   Watkins Loomis Agency – Jacqueline Hackett

417.   Waxman Literary Agency – Byrd Leavell, Jason Pinter

418.   Weed Literary – Elisabeth Weed

419.   Wendy Schmatz Agency- Wendy Schmatz

420.   Wendy Sherman Associates – Wendy Sherman, Emanuelle Alspaugh

421.   Wendy Weil Agency – Wendy Weil, Emma Patterson, Emily Forland

422.   William Morris Endeavor – Erin Malone

423.   William Morris Agency – Dorian Karchmar, Jay Mandel

424.   Wilson Media – Robert Wilson

425.   Wm Clark Associates – William Clark (Query submitted via form on website)

426.   Wolfson Literary Agency  - Michelle Wolfson

427.   WordServe Literary Agency – Greg Johnson, Rachelle Gardner

428.   Writers House – Stephen Barr, Simon Lipskar

429.   Writers’ Representatives – Glen Hartley, Lynn Chu

430.   WSK Mgmt. – Rayhane’ Sanders (Rayhane’ is a woman)

431.   Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency – Robert Brown

432.   Zachary Schuster Harmsworth – Mary Beth Chappell

433.   Zack Company – Andrew Zack

434.   Zoe Pagnamenta Agency – Zoe Pagnamenta, Sarah Levitt