Daniel Lazar- middle grade and YA, fiction and lively non-fiction- memoirs, pop culture, historical, parenting and family life
Jodi Reamer- children's books, from young -adult to picture books, and adult books, especially commercial fiction and legal thrillers
Rebecca Sherman- middle grade and young adult novels, Non-fiction (lifestyle, humor, memoir for 18-35 year olds)
Maya Rock- looking for good, transportive fiction. Drawn to stories with strong heroines. Also like literary, YA, romance, memoir, self-help. narrative nonfiction, African-American, mind-body-spirit and stories focused on people at the edges of society.
Josh Getzler- foreign and historical thrillers and mysteries, farmhouse cozies, middle grade and YA mystery or adventure series. Does not want fantasy, picture books, religious fiction
Ken Wright: books for adults, primarily nonfiction (eg., history, science, natural history, politics, current events, popular cultural and the arts, biography, and memoir). I also handle children’s books--middle grade to young-adult, fiction and nonfiction, and the occasional picture book.
agents:
Al Zuckerman, Amy Berkower, Susan Cohen, Dan Conaway, Susan Ginsburg, Merrilee Heifetz, Daniel Lazar, Simon Lipskar, Steven Malk, Jodi Reamer, Esq., Michele Rubin, Robin Rue, Rebecca Sherman, Kenneth Wright, Maya Rock, Josh Getzler, Ken Wright
client list:
TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer, HOW TO KILL A ROCK STAR by Tiffanie DeBartolo, ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN by Jim Fergus, THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB by Olivia Goldsmith, GARDEN OF LIES by Eileen Goudge, SOLOMON VERSUS LORD by Paul Levine, HARD FALL by Ridley Pearson, THE SULTAN'S SEAL by Jenny White, GREEN RIVER RISING by Tim Willocks, THE KEEP by F. Paul Wilson, ILLUMINATUS by Robert Anton Wilson
email submission information:
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what to send:
Query and Partial MS
looking for:
Novel
About This Market
Al Zuckerman- Query letter that is no more than one page.
Daniel Lazar- Queries by email or regular mail with SASE. (Email is usually faster, but either is fine.) Please include the first 5 pages of your manuscript. If you email: a) NO attachments; b) if you copy me and every other agent in the industry, save us the time. Politely reject yourself. My response time is 1 minute to several weeks.
Jodi Reamer- first 10 pages of your manuscript (or until the end of that chapter) along with your query letter.
Rebecca Sherman-Snail mail submissions should include a cover letter and a sample chapter (no longer than 10 pages) with SASE. Email submissions should not include attachments--because viruses are scary. Please include one entire text for picture book submissions and sample illustrations or a link to an online portfolio or a dummy. Please be patient as I consider your work. My response time varies, but I will attend to your submission as soon as possible.
Maya Rock- email a query letter and first page in the body of the email.
Josh Getzler- Email only please. Query Letter plus 5 or so pages. (If a chapter is 6, go for it!) Synopsis is not necessary.
Ken Wright: Submissions by email and regular mail (with SASE, please) are okay. For nonfiction, please send a query letter and a brief synopsis. For fiction, please provide a query letter, a brief synopsis, and the first 20 or so pages of the manuscript. No screenplays.
BE SURE TO MANUALLY ADDRESS YOUR QUERY LETTER TO THE SPECIFIC AGENT YOU ARE TARGETING. EACH AGENT HAS DIFFERENT SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES AND AREAS OF INTEREST.
