Kensington Books

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name:

Kensington Books

website:

http://www.kensingtonbooks.com

submissions accepted:

rolling submissions

interested in:

Fiction of almost all kinds: chick-lit, historical romance, women’s contemporary fiction, LGBT, mysteries, suspense, horror, mainstream fiction, memoirs, erotica, thrillers, military, YA fiction, muti-cultural, fantasy, sci-fi.

Imprints: Zebra, the company's flagship imprint, is primarily made up of a large number of historical romance titles, but the list also generally includes one or two lead contemporary romances, westerns, horror and humor.

Brava publishes 3 erotic romances in trade paperback each month.

Pinnacle, is the imprint that features best-selling commercial fiction, including thrillers and true crime.

Citadel, Kensington's non-fiction imprint publishes acclaimed works of history, biography, military history, self-help, and humor. Citadel is also home to our full line of Poker titles, Lyle Stuart Books.

Aphrodisia, launched in January 2006, is our extremely popular line of erotica.

Dafina brings you the very best in African American fiction, non-fiction, and young adult titles.

client list:

A Dangerous Man by Janmarie Anello, A Hard Man Is Good To Find by Jane Blackwood, A Highlander For Christmas by Sandy Blair, A Meeting In The Ladies' Room by Anita Doreen Diggs, A Catered Murder by Isis Crawford, Back To School Murder by Leslie Meier

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what to send:

Query and Partial MS

looking for:

Novel

About This Market

E-mail OR snail mail submissions.

For fiction, send cover letter, first three chapters, and synopsis (no more than five pages). Note that Kensgington does not publish science fiction or fantasy.

You may QUERY ONLY by e-mail. Do not attach manuscripts or proposals to e-mail queries. An editor will respond if he or she is interested in seeing your material based on your query.

SEND QUERY TO SPECIFIC EDITOR BELOW WHO MATCHES YOUR SUBJECT TYPE:

John Scognamiglio, Editor-in-Chief of Kensington, Fiction (historical romance, women’s contemporary fiction, historical fiction, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, gay fiction and non-fiction, mysteries, suspense, mainstream fiction, memoirs, erotica).

Michaela Hamilton, Editor-in-Chief of Citadel, Executive Editor of Kensington (nonfiction including popular culture, current events, narrative nonfiction, true crime, business, biography, memoir, law enforcement, military; selected fiction including thrillers, mainstream novels).

Kate Duffy, Editorial Director, Romance (historical romance, contemporary romance, Brava erotic romance, women’s contemporary fiction, mysteries, thrillers).

Audrey LaFehr, Editorial Director (women’s fiction, romance, romantic suspense, thrillers, erotica, multicultural fiction).

Selena James, Executive Editor, Dafina Books (African-American fiction and nonfiction, including inspirational, young adult, romance, and pop culture).

Gary Goldstein, Senior Editor (true crime, current events, humor, pop culture, Judaica, thrillers, military fiction and nonfiction, sports, how-to, science, world and American history, narrative nonfiction).

Richard Ember, Senior Editor, Citadel Press (general nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, history, biography, memoirs, poker and gambling, science, sports, how-to, popular culture, humor, fratire).

Mike Shohl: Editor, Citadel Press (pop culture, entertainment, music, male interest, fratire, sports, popular science/popular psychology, humor, martial arts).

Mercedes Fernandez, Assistant Editor, Dafina Books -African-American and multicultural fiction, including young adult, romance and inspirational.

Amy Pyle, Assistant Editor, Citadel Press, Kensington, and Aphrodisia -nonfiction including memoir, pop culture, narrative nonfiction, current events, business, biography, pop science/psychology; selected fiction including mainstream novels, women’s fiction, and erotic romance

Peter Senftleben, Assistant Editor -mainstream and women’s fiction, mystery, suspense/thriller, urban fantasy, paranormal and contemporary romance, romantic suspense, erotic romance, gay fiction, pop culture, humor, entertainment.

Megan Records, Assistant Editor -historical romance, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, historical fiction, select women’s fiction

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