This is the literaryagents listing for the literary agent meg ruley. Reference biography computerstechnology businessinvesting finance history religious mindbodyspirit health. Founded in new york city in 1981, it was the first literary agency to represent both childrens book authors and illustrators. Lisa thompson peters fraser and dunlop pfd literary agents. Founder thompson literary agency january 2015 present 4 years 11 months. Evanss background and career in publishing includes. Today, we are lucky enough to have literary agent stacy testa of writers house on the blog. Lit hub is a central place for writers, publishers, books, bookstores, librarians, and readers to congregate and celebrate books and literary culture. To submit a project to thompson literary, please adhere to the following guidelines. Nov 27, 2012 so please forgive me, kind readers, if i chose to focus on what does work, what i wish i wouldve known to look for, what makes a good relationship with your agent not just from my perspective, but from all of the fabulous authors that graciously shared their own literary agent stories. She primarily represents authors of nonfiction projects in.
Book agent meg thompson is also the founder of the agency. I am founder and director of the thompson literary agency in new york city. Eager for narrative journalism that enlightens on social issues, and social science when it is vivid and telling. Aug 26, 2014 today, we are lucky enough to have literary agent stacy testa of writers house on the blog. Jan 09, 2020 cindy uh literary agent this article about literary agent cindy uh is part of a series about literary agents and how to find a literary agent. The first 3 to 5 pages of the manuscript pasted into the email.
Enhanced services provide tracking of your submissions and automated document creation. Joelle delbourgo launched her own agency, joelle delbourgo associates, 15 years ago after more than two decades as an editorial executive at bantam, harpercollins and random house. She represents many new york times and usa today bestselling authors, including thriller author linda castillo, internationally bestselling and awardwinning crime novelist, deborah crombie, bestselling and acclaimed romance authors including stephanie laurens, loretta chase, suzanne enoch, beverly jenkins, karen hawkins and victoria alexander. Thompson literary agency usa literary agencies and. Home about find an agent join resources blog newsletter contact. Sallys experience in the book trade began in new zealand where she started in bookselling for the university book shop chain. Her report costly generics earned an emmy nomination and won.
Maxine thompson literary services began editing for authors in 1999. As soon as you enter your name and email address to the right, youll be able to see complete profiles for every literary agent at the thompson literary agency and every other literary agency. You should address your query to whichever agent you think is best suited for your project click here to. Depending on the clients needs, we may provide writing critiques, editing of manuscripts and proposals, and following up with sales and marketing.
Joni evans born april 20, 1942 is an american book publisher of over 100 bestsellers, writer, editor, and literary agent. Meg thompson literary agent thompson literary agency. She has a ba in english literature from queens university and a ma in. Elizabeth gilbert though best known for these works of nonfiction, gilbert is at her heart, an inventive storyteller. Mary anne thompson associates usa literary agencies and. When seeking an agent, it is advisable to target agents who represent books similar to yours. Meg thompson is participating in query roulette, an event organized by the womens national book association nyc. Join facebook to connect with meg thompson and others you may know. Her novella the branch of hazel will be a part of grand central anthology penguin, july 2014. Literary agents united kingdom, canada, australia, and. Book elizabeth gilbert for lectures, readings and conversations.
About macgregor and luedeke literary macgregor literary. Posted on march 9, 2015 march 9, 2015 by carly watters. Sarah mccoy is the author of the international bestseller and 2012 goodreads choice award nominee the bakers daughter crown and the time it snowed in puerto rico random house. For this it helps to learn the authors and books which the agent represents. Finding true love, finding a literary agent the millions. Break free from the divortex sandra dijkstra literary agency. Amomama celebrity news, biography, viral stories and. I am very excited by big nonfiction ideas written by historians, journalists, serious academics of other stripes. A leading agent on the cutting edge of the rapidly changing publishing industry, meg thompson grew up in lubbock, tx and moved to ny in 1998 to attend new. While i occasionally sell to university presses, i am looking for books. Wordserve literary dedicated to professionalism and. Sarah began her career on the editorial side of publishing, first at houghton mifflin, then in the knopf group, and last at little, brown.
As an editor, she acquired and edited literary fiction and nonfiction, and as. After three successful years at eta, meg decided to launch her own agency, thompson literary llc. Digaetano, who became a universal life minister for the event. Between our four agents, wordserve literary offers more than 50 years of experience in all aspects of helping authors get published with traditional publishers. With half of all marriages in america ending, more and more women are finding themselves in the midst of the messy, emotional divorce process. Prior to opening her own firm, andrea was an editor at alfred a. A free email and website directory of 20,000 media and entertainment boys and girls who rot your brain and rob you blind from cradle to grave. Meg thompson association of authors representatives, inc. Victoria gould pryor is a literary agent for arcadia literary agency. Interview with literary agent stacy testa of writers house. Please send a query letter, including any salient biographical information or previous publications, and attach the first 25 pages of your manuscript. Meg thompson literary agent this article about literary agent meg thompson and the thompson literary agency is part of a series about literary agents and how to find a publishing agent. Agent cindy uh is a member of scbwi and on the advisory board of first book manhattan. Agentquery find the agent who will find you a publisher.
Sandras keys and purse were on the kitchen counter, nothing was disturbed, and her fouryearold daughter, ree, to whom she was devoted, was asleep upstairs. Megan thompson shoots, produces and reports oncamera for pbs newshour weekend. She is currently working on her third novel, to be published by crown in 2014. To protect agents from spam, email addresses are hidden except to loggedin members. Its the most comprehensive and accurate list of literary agencies in the world, with detailed profiles for more than 1,100 literary agents. For this installment of our ask an agent series, we asked reiko what she typically looks for when she considers manuscripts for representation as well as what tips she could provide for writers interested in publishing their work. I began my career in publishing as an editorial intern at farrar, straus and giroux. Kiele raymond senior literary agent thompson literary. Megan mayfield thompson and alexander levy were married friday at the new york home of thomas digaetano, a friend of the bride.
Her report costly generics earned an emmy nomination and won gracie and national headliner awards. She has a passion for whole, real food, which she believes not only staves off hunger, but provides nourishment, joy, deliciousness and social connection. A leading agent on the cutting edge of the rapidly changing publishing industry, meg thompson grew up in. Meg thompson founder grew up in lubbock, tx and moved to ny in 1998 to attend new york university, where she graduated with a degree in british and american l. Meg started in publishing in 2002, working closely with president bill clinton in his harlem office. The literary agents list includes agents and literary agencies that represent poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, plus details about the kind of books theyre interested in representing, their clients, and the best way to contact them. Reiko davis is a literary agent at miriam altshuler literary agency. Carly began her publishing career in london at the darley anderson literary, tv and film agency. Meg started in publishing in 2002, working closely with president bill clinton in his harlem office as a researcher and fact checker on his memoirs, my life. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Meg thompson, literary agent what you need to know jericho. About macgregor and luedeke literary macgregor literary agent.
Posts about literary agent written by shannon a thompson. Andrew blauner literary agent 12 east 86th street, ste. The query letter is a short pitch equivalent to one page. Meg thompson association of authors representatives. Andrea brown is the president of the andrea brown literary agency, inc. Besides our own carefullychosen list of writers, we also represent filmtv rights on behalf of some bookonly agencies. Stuart andrews, a champion decathlete and bobsledder, wrote blind leading the blind, the true adventure story of walking the kokoda track with two blind. Cindy uh literary agent usa literary agencies seeking new. Her books the shape of things to come and dream alchemy were influential on the subjects of synchronicity and the significance and meaning of dreams stuart andrews. It is also useful to state in your query letter why you are approaching a certain agent.
Victoria gould pryor, literary agent with arcadia literary. Editing hunter thompson 3 how to get published 80 literary agent profiles 11. She worked at ljk for six years, becoming a senior agent in only 2 years, before founding her own agency with susanna einstein, the einstein thompson agency. This agent is associated with the literary agency jane rotrosen agency.
Cindy uh literary agent this article about literary agent cindy uh is part of a series about literary agents and how to find a literary agent. Owner and founder of the thompson literary agency, meg thompson is an experienced literary agent. She is the author of the signature of all things, a sweeping story of botany, exploration, and desire that spans much of the nineteenth century which the new york times magazine called a riproaring taleunlike anything. Meg thompson founder thompson literary agency linkedin. Jane teresa anderson is a dream analyst and writer.
Anthony mattero is an agent at foundry literary and media. Ki agency is a dynamic agency and management for writers in all media and most genres. Find literary agents in the uk, canada, australia, and other countries at. Megan mayfield thompson and alexander levy were married friday at the new york. She became an agent in 2001, joining the gernert company in 2005. Mary anne thompson associates is a fullservice book scouting company based in new york, with clients in 20 territories enter your information in the form to the right for free instant access to the directory of literary agents. Meg thompson author of superfoods for life, cultured and. Einstein, thompson to split dec 02, 2014 susanna einstein and meg thompson, of the einstein thompson agency, have announced that they will be parting ways and forming their own agencies. Amomama is a goto for every woman for the latest and most trending content from around the world. Health advises, inspiring stories, celebrity news, and more. She is an owner of the einstein thompson agency, a literary agency in new york that represents fiction and nonfiction writers. Thompson literary agency usa literary agencies and literary.
Depending on the clients needs, we may provide writing critiques, editing of manuscripts and proposals, and. Being able to state a similarity to past clients helps with this. In bestseller gardners gripping 11th thriller, sgt. Warren, last seen in 2007s hide, looks into the curious disappearance of sandra jones, a sixthgrade social studies teacher, from her south boston home. They focus on biography, memoir, health, diet, historical fiction, history, literary fiction, mind, body, spirit, mystery, thrillers, narrative nonfiction, nature, ecology, parenting, family, politics, current affairs, relationships, family, science, technology, true crime. This weeks agent spotlight features sarah burnes of the gernert company. We represent a range of genres, and we work with awardwinning, bestselling authors as well as authors who are making a smallerbut still significantsplash in the market. Publishing agent cindy uh is an agent at the creative artists agency. Thompson literary llc was formed in 2014 by meg thompson. Her clients have ranged from civil war historian and novelist shelby foote to yankee baseball manager joe torre, from talented international book packagers labyrinth publishing and. Calidris literary agency was established by sally bird in sydney, australia in 1997 and handles all genres except childrens books, speculative fiction, fantasy and poetry.
We take an innovative and fresh focus on what will increase the profile, success and career satisfaction of each client. All information must be in the email, as we do not open attachments and we do not click on links. Explore books by meg thompson with our selection at. Publishing agent meg thompson is an agent with the thompson literary agency. Carly watters is a vp and senior literary agent at the p. Since that time many of the authors she worked with have become either new york times bestselling authors, essence bestselling authors, or amazon bestselling authors.
May 11, 2014 megan mayfield thompson and alexander levy were married friday at the new york home of thomas digaetano, a friend of the bride. Knopf, and worked in the editorial departments of random house and dell. Meg is a naturopath, holistic nutritionist, mother, author, and wholefood cook. Cindy uh literary agent usa literary agencies seeking. Dominique grubisa is a new south wales barrister whose practical books for the layperson include getting to ex. Meg thompson, literary agent what you need to know. Chris tomasino has been agenting since 1975, when she joined rlr associates, ltd and developed their literary division. Meg thompson thompson literary agency querytracker.