Chelsea Lindman joins Sanford J. Greenburger literary agency, seeks literary fiction, crime fiction and nonfiction

Dan Brown is one of the major authors
represented by Greenburger Associates

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates

55 fifth avenue 

New York, NY 10003 

212 206 5600

http://www.greenburger.com/

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is one of the oldest and most well-established literary agencies in the United States. Founded in 1932 by Sanford J. Greenburger, the agency initially specialized in representing European writers and publishers in the United States and internationally. Among the agency’s earliest clients were Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Franz Kafka, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

The current era for Greenburger Associates began in 1972, when Francis Greenburger assumed management of the business his parents founded. The agency was converted into an agents’ collaborative, which today comprises eight senior agents, three associate agents, and an international rights department, and includes an affiliated business, the Nicholas Ellison Agency. 

Among the scores of authors who got their start at Greenburger Associates are James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, Dave Eggers, Nelson DeMille, and Daniel Amen, M.D.  Greenburger Associates now represents such global bestselling authors and artists as Dan Brown Robin Preiss Glasser, and Christopher Moore. The agency represents fiction, nonfiction, genre books, and original ebooks; author and artists of children’s books; and a small number of poets and essayists.

Chelsea Lindman recently joined Greenburger Associates as a literary agent, and like all new agents, she needs authors.  Her primary interests include playful literary fiction, upmarket crime fiction, and forward thinking or boundary-pushing nonfiction. 

Chelsea also represents a select list of children’s book authors whose stories have an emphasis on voice-driven narratives.  Most importantly, Chelsea is interested in working with clients that are looking to build a lasting relationship.

Chelsea was previously with the agency as the Director of Foreign Rights for The Nicholas Ellison Agency, a division within Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, where she worked with international publishers to nurture and develop audiences abroad for the agency’s bestselling authors such as Nelson DeMille, Sarah Dunn, Jeff Lindsay, Christopher Moore, and Alan Weisman, as well as several debut authors. Chelsea began her publishing career as an editor at Europa Editions, and is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara.

Query Chelsea at: clindman@sjga.com

See the agency’s submissions page here and its full roster of agents here.

Carly Watters

Brian Henry will lead a “How to Get Published” workshop with guest speaker Carly Watters of P.S. Literary agency in Georgetown on October 5 (see here), and will lead a “Writing for Children & for Young Adults” workshop in Mississauga on Sat, Oct 26 (here) and in Caledon at the Bolton Library on January 18 (here).

To register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Brian will also lead “You need to write great dialogue” workshop in Toronto on Sept 28 (see here), and “How to Make your stories dramatic” workshops in London on Oct 19 (see here), in Kingston on Nov 16 (here), Orillia on Nov 23 (here), and in Brampton on Dec 7 (here).

To register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

But before you submit, the best way to get your manuscript into shape is with a weekly course. In January, Brian will lead a “Welcome to Creative Writing” on Tuesday evenings in Burlington; “Writing your life & other true stories” on Tuesday afternoons in Burlington; "Next Step" courses on Thursday afternoons in Mississauga and Thursday evenings in Georgetown and, for more experienced writers, “Intensive” courses on Wednesday afternoons in Burlington and Wednesday evenings in Mississauga.

For details or to register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See Brian Henry's schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Kingston, Peterborough, Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Bolton, Caledon, Georgetown, Milton, Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Dundas, Kitchener, Guelph, London, Woodstock, Orangeville, Newmarket, Barrie, Orillia, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.