Three literary agents at Ayesha Pande agency seek new authors

Ayesha Pande Literary

128 West 132 Street

New York, NY  10027

http://pandeliterary.com/

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Ayesha Pande Literary describes itself as “a New York based boutique literary agency with a small and eclectic roster of clients” and prides itself as “especially passionate about discovering and nurturing talented new voices”

Anjali Singh is the newest member of the team, and like all new agents, she needs authors. Anjali was previously editorial director at Other Press, and an editor at Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin and Vintage. She has always been drawn to the thrill of discovering new writers.

Anjali is seeking character-driven fiction or nonfiction that reflect an engagement with the world around us. She wants literary thrillers, memoirs, YA literartue and graphic novels.

Query Anjali through the agency’s on-line form here.

The agency also has two other agents, both looking for clients:

Ayesha Pande is the agency’s founder and lead agent. She has worked in the publishing industry for over 20 years. Before becoming an agent, Ayesha was a senior editor at Farra Straus & Giroux. She has also held editorial positions at HarperCollins and Crown Publishers.

She is seeking both literary and popular fiction, particularly, young adult, women’s African-American and international fiction, and graphic novels. She is also seeking authors of nonfiction, including biography, history, economics, popular culture, cultural commentary, and memoir.

Query Ayesha through the agency’s on-line form here.

Sergei Tsimberov has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Univeristy of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a J.D. from the Cardozo School of Law. He has been a literary agent since 2013 and joined Ayesha Pande Literary in 2014.

Sergie represents both literary fiction and non-fiction and is looking for imaginative and polished voice-driven writing. He is particularly interested in narratives with historical, political, and international themes.

Query Sergei through the agency’s on-line form here.

See more about the agents and agency here and see their submissions page here.

Note: The Fog Lit free literary festival runs in Saint John, New Brunswick, Sept 30 – Oct 4 (see here).  Brian Henry will be at the festival to lead a How to Get Published seminar and a Query Letter Clinic  on Saturday, Oct 3 (see here).

Brian will also lead a How to Get Published workshop in Hamilton on Saturday, Oct 17, with Rachel Letofsky of the Cooke Agency (see here). 

Brian will lead a Writing for Children & for Young Adults workshop on Saturday, March 5, in Burlington, with Monica Pacheco, literary agent with The McDermid Agency (see here).

Other upcoming workshops, include , and How to Make Yourself Write, Saturday, Oct 24, in Guelph (see here) and Saturday, Nov 28, in Mississauga (see here), You can write great dialogue, Saturday, Nov 7, in Oakville (see here) and Saturday, Nov 21, in Ingersoll (see here), and Writing Your Life, Saturday, Dec 5, in Burlington (details here).   

For more information or to register, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

But the best way to grow as a writer or to get your manuscript ready for publication may be with a weekly class. This fall, there is still space in one class:

Literary agent Rachel Letofsky,
guest speaker at How to Get Published
Saturday, Oct 17, in Hamilton
(see here).

Writing Personal stories, Thurs mornings, Oct 8 - Nov 26, in Oakville (see here)

Starting in the new year, Brian will be offering a full range of courses for both beginning writers and more experienced writers:

Writing Personal Stories, Tuesday afternoons, Feb 2 – March 29, (no class March 15) in Burlington

Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday afternoons, Jan 20 – March 9, in Burlington

The Next Step in Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, Jan 20 – March 30 (no class March 16), in Burlington

Writing Personal Stories, Thurs afternoons, Jan 28 – March 31, (no class March 17), in Oakville

The Next Step in Creative Writing, Thurs evenings, Jan 21 – March 31, (no class March 16), in Georgetown

For more information or to register for any of these classes, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

See Brian Henry's schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.