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| Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein |
McIntosh
& Otis
353 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
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Established in 1928, McIntosh & Otis is an elder statesmen among American literary agencies.
It’s a full-service literary agency, representing a broad range of adult and
children's fiction and nonfiction. Five of the six agents at M&O are
accepting new authors, including company president and senior editor Elizabeth
Winick Rubinstein. But four M&O agents are of special interest to new
authors, looking for an agent who’s trying to build her list:
Ameilia Appel is a junior agent, and
like all new agents, she needs authors. Prior to joininb McIntosh & Otis, Amelia
interned at HSG Agency and Writers House, where she was later an assistant. She
joined M&O in 2014 as an assistant and is now seeking to build her own list
of authors as a junior agent.
Amelia is primarily
looking for adult fiction and some young adult. For adult, she is most
interested in literary fiction, mystery, thriller, historical fiction, science
fiction and fantasy, and horror. She especially likes projects with a smart, distinct
voice, a fantastic setting to jump into, and/or a witty protagonist.
For young adult, Amelia’s
interested in stories with a a savvy protagonist and slightyly dark tone that
deals with serious coming-of-age issues.
Follow Amelia on Twitter
at @AmeliaLAppel
See
specifics of queries below.
Shira Hoffman began her career in publishing as an intern
at Tor Books and started working at McIntosh and Otis in 2007 and became
Director of Subsidiary Rights in 2013. Shira is now also developing her own
list of authors and is seeking a broad range of fiction and nonfiction for
adults, as well as an occasional young adult or middle grade title.
Shira’s primary interests
include mainstream commercial fiction, mystery, literary fiction, literary
thrillers, women’s fiction, romance, urban fantasy, fantasy, science fiction,
and horror.
Shira is particularly keen
to acquire projects that push genre boundaries without shattering them and
challenge the way readers see the world. She hopes to discover writers with
well-developed and original voices.
For more detailed
information on what Shira is looking for, see her Get
to Know the Agent blog post.
See
specifics of queries below.
Adam Muhlig is that latest addition to the staff at McIntosh and Otis and as a
newbie, he needs authors. Adam’s editorial work includes research, organization
and indexing of Kark Shapiro’s essay collection: Creative Glut. He also
assisted Alan Tennnant on his now classic, NYT bestseller, On the Wing. As an
archival appraiser, Adam has worked on collections by many noted musicians and
entertainment industry figures, naturalists, historians and poets and writers,
including several U.S. Poets Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winners.
Adam wants books about popular culture, natural history, travel,
adventure and sports. He’s pursuing books that offer a fresh perspective or new
analysis by or about mavericks in these fields. He’s seeking works that will
have classic value and long-term strength.
See
specifics of queries below.
Christa Heschke has
been with McIntosh and Otis in the Children’s literature department since 2009
and is actively acquiring for all age groups. Christa graduated from Binghamton
University with a major in English and a minor in Anthropology. She started in
publishing as an intern at both Writers House and Sterling Lord Literistic,
where she fell in love with the agency side of publishing.
For young adult, Christa is especially interested in contemporary,
thriller/mystery, fantasy, and horror. She looks for a compelling voice and
strong hook that will set a YA novel apart in this flooded market.
Christa is open to all types of middle grade and especially enjoys
adventure, mystery, and magical realism.
For both YA and MG, she is interested in unique setting and cultural
influences, interesting structure, complicated romances, diverse characters,
sister- or friendship-centric stories, and stories that feature artists of any
kind.
In picture books, she drawn to cute, funny stories (as opposed to sweet
and quiet) that will grab kids, as well as the occasional nonfiction biography
on a subject whose sotry has yet to be told.
See
specifics of queries below.
For all queries …
For adult
fiction, please send a query letter, synopsis,
author bio, and the first three consecutive chapters (no more than 30 pages) of
your novel.
For children’s and YA, please send a query letter,
synopsis and the first three consecutive chapters (not to exceed 25 pages) of
the manuscript.
For adult nonfiction, Please send a query letter,
proposal, outline, author bio, and three sample chapters (no more than 30
pages) of the manuscript.
For all these, paste your material into the body of
your email. No attachments.
Full submission guidelines here.
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| New York Times #1 bestselling author Kelley Armstrong |
Brian Henry will lead How to Build Your Story workshops Saturday,
Feb 4, In Mississauga (see here)
and Saturday, Feb 11, in Caledon at the Bolton library (see here),
How
to Write a Bestseller on Saturday, Feb 18, in Guelph,
with New York Times #1 bestselling author Kelley Armstrong (see here),
Writing and
Revising, Saturday, Feb 25, in Burlington
(see here),
Saturday, March 4, in London (see here), and Saturday, March 25, in Toronto (see here).
And Brian will be leading Writing for Children & for Young Adults workshops on Saturday, April 1, in Windsor
(see here),
on Saturday, May 13, in Caledon at the Bolton Library with Yasemin Uçar, senior
Editor at Kids Can Press (details to come) and on Saturday, May 27, in St.
Catharines with Anne Shone, senior editor at Scholastic Books (see here). Brian
will also be leading a weekly Kid
Lit class, Monday afternoons, April 10 –
June 19, in Mississauga (here).
Note: For updated listings of Writing for Children
& for Young adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes, see here (and scroll down).
Brian Henry will be leading a How to Get Published workshop on Saturday, April 22, in Midland, again
with Stacey Donaghy (see here).
Note: If you're viewing this posting after March 11, 2017, see current How to Get Published workshops here (and scroll down).
Note: If you're viewing this posting after March 11, 2017, see current How to Get Published workshops here (and scroll down).
For more information or to reserve a
spot in any Saturday workshop or weekly course, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
To move closer to publication, your best bet may be
a weekly course. One winter class still has space:
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| crush.candy,corpse by Sylvia McNicoll, one of the guest speakers for the Kids Lit class |
In the spring, Brian will be offering a full range
of classes from beginner to advanced:
Intermediate Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings April
12 – June 14, starts by email April 5, Burlington. Details here.
Intermediate Creative Writing, Thursday evenings, April
13 – June 15, starts by email April 6, Georgetown. Details here.
Intensive Creative Writing, Tuesday
afternoons, April 11 – June 13, starts by email April 4,
Burlington. Details here.
Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday
afternoons, April 5 – June 21, starts by email March 29,
Burlington. Details here.
Details of all seven classes offered this spring here.
For more information or to register for any of the
above, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Read reviews of Brian’s courses and
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Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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