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| The Sisters by Nancy Jensen, represented by Greenburger Associates |
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
55 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
212 206 5600
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Greenburger
Associates has been around for more than 80 years. It brought Sartre,
Simone de Beauvoir, Franz Kafka, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to American
audiences. It continues to represent heavyweight authors, particularly
financial heavyweights, such as Dan Brown.
Altogether
the agency has six senior agents, five of whom are open to queries. There are
also four associate agents, including newcomer Wendi Gu, and for a new author,
these are you best bets:
Associate agent Wendi Gu began her publishing
career in 2012 as an intern at Sanford J. Greenburger, in the offices of Brenda
Bowen and Lisa Gallagher. Shortly after graduating with a degree in Creative
Writing from Northwestern University, Wendi was hired as a full-time assistant
and began focusing on children’s books under Brenda Bowen’s mentorship. Through
Brenda’s office, she has had the great honor of working with artists like Emily Winfield Martin, Chris Raschka, G. Brian Karas,
and Martine Leavitt.
Wendi represents early
readers, picture books, middle-grade, and select YA and adult literary fiction.
She’s interested in socially-conscious, civically-engaged authors and
illustrators, and books that embrace diversity in race, gender, faith, and
nationality. As a child of Chinese immigrants, she’s especially interested in
immigrant stories and first-generation American stories. She’s also a big fan
of cute animals and quirky humor. You’ll find a recent interview with Wendi here.
Like many of her
colleagues at Greenburger, Wendi has a very hands-on approach to agenting. She
is interested in working with both debut and veteran authors and illustrators,
and hopes to develop a long-lasting relationship with each client she takes on.
Submissions: Please query Wendi at wgu@sjga.com
The
subject line should read: “QUERY: [Title] by [Author]”. Please include the
query letter in the body of the email and attach the full manuscript as a Word Document.
Stephanie
Delman began her career at Greenburger Associates in 2012,
after working in online media. After a year as the junior assistant to
president Heide Lange, Stephanie was promoted to senior assistant and foreign
rights liaison for Heide’s authors, including Dan Brown and Brad Thor.
Stephanie continues in that role as she builds her own list, further honing her
skills in negotiations and editorial development.
Stephanie
represents adult fiction, and is particularly enthusiastic about
literary/upmarket contemporary fiction, psychological thrillers/suspense, and
atmospheric, near-historical fiction (past 200 years). Stephanie does not
represent fantasy or science fiction, but she loves a bit of surrealism or
speculative fiction rooted in realism. She also enjoys interwoven plots, epic
family sagas, and fictionalized accounts of overlooked periods in history.
A
graduate of Johns Hopkins’ Writing Seminars program, Stephanie considers
herself a “hands-on” agent and is eager to work with debut authors who are
serious about their craft.
Please
put “Query: [your book's title] by [your name]” in the subject line. Include
the first few chapters in the body of your email.
Ed
Maxwell joined Greenburger Associates in 2011. Previously,
he interned in various political offices on Capitol Hill and in New York. Ed
graduated from New York University with a degree in History. Starting as the
assistant to Faith Hamlin, he distinguished himself as a close reader with an eclectic
range. In addition to agenting on his own, he continues to co-agent certain
titles and authors while assisting Faith in managing her list.
Ed
is seeking expert and narrative nonfiction authors, novelists and graphic
novelists, as well as children’s book authors and illustrators.
His
aim as a literary agent is to help authors grow their intellectual properties
into compelling books. He is especially interested in working with authors who
may publish across different genres and formats—scholarly and trade—over the
course of their careers. Ed believes in popular media as a living cultural
record and hopes to connect with authors of diverse backgrounds, perspectives,
and voices.
Please
put “QUERY: [Project Title]” in the subject line. Attach a proposal or a sample
from your project (at most 40 pages).
Rachael
Dillon Fried did a stint with International Creative
Management’s live appearances division in Los Angeles, before she embraced her
love of books and relocated to New York City to pursue a career in literary
representation. She landed at Sanford Greenburger, where she assisted agent Heide
Lange before becoming an associate agent.
Rachael
is growing her client list with both fiction and nonfiction authors, with a
keen interest in unique literary voices, women’s fiction, narrative nonfiction,
memoir, and comedy. She hopes to build long-term relationships with clients who
are passionate about developing their craft and career.
Rachael
is a Rhode Island native and graduate of Brown University. She lives in
Manhattan with her husband, a television writer.
See
information about all the agents at Greenburger Associates, including their
submission preferences here.
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| Half-Truths and Brazen Lies by Kira Vermond, one of the guest speakers for the Kid Lit course |
Brian Henry will lead Writing for Children & for Young Adult 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 and author Jennifer Mook-Sang (see here),
on Saturday, May 27, in St. Catharines with Anne Shone, senior editor at
Scholastic Books (see here),
and on Saturday, July 29, in Collingwood with literary agent Monica Pacheco
(see here).
Brian will also be leading a weekly Kid Lit class,
Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, in Mississauga (see here).
Note: For updated listings of Writing for Children
& for Young adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes, see here (and scroll down).
Also, Brian will lead a How to Get Published workshop on
Saturday, April 22, in Midland, with literary agent Sue Miller (see here).
And don't miss the June in Algonquin Writing Retreat, Friday, June
2 – Sunday, June 4 or Monday, June 5. Details here.
For more information or to reserve a
spot in any Saturday workshop or weekly course, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
This spring – starting
soon! – Brian will offer a full range of classes from
beginner to advanced:
Writing Kid Lit, with guest speakers authors Sylvia McNicoll and Kira Vermond, Monday afternoons,
April 10 – June 19, Mississauga. 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.
Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, April 12 – June 14,
starts by email April 5,
Burlington. Details here.
Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday
afternoons, April 5 – June 21, starts by email March
29, Burlington. Details here.
For more information or to register
for any of the above, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Read reviews of Brian’s courses and
workshops here.
See Brian’s complete current
schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing
courses in Algonquin Park, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon,
Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB,
Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo,
Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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