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| Where the Past Begins, a memoir by Amy Tan, represented by the Dijkstra Agency |
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
PMB 515
1155 Camino del Mar
Del Mar, CA 92014
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Sandra Dijkstra is a well-established
literary agent who’s established an agency on the west coast. Besides
Sandra herself, the agency has seven other agents, all looking for clients. The
newest member of the team is junior agent Jennifer Kim. Like all new agents, Jennifer needs authors.
A graduate from the University of California
Irvine, Jennifer holds a B.A. in English Literature and Spanish Literature, and
spent a year studying Spanish literature and culture at the University of
Barcelona. She also works as a bookseller, having done so since 2012.
Jennifer represents both middle grade and young adult fiction and fiction
for adults. She also represents nonfiction, particularly history, current
events, science and nature, and self-improvement books.
In YA Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Jennifer is looking for multicultural projects
featuring multi-dimensional, even flawed protagonists from diverse backgrounds.
She enjoys unique, high concept stories, rooted in mythology or legend, with
strong world building and character development. She especially appreciates
atmospheric settings.
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| Jennifer Kim |
In contemporary YA, Jennifer is looking for unique, uncommon teen
stories with an authentic voice. She enjoys stories that tackle themes of
being an outsider, displacement, race, sexuality, and self-discovery, and is
particularly drawn to bicultural characters and stories centered around
subcultures, countercultures, and found families.
In the Middle Grade realm, Jennifer is drawn to stories that don’t shy
away from scary or tough subjects. She enjoys witty, whimsy stories, and values
tales of friendship, families and found-families, and discovery. She is
particularly drawn to stories that feature characters with unique and
interesting hobbies or skills.
In the adult market, Jennifer is particularly drawn to eccentric,
unusual stories. She values a distinct narrative voice and memorable characters
and settings, and is drawn to travel narratives, historical fiction, coming of
age stories, family sagas, stories of displacement, and magical realism.
In general, Jennifer loves literary writing, with challenging themes and
characters. She is excited to add writers of diversity (including, but not
limited to, all ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental and physical health, and
socioeconomic status) to her client list.
Query Jennifer at: jennifer@dijkstraagency.com
Include the word "QUERY" in your subject line.
Fiction: Please send a query letter, a 1-page synopsis, a
brief bio (including a description of your publishing history), and the first
10-15 pages of your manuscript. Please send all items in the body of the email,
not as an attachment.
Nonfiction: Please send a query letter, an overview
of your project including a chapter outline, a brief bio (including a
description of your publishing history), a description of competing books, and
the first 10-15 pages of your first chapter.
Full submission guidelines here.
Brian Henry will lead “You
can write great dialogue," workshops
on Saturday, July 15, in Mississauga (see here)
and Saturday, July 22, in London (see here),
and a Writing Your Life and Other True
Stories workshop on Saturday, Aug 19 in Brampton (see here).
Also, Brian will lead a Writing for Children & for Young Adult workshop on Saturday, August 12, in Collingwood with
literary agent Monica Pacheco (see here).
In the fall, Brian will lead a
weekly Writing Kid Lit class, Thursday mornings, Oct 5 – Nov 30,
in Oakville, with guest authors Sylvia McNicoll and Jennifer Mook-Sang
(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).
Join us for a Fall Colours Writing Retreat, at the wonderful Arowhon Pines Resort in Algonquin Park,
Friday, Sept 15 – Sunday, Sept 17 (see here).
Also, in the fall, Brian will lead a
full range of courses, introductory to advanced, including (for the first
time) a weekly creative writing course in Toronto:
Writing Kid Lit, Thursday mornings, Oct
5 – Nov 30, in Oakville, with guest authors Sylvia McNicoll and Jennifer
Mook-Sang. See here.
Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday
afternoons, Sept 20 – Dec 6, in Burlington
See details of all seven courses offered in the fall here.
For more information or to reserve a spot in any workshop, retreat, or
weekly course, 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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