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| Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah, represented by P.S. Literary |
P.S. Literary Agency
2010 Winston Park Drive
2nd Floor
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
Canada
http://www.psliterary.com/
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Six agents at P.S. Literary are looking for
authors, including the newest member of the team Maureen Moretti….
Maureen Moretti began her publishing
career as an intern with several different literary agencies before joining
P.S. as an associate agent, based in New York. Maureen holds a B.A. from St.
Mary’s College of California and attended the Columbia Publishing Course.
Maureen is actively
acquiring both nonfiction and fiction.
Within nonfiction, she
is searching for narrative nonfiction, biography, culture, history, LGBTQ+,
cookbooks, and lifestyle books.
Within fiction, she is
looking for women’s fiction, thrillers, LGBTQ+, seclect science fiction, and
genre-bending unique voices.
Limit your submission to just a query
letter until asked for more.
Carly Watters did her MA
in Publishing Studies at City University London in the UK where she worked in
the publishing industry at the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency,
and Bloomsbury PLC before returning to Canada in 2010 to join the P.S Literary
Agency.
Carly is acquiring both fiction and nonfiction. In fiction, she’s
seeking Women’s Fiction, Upmarket Adult, Commercial Adult, Domestic Suspense,
Literary Mystery & Thrillers, Historical, Contemporary Romance, and Smart
Book Club Fiction.
In nonfiction, she’s looking for Pop science, Business, Psychology,
Cookbooks, Unique Memoirs, Lifestyle (health, wellness, relationships,
parenting), Narrative and Platform-Based Nonfiction (must have demonstrable
expertise and a quantifiable market).
Limit your submission to just a query
letter until asked for more.
Maria Vicente began her
publishing career an intern with Bree Ogden at D4EO Literary
Agency and then interned at P.S. Literary before joining the agency as an
associate agent. Maria has a B.A. in English Lit from Carleton and a Bachelor
of Education from Western.
Maria specializes in children’s fiction and nonfiction for all ages. She
has affinity for literary prose, diverse characters, original storytelling
formats, and anything geeky. is actively looking for Literary and
Commercial fiction, New Adult, high-concept Young Adult, Middle Grade,
high-concept Picture Books, and nonfiction in the Pop Culture, Pop Psychology,
Design and Lifestyle categories.
Maria is looking for Picture Books, Chapter Books and Middle Grade and
Young Adult novels.
In nonfiction, she is looking for books for both children and adults.
She looks for nonfiction that offer a new perspective on an entertaining topic.
She’s particularly interested in Pop Culture, Science, Design, and Lifestyle.
Maria is also interested in a variety of illustrated projects, including
Picture Books, Graphic Novels, and nonfiction Gift Books.
Check out more details of Maria’s interests at her website here.
Limit your submission to just a query
letter until asked for more. If you’re an illustrator or author/illustrator,
please provide a link to your portfolio.
Kurestin Armada began her
publishing career as an intern with Workman Publishing and spent time as an
assistant at the Lotts Agency before joining P.S. Literary. She holds a B.A. in
English from Kenyon College and a publishing certificate from Columbia
University. Kurestin is based in New York City, where she spends most of her
time in the city’s thriving bookstores.
Kurestin is actively acquiring Kurestin is actively acquiring Upmarket
and Commercial Fiction, Magic Realism, Science Fiction, select Historical
Fiction LGBTQ (any genre), Romance, illustrated Picture Books, Middle Grade,
Young Adult, and Graphic Novels.
In nonfiction, Kurestin is looking for Design, Cooking, Pop Psychology,
Narrative, Photography, Nature, and Science.
Limit your submission to just a query letter until
asked for more.
Eric Smith began his publishing career at Quark Books in
Philadelphia, working social media and marketing on numerous books he absolutely
adored. . Eric completed his BZ in English at Kean University and his MA in
English at Arcadia University. A frequent blogger, Eric’s ramblings about books
appear on BookRiot, The Huffington Post and more. He is the author of Inked (Bloomsbury
Publishing) and TheGeek’s Guide to Dating (Quick Books).
Eric is eagerly acquiring
fiction and nonfiction. He’s actively seeking out new, diverse voices in Young
Adult (particularly sci-fi and fantasy), and Literary and Commercial Fiction.
Again, he loves sci-fi and fantasy but also thrillers and mysteries).
In nonfiction, Eric is
interested in Cookbooks, Pop Culture, Humour, essay collections, and blog to
book ideas.
Query Eric at: query@psliterary.com
No attachments unless specifically requested.
Curtis Russell began his
publishing career as the proprietor of a micro press before crossing over to
the other side of the desk and founding P.S. Literary in 2005.
Curtis is currently acquiring both fiction and nonfiction. In terms of
fiction, he is seeking Literary, Commercial, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense,
Romance, Picture Books, Middle Grade and Young Adults.
In nonfiction, he is looking for Business, History, Politics, Current
Affairs, Memoir, Health, Wellness, Sports, Humour, Pop Culture, Pop Science and
Pop Psychology.
Limit your submission to just a query letter until
asked for more.
See P.S. full submissions guidelines here.
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| YA author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn |
In May, two Writing for Children and for Young Adults workshops are coming up, both with guest speaker Erin
O'Connor, senior editor, Scholastic Books. On Saturday, May 5, in Toronto,
the workshop will also feature young adult author Laurie Elizabeth
Flynn (see here), and on Saturday, May 11, in Brampton the
workshop will feature young adult author Tanaz Bhathena (see here).
If you’re interested in getting published, soon or
somewhere down the road, don’t miss the How
to Get Published workshop, Saturday, June 8, in
Waterloo with literary agent Meg Wheeler (see here).
And don’t miss these other great workshops coming soon: Writing Your Life, with guest speaker
Ross Pennie, Saturday, April 13, in Guelph (see here),
Plotting Novels and Writing
Short Stories, Saturday, May 25, in Niagara on the Lake (see here), and How
to Write Great Characters, Saturday,
June 22, in Oakville (see here).
But the best way to grow as a writer may be
with a weekly course.
Burlington: Welcome to Creative Writing, Thursday afternoons, April 18 – June 20. Details here.
And come the summer, more courses are starting:
Oakville Woodside Library: Exploring
Creative Writing, Tuesday
afternoons, July 2 – Aug 13. See
Burlington: Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday
afternoons, July 3 – Aug 21, 1st readings emailed
June 26.
June 26.
Burlington: Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday
evenings July 3 – Aug 21. 1st readings emailed June 26.
In the fall, join us at the ...
November at the Briars Writing
Retreat.
Friday, November 1 – Monday, November 4;
four days of creativity in a setting that provides the warmth of a country
estate steeped in history while providing all the benefits of an extensive,
modern lakeside resort. Details here.
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| The Briars Resort |
To reserve a spot in any upcoming weekly course,
weekend retreat, or Saturday workshop, email Brian at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
See Brian’s complete current schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops,
weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park,
Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood,
Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo,
London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough,
St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel,
Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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