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| A Song for the Stars by Ilima Todd, represented by Tobias Agency |
The Tobias
Agency
276 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
10001
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The Tobias Agency was founded by agent Lane Heymont in 2016. It
is a full-service literary agency head-quartered in New York with satellite offices
in Boston, Nashville, and {soon} Los Angeles. Currently, Tobias has three agents,
all accepting queries:
Maria Rogers originally hails from St.
Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Kenyon College before cutting her teeth in
the publishing business as an intern at Writers House. She went on to work as
an editorial assistant at W.W. Norton & Co. and later as an editor at
Scholastic.
Her work experience has given her insight into many
realms of reading, from nonfiction and poetry to literary and commercial
fiction, to books for children and young adults.
Maria is accepting both nonfiction
and fiction, including graphic novels. In nonfiction she is currently looing for
nonfiction that explores big events from new angle, whip-smart cultural
criticism, and original and urgent journalism and science writing.
She’s also on the look-out
for books to engage kids in nonfiction topics, from ancient history to
contemporary issues.
She is not
currently considering poetry, picture books, romance, science fiction, or
fantasy.
Some
books she’s recently enjoyed have been THE UNWINDING by George Packer, WAYWARD
LIVES, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS by Saidiya Hartman, IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen
Maria Machado, BOTTLE OF LIES by Katherine Eban, RIVER by Elisha Cooper, and
PET by Akwaeke Emezi.
Query Maria at: Maria@TheTobiasAgency.com
For fiction
and nonfiction include a sample of up to 30 pages. For graphic novel
submissions, include a synopsis, sample lo-res images and links to your
portfolio.
Matt Belford joined the Tobias Agency
in January 2020 after previously working at the David Black Agency and the Aaron
M. Priest Agency. He received his Master in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from
Emerson College.
A lover of all things science
fiction and fantasy, Matt accepts his nerd status readily. Some of his favorite reads include: THE SUMMONER by
Gail Z Martin, KINGS OF THE WYLD by Nicholas Eames, TRAIL OF LIGHTNING by
Rebecca Roanhorse, and RED RISING by Pierce Brown.
Query Matt at: Matt@TheTobiasAgency.com
Include the
first 25 pages of your manuscript in the body of your email Queries with
attachments will be deleted unread.
Lane Heymont began his publishing
career in 2012 at the Seymour Agency and in 2016 formed the Tobias Agency. Lane
was the #1 agent for horror on Publishers Marketplace and in the top ten for
women’s fiction and romance.
Some
of his favorite reads include: FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, THE HUNGER by Alma
Katsu, SKELETONS AT THE FEAST by Chris Bohjalian, KNIGHT OF THE BLACK ROSE by
James Lowder, the DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, IN
COLD BLOOD BY Truman Capote, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou,
and THE DINOSAUR ARTIST by Paige Williams.
His
favorite writers include Sheridan Le Fanu, Mary Shelley, Margaret Weis and
Tracy Hickman, Alma Katsu, Chris Bohjalian, and Lovecraft despite his politics
and gross bigotry.
Lane represents a broad
range of commercial fiction and serious nonfiction.
In fiction, he is open to
speculative fiction, horror, thrillers, women’s fiction, romance, and select
YA. He prefers contemporary settings and {like everyone else} is always looking
for #Ownvoices in both fiction and nonfiction.
In nonfiction, he is seeking
memoirs, celebrity projects, science, cultural studies, history, and has a
particular interest in true crime.
Query Lane
through his Query Manager here.
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| Literary agent Martha Webb |
If you’re interested in getting published, now
or sometime in the future, don’t miss our upcoming How to Get Published workshop
with literary agent Martha Webb of the CookeMcDermid agency, Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Guelph.
(see here).
Also check out Writing Conflict: Fight scenes, Dialogue scenes & Love scene, Saturday, Feb 8, in Oakville (see here), Raising the Stakes: How to Increase
Your Saturday, Feb 22, in Kitchener (see here), Writing
& Revising, Saturday, Feb 29, in Mississauga (see here), Finding Your
Voice, Saturday, March 7, in Burlington, (see here), and How to Make
Yourself Write, Saturday, March 14, in St. Catharines (see here).
But
the best way of upping your game as a writer, may be with a weekly class. This
spring, a full range of courses is on offer, introductory to intensive and
including writing kid lit:
Oakville: Welcome to
Creative Writing, Thursday evenings, April 16 – June 25. No class June 4. Details here.
Burlington: Writing Kid
Lit, Thursday afternoons, April 23 – June 25.
No class June 4. Details here.
Burlington: Next Step in
Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, April 14 – June 23. First
readings emailed April 7. Details here.
Georgetown: Intensive
Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, March 25 – June 24. First
readings emailed March 18. Details here.
Toronto: Intensive
Creative Writing, Friday mornings, March 27 – June 26. First
readings emailed March 20. Details here.
Plus …
Algonquin Writing Retreat, Friday, June
5 – Monday, June 8, 2020. Four days of luxury and writing at
Arowhon Pines Resort in Algonquin Park – one of most beautiful spots
in Ontario. This is the area that inspired the Group of Seven; come and let it
inspire you, too. Still room. Details here.
Windsor International Writers Festival, Friday, July
10 – Sunday, July 12. Brian will lead a Round Table critiquing
your opening pages on Friday morning, will give a talk about writing query
letters, and will meet attendees one-on-one to help them write a query
that will get a yes. Details here.
More details of the conference here.
Join me in Southampton – a lovely beach town on Lake Huron – for a
weekend of workshops this summer: How to Build Your Story, Saturday,
July 25 {details to come} and How to Write Great Characters, Sunday, July
26 {details to come}.
To reserve a
spot in any upcoming weekly course, weekend retreat, or Saturday workshop,
email Brian at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
See Brian’s full schedule here, including writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Southampton, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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