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Albert LaFarge
Albert LaFarge Literary Agency
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The Albert LaFarge Literary Agency was founded in 2003 in association with the David Black Literary Agency, Inc., and has operated independently since 2006.

The agency specializes in general nonfiction, from documentary history to narrative journalism. The agency also handles the literary estates of Brendan Gill, George V. Higgins, and William H. Whyte.

For more information, please visit TheLaFargeAgency.com

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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Anthology, Art and Photography, Biography, Design, Essay, History, Medicine, Memoir, Narrative Journalism, Popular Science, Sports, Travel
TRADE REFERENCES
"The best agent since the earth cooled." --Marek Fuchs


"I guess one could always ask more of one's agent but when it comes to mine, Albert LaFarge, I can't think of anything." --C. Michael Hiam


"[Albert LaFarge] had so very much to do with the care and feeding of this work [The Agent, Harcourt, 1998] when it was an orphan manuscript." --George V. Higgins
LEADING CLIENTS
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BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
Marshall Jon Fisher's A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, A World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played (Crown, April 21, 2009).
MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
C. Michael Hiam's EDDIE SHORE AND THAT OLD-TIME HOCKEY, the story of a Canadian-American hockey legend and the growth of professional hockey in the twentieth century, to Doug Pepper at McClelland & Stewart.

Dermot Meagher's JUDGE STORIES, colorful cases from a Massachusetts judge, including eleven stories published in Boston and Doubletake magazines, to Richard Pult at the University Presses of New England, on behalf of Northeastern University Press.

Mo Lotman's Harvard Square: A Modern History in Photographs, a comprehensive photographic record with nostalgic views on six decades of Harvard Square through interviews and hundreds of vintage photographs (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, September 1, 2009).
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Meg Muckenhoupt's Discovering Boston's Green Spaces and Gardens, to Union Park Press, for publication in 2010 (NA).
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Akiko Busch's untitled essay on patience, to Steve Magnuson at Sterling / AARP Books, for the "Arts of Living" Series, with Carl Lehmann-Haupt editing (NA).
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Brain Disease: A Comprehensive Guide, by NEUROLOGY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE lead author Dr. Walter Bradley, an up-to-date layman's guide to the major neurological disorders--stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), cancer, migraine, carpal tunnel syndrome, head and spine injuries, peripheral neuropathy--providing clear and authoritative information on diagnosis and clinical features, treatment pathways, and current trends in research (Dana Press, for publication in fall 2009; US & Canada).

MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
Paperback reprint rights to William H. Whyte's City: Rediscovering the Center, to University of Pennsylvania Press, for publication in 2009, in a twentieth-anniversary edition with a foreword by Paco Underhill (NA).
SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
For access to UK/translation rights offerings, please e-mail: rights@thelafargeagency.com
KEY PERSONNEL
Richenda Annach, intern: office.lafargeliterary@gmail.com
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Query via e-mail with a proposal and brief sample. Unsolicited fiction is not considered.
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