CIG TO BOOK PROPOSALS & QUERY LETTERS by Marilyn Allen and Coleen O'Shea. Media and Featured at Writers' Conferences

Allen O'Shea Literary Agency LLC

Marilyn Allen and Coleen O'Shea focus on core nonfiction categories and featured fiction projects. Their own extensive career experience in editorial, publishing, sales and marketing of books enhances the goals of their clients. They are regularly called upon to scout for major publishers.

RECENT SALES AND PUBLICATIONS:

• The Immortality Edge Fossel, MD, PhD, Blackburn, Woynarowski, MD, John Wiley
  
• Zapped Ann Louise Gittleman, HarperOne
  
• Fat Flush for Life Ann Louise Gittleman, DaCapo Lifelong
  
• Olivia's Birds Olivia Bouler, Sterling
  
• Finally Thin Kim Bensen, Broadway Books
  
• Home Gardening at Its Best and
• Herb Gardening at Its Best Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan, Ten Speed Press
  
• Dry Ice Bill Evans, ABC Weatherman, and Marianna Jameson, Forge/TOR Hardcover, 2011; Frozen Fire, 2009; Category 7, 2008; Foreign Rights Available for Frozen Fire and Category 7
  
• It's Raining Fish and Spiders An Outrageous Guide to Extreme and Bizarre Weather and
• Blackmail Earth Bill Evans, ABC Weathermen, Forge/TOR,Foreign Rights Available
  
• The Sono Baking Company Cookbook and
• The Sono Baking Company Cookbook #2 John Barricelli, Foreword by Martha Stewart,Clarkson Potter; Host of Everyday Baking
  
• Perfect Pies Michele Stuart, Ballantine, see on The Food Network
  
• So Much to Say, 20 Years on the Road with the Dave Matthews Band Nikki Van Noy, Touchstone
  
• One Year to an Organized Life with Baby Regina Leeds with Meagan Frances, DaCapo (series)
  
• The Power of Rest Matthew Edlund, M.D., HarperOne
  
• Great Expectations-Best Baby Food Jeannette Bessinger, Sterling
  
• Simple Foods for Busy Families Jeannette Bessinger and Tracee Yablon-Brenner, Ten Speed Press
  
• Honeybee, From Hive to Home, Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper C. Marina Marchese, Black Dog and Leventhal
  
• 30 Minute Vegan & Taste of the East Cookbooks Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray, DaCapo Lifelong
  
• Simple Foods for Busy Families Jeannette Bessinger and Tracee Yablon-Brenner, Ten Speed Press
  
• Beat Sugar Addiction Now! Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, Fairwinds
  
• Zero Proof Cocktails: Alcohol-Free Beverages for Every Occasion Liz Scott, Ten Speed Press
  
• The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes Dr. Frederic Vagnini and Lawrence Chilnick, Fairwinds
  
• Lead Like Ike Geoff Loftus, Thomas Nelson
  
• Ernie Davis: The Express, The Story of a Heisman Trophy Winner Robert C. Gallagher, Ballantine Books, movie tie-in, The Express, Universal Pictures
  
• Think Like a Caddie, Play Like a Pro James Y. Bartlett, Sellers

• Key Authors and Categories

• Diet, Health and Nutrition Authors and Selected Titles

• Ann Louise Gittleman, First Lady of Nutrition
  Fat Flush For Life, DaCapo Lifelong
  Zapped, HarperOne
  The Fat Flush Plan, McGraw-Hill, NYT bestseller
  The Fast Track Detox Diet, Broadway Books
  Get the Sugar Out, Crown Books
  The Gut Flush Plan, Avery Books

• Jonny Bowden
  The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, Fairwinds
  The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth, Fairwinds
  The Healthiest Meals on Earth, Fairwinds
  The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer, Fairwinds
  The 150 Most Effective Ways To Boost Your Energy, Fairwinds
  Living the Low Carb Life, Sterling

• Jonny Bowden and Jeannette Bessinger
  The 150 Healthiest 15-Minute Recipes on Earth, Fairwinds
  The 150 Healthiest Comfort Foods on Earth, Fairwinds
  The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth, Fairwinds

• Julie Fast
  Get It Done When You’re Depressed, Penguin
  Take Charge of Your Bipolar Disease w/ Dr. John Preston, Grand Central, Foreign Rights Available

• Corinne Gediman
  Brainfit, Rutledge Hill Press
  Supercharge Your Brain, Sterling

• Psychiatric Drugs, Consumer Guidebook Dr. John Preston, et. al, Simon & Schuster

  Kim Bensen; Jonny Bowden; Cathy Bueti, Breastless in the City; Larry Chilnick, Heart Disease, The First Year, DaCapo; Susan Ciminelli, The Ciminelli Solution, Collins; Leo Galland, M.D. and Jonathan Galland; Corinne Gediman; Ann Louise Gittleman; Karen Kartor, Six Weeks to a Bikini Body, Fairwinds; Lynne Matallana, Health Smart Guide to Fibromyalgia; Jules Shepard, The First Year of Celiac Disease, DaCapo; Frederick Vagnini, M.D. and Dave Bunnell, Count Down Your Age, McGraw-Hill

• Cookbook, Food and Health Authors and Selected Titles

• Dawn Hall
  Busy People’s Super Simple 30-Minute Menus, all Thomas Nelson Books
  Busy People’s Slow Cooker Cookbook
  Busy People’s Down-Home Cooking
  Busy People’s Low-Fat Cookbook
  Busy People’s Diabetic Cookbook
  Busy People’s Low-Carb Cookbook
  Busy People’s Fun, Festive Christmas Cookbook

  John Barricelli; Kim Bensen; Jeannette Bessinger, BCHHC and Tracee Yablon-Brenner, RD, BCHHC; Jonny Bowden; Kendall Conrad, Eat Well, Feel Well, Clarkson Potter; Tracy Griffith, Sushi American Style, Clarkson Potter; Judith Strada and Mineko Takane Morino, Sushi For Dummies, Wiley; Jane Sharrock, Who Wants Candy? Perigee Books; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Low-Carb Meals, Wine Basics, Terrific Diabetic Meals, Alpha; over 30 JoAnna Lund's million-copy selling Healthy Exchanges series, including Baking with Splenda, Cooking For Two, Pizza Pronto, Food Processor Cookbook, Slow-Cooker Cookbook, and Slow-Cooker Delux

• Lifestyle/Crafts, Parenting, Sports, Humor, Pets, Pop Culture Authors and Selected Titles

• Regina Leeds
  One Year to an Organized Life with Baby, DaCapo Lifelong
  One Year to an Organized Work Life, DaCapo Lifelong
  One Year to an Organized Financial Life, DaCapo Lifelong
  One Year to an Organized Life, DaCapo Lifelong, NYT bestseller, Foreign and Audio Rights Available
  The Zen of Organizing, Alpha, Foreign Rights Available
  CIG to Decluttering, Alpha

  Utter & Absolute Beginner Painting, Claire Watson Garcia, Watson Guptill; Teach Yourself Visually Drawing, Dean Fisher & Josephine Robinson, Wiley; Jewelry Making and Beading, Chris Franchetti Michaels, Wiley; Style RX; Dressing the Body You Have to Create the Body You Want by Bridgette Raes, Perigee; CIG Illustrated Knitting Projects, Barbara Morgenroth, Alpha; Find Your Style and Knit it Too, Sharon Turner, Wiley;

• Parenting
  What Kindergarten Teachers Know, Lisa Holewa and Joan Rice, Perigee
  Personality Based Potty Training, Sara Au and Dr. Peter L. Stravinoha, Amacom
  The Discipline Miracle, Linda Pearson, Amacom
  How To Say It To Girls, Nancy Gruver, HP Books
  What Children Need When They Grieve, Julia Wilcox Rathkey, Three Rivers Press
  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being an Expectant Father, Joe Kelly, Alpha

• Sports
  Twice Around the Bases, Kevin Kennedy and Bill Gutman, Harper Collins
  Lance Armstrong, a biography for young adults, Bill Gutman, Simon Pulse
  Superwomen, Jodi Buren and The Women’s Sports Foundation, Little Brown

• Golf
  Target Putting, Cary Heath, Bob Christina, PH. D, and Eric Alpenfels, Gotham
  Teach Yourself Visually Golf, Tom Mackin, Cheryl Anderson, Brian Crowell, Wiley
  Golf Tips, Tom Mackin, Cheryl Anderson, Brian Crowell, Wiley
  The Golfer’s Library, Daniel Wexler, Ann Arbor Media

• Humor
  A Guy Walked into a Bar, Mike Lewis, Black Dog and Leventhal
  Take My Wife Please, Hugh Payne, Black Dog
  Yo Mama; Insults, Comebacks and Wisecracks, Hugh Payne, Black Dog
  When You’re In Public Pretend You Don’t Know Me, Susan Borowitz, Warner Books
  Men Are Dogs, Molly Hewitt, Sourcebooks
  You Know You’re Republican/Democrat When…Frank Benjamin, Sourcebooks

• Pets
  365 Days of Dog Tips and Tricks, Wendy Nen Raes, Rockport
  Unexpected Miracles, Dr. Shawn Messonnier, Forge/Tor
  Liz Palika: The Ultimate Pet Food Guide, DaCapo; Dog Encyclopedia A-Z, The Ultimate Dog and Cat Treat Cookbooks, Howell House; Housetraining, Pugs, Yorkshire Terriers, Alpha

• Pop Culture
  The Reformed, Chris Hart, Graphic Novel, Del Rey, Movie Rights Available
  CIG Learning Bass Guitar, David Hodge, Alpha
  Here, There and Everywhere, Beatles Best, Mike Lewis & Steve Spignesi, Black Dog
  The Alamo, Lee Pfeiffer, Sundance
  CIG Classic Movies, Lee Pfeiffer, Alpha
  Obsessed with Hollywood, Andrew Rausch, Chronicle
  CIG Green Living, Trish Riley, Alpha
  The On Line Genealogy Handbook, Brad and Deb Schepp, Sterling
  CIG Harry Potter, Tere Stouffer

• Business Books, Authors and Selected Titles

• Kevin Boyd
  eBay Business at Your Fingers, eBay Rescue-Profit Finder, eBay Rescue-Problem Solver, Penguin

• Harry (Skip) McGrath
  Titanium eBay: A Tactical Guide to Becoming a Millionaire Powerseller, Penguin
  Three Weeks to eBay Profits, Sterling
  How to Start and Run and eBay Consignment Business, McGraw Hill

  AARP Crash Course in Retirement, Julie Jason, Sterling; Drivers to Success, Rick Jensen, Sea Script, Foreign and Audio Rights available; ReMax: Guide to Buying a Home, Bridget McCrea, Sterling; Second Homes FD, Bridget McCrea, Wiley; Build Your Dream Home on a Shoestring, Gwen Moran and Henry Nonnenberg, Jr., Alpha; UG to Rental Property Management, Melissa Prandi, Wiley; UG to Flipping Properties, Peter Richmond, Wiley; How eBay Really Works, Brad and Deb Schepp, Sterling

• Dummies Series (samples)
  Art History for Dummies, Jesse Wilder
  Sushi for Dummies, Judith Strada and Mineko Takane Morino
  Menopause FD, Nancy Hall
  Swing Trading FD, Omar Bassal
  Day Trading FD, Hedge Funds FD, Ann Logue
  Annuities FD, Kerry Pechter
  Quality Control, Michael Wallace and Larry Webber
  Bond Investing FD, Exchange Traded Funds FD, Russell Wild
  Many foreign language titles

• The Complete Idiot’s Guides (samples)
  Business: eBay, Lissa McGrath, For Sale By Owner, Retirement Planning, Jeff Wuorio
  Cooking Raw Eating, Mark Reinfeld and Bo Rinaldi, Cheeses of the World, Jeanette Hurt, Grilling, Don Mauer, Wine Basics, Tara Thomas,
  Health Healthy Weight Loss, Lucy Beale, Anti-Inflammation Diet, Betsy Vierck,
  Parenting Sleep Training Your Child, Jennifer Lawler and Dr Melissa Burnham, Baby Signing, Diane Ryan, Feeding Baby & Toddler, Elizabeth Ward, Baby Names, Marcia Layton Turner
  Reference Study Skills, Randall and Kathy Hansen, Grant Writing, Waddy Thompson
  Photography Bob Shell, Eric Sherman
  Religion Mary of Nazareth, Catholic Catechism, Christian Fiction and Mysteries, Ron Benrey

• For foreign rights, contact: Betty Ann Crawford, Books Crossing Borders
  bc@bookscrossingborders.com, (p) 212.840.0400, (f) 212.507.9842

  
  SUBRIGHTS NEWS:
  

  • Category 7 (Forge/Tor) by Bill Evans and Marianna Jameson, Spanish right sold

  • Men Are Dogs (Sourcebooks) by Molly Hewitt, Russian and Finnish rights sold.

  • Living the Low Carb Life (Sterling) by Jonny Bowden, Arabic and Italian rights sold.

  • Busy People's Fun Festive Christmas Cookbook (Rutlege Hill Press) by Dawn Hall, book club rights sold to the Good Cook Book Club.

  • Brainfit (Rutledge Hill Press) by Corinne Gediman, Brazilian/Portugese and Japanese rights sold.

  • How To Say It To Girls (HP Books) by Nancy Gruver, Complex Chinese rights sold.

  • The Secret Language of Children (Sourcebooks) by Larry Shapiro, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Romanian and Italian rights sold.

  • The Fast Track Detox Diet by Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S., to Century/Arrow (UK) in a significant deal at auction. Major Cosmo (UK) excerpt. The Netherlands, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic and Russian language rights sold. Audio to Random House. Book club to BookSpan. First serial to Experience Life.

  • Sushi American Style (Clarkson Potter) by Tracy Griffith to The Good Cook Club. Seen on The Today Show and other major media.

  • Who Wants Candy? (HPBooks) by Jane Sharrock, to The Good Cook Club
    
  
  

  
  Contact Information:

  Marilyn Allen
  615 Westover Road
  Stamford, CT 06902
  203.359.9965 (phone)
  203.357.9909 (fax)
  marilyn@allenoshea.com

  Coleen O'Shea
  23 Katydid Lane
  Weston, CT 06883
  203.222.9004 (phone)
  203.222.1149 (fax)
  coleen@allenoshea.com

Allen O’Shea Literary Agency represent a wide variety of projects. Among their clients are Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D, C.N.S.,, First Lady of Nutrition; Dr. Kelly D. Brownell, Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders; Dr. Lawrence E. Shapiro; Susan Borowitz; Jonny Bowden; Mark Reinfeld; Dawn Hall; Corinne Gediman; Karon Karter; Kim Bensen, Wiley Mullins.

Alphabetically: John Barricelli, Lucy Beale, Kim Bensen, Susan Borowitz, Jonny Bowden, Dr. Kelly Brownell, Paul and Sarah Edwards, Ann Louise Gittleman, "First Lady of Nutrition," Dawn Hall, Jamie Hyneman, host of Mythbusters, Regina Leeds, JoAnna Lund's Healthy Exchanges, Harry "Skip" McGrath, "Mr. Ebay," Wiley Mullins, Liz Palika, Diane Roupe, Dr. Lawrence E. Shapiro, Jedwin Smith, Judi Strada, Scott Thorpe, Max Wilk, Marc Chandler, Dr. Matthew Edlund, C. Marina Marchese, Carol Miller

• The Fat Flush Plan by Ann Louise Gittleman, PH.D, CNS. (McGraw-Hill)
  
• The Fast Track Detox Diet by Ann Louise Gittleman, PH.D, CNS. (Broadway Books)
  
• The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth by Jonny Bowden, PH.D (Fairwinds)
  
• The Most Effective Natural Cures On Earth by Jonny Bowden, PH.D (Fairwinds)
  
• Food Fight by Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. and Kate Battle Horgen (McGraw-Hill)
  
• How To Understand The Secret Language Of Children by Dr. Lawrence E. Shapiro (Sourcebooks)
  
• JoAnna Lund cookbooks, including The Healthy Exchanges cookbooks, Family and Friends Cookbook, Sensational Smoothies, Hot of the Grill, The Open Road Cookbook, Kitchen Miracles, and more (Perigee)
  
• Dawn Hall's Busy People's cookbooks, including Super Simple 30 Minute Menus,(Thomas Nelson)
  
• The books of Paul and Sarah Edwards (the work-at-home experts), including Middle-Class Lifeboat (Thomas Nelson)
  
• Many projects in The Complete Idiot's Guide series, Health Smart series and Pocket Idiot's Guides and The For Dummies series.

Foreign Language Rights Available For:

• Category 7, Frozen Fire by Bill Evans and Marianna Jameson
  
• The The Gut Flush Plan by Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S.
  
• The Fast Track Detox Diet by Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S.
  
• Finally Thin! by Kim Bensen
  
• Brainfit by Corinne Gediman
  
• The Ciminelli Solution by Susan Ciminelli
  
• How to Understand The Secret Language of Children by Dr. Lawrence E. Shapiro
  
• Unexpected Recoveries by Tom Monte
  
• Eat Well, Feel Well by Kendall Conrad
  

Marilyn Allen is a literary agent with over 25 years sales and marketing experience, last as Senior Vice President, Associate Publisher, and Director of Marketing for HarperCollins.

Coleen O'Shea is a literary agent with over 25 years editorial and packaging experience, last as Executive Editor at Bantam Books.

Direct foreign rights inqueries for Allen O'Shea Literary Agency to Coleen O'Shea at Coleen@allenoshea.com

Marilyn Allen at 203.359.9965 or marilyn@allenoshea.com

Coleen O'Shea at 203.222.9004 or Coleen@allenoshea.com

Prefer recommendations from clients, publisher contacts, email Submissions with proposal, table of contents and sample chapters in Word or rich text format. SASE with mailed submissions.

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