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Touchstone, 2008
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Harper, 2007
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agent : dlazar@WritersHouse.com
Daniel Lazar
Writers House LLC
21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010
(212) 685-2400
(212) 685-1781 (fax)
http://www.writershouse.com
illustration
Dial & Walden Media, 2008

Writers House, coming up on 30 years, is one of the largest agencies in the industry. As a company, we represent a wide range of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction.

I've been with Writers House for over six years, and I'm always on the lookout for distinct fiction and great, lively non-fiction. I represent adult and children's books (and for children's books, I focus mainly on middle grade and YA). For fiction, I love stories that introduce me to new worlds -- or even better, recreate the ones I may already know. For non-fiction, I enjoy memoirs, narrative non-fiction, all stripes and studies of pop-culture, and even small gifty books that strike my fancy and make me smile. I'm a huge fan of graphic novels and memoirs. I also especially love historical fiction of all kinds. And as the oldest child of six who has changed many, many diapers in his life, I'm equally intrigued by any book with unique views on parenting and family life.

If you think your pages can make me hold my breath or miss my subway stop or even laugh out loud, please read my submission guidelines -- I'd love to hear from you.


years experience: 6
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Literary and commercial fiction, Women's fiction, Historical fiction, Thrillers, Mysteries, Gay and Lesbian, Young adult, Middle grade, Graphic Novels or Memoirs, Judaica, Memoir, Narrative Non-fiction, Fitness, Pop-Culture, Humor
MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Adult sales include:
I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (Hyperion) -- BURN, Jay Varner (Algonquin) -- MOONFACE, Angela Balcita (Harper) -- THE LITTLE GIANT OF ABERDEEN COUNTY, Tiffany Baker (Grand Central) -- YOU SAY MORE THAN YOU THINK, Janine Driver (Crown) -- EVE, Elissa Elliot (Bantam) -- DUMBFOUNDED, Matt Rothschild (Crown) -- RAVEN, Giles Kristian (Transworld) -- WHAT WOULD KEITH RICHARDS DO?, Jessica West (Bloomsbury) -- LAND OF NOD, Oscar Bennett (Algonquin) -- JUST DO IT, Doug Brown (Crown) -- SCARED OF SANTA, Denise Joyce & Nancy Watkins (William Morrow) -- THE UNLUCKIEST DOG IN LEBANON, Joel Chasnoff (Free Press) -- THE AGONY AND THE AGONY, Betty Londergan (Da Capo) -- SMART BITCHES WHO LOVE TRASHY BOOKS, Sarah Wendell & Candy Tan (Touchstone/Fireside) -- GRANDPA RULES, Mike Milligan (Skyhorse) -- DANCING ON THE VOLCANO, Steve Levingston (Lyons) -- MAKING UP WITH MOM, Julie Halpert & Deborah Carr (St. Martin's) -- THE PIRATE'S DILEMMA, Matt Mason (Free Press) -- NOT A HAPPY CAMPER, Mindy Schneider (Grove) -- INSIDE OUT GIRL, Tish Cohen (Harper)

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Children's sales include:
THE LAST INVISIBLE BOY, Evan Kuhlman (Atheneum) -- SUPER CHICKEN NUGGET BOY, Josh Lewis (Hyperion) -- ALSO KNOWN AS HARPER, Ann Haywood Leal (Holt) -- SAMANTHA HANSEN HAS ROCKS IN HER HEAD, Nancy Viau (Amulet) -- HOT GIRL, Dream Jordan (St. Martin's) -- PORTIA'S ULTRA MYSTERIOUS DOUBLE LIFE, Anna Hays (Simon & Schuster) -- MY TIKI GIRL, Jennifer McMahon (Dutton Children's Books) -- MIKE STELLAR: NERVES OF STEEL, Kari Anne Roy (Random House) -- THE ONE AND ONLY ZOE LAMA, Tish Cohen (Dutton & HarperCanada) -- TWELVE LONG MONTHS, Brian Malloy (Scholastic) -- BILLY BONES, Chris Lincoln (Little, Brown) -- THE CHICKEN DANCE, Jacques Couvillon (Bloomsbury)

SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
Please check our website for more info: www.writershouse.com
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
I am actively seeking new clients.
** Queries by email or regular mail with SASE. (Email is usually faster, but either is fine.)
** Please include the first 5 pages of your manuscript.
** If you email: a) NO attachments; b) if you copy me and every other agent in the industry, save us the time. Politely reject yourself.
** If you mail, no need to send materials double sealed in bubble wrap. It's paper, not anthrax.
** My response time is 1 minute to several weeks.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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