Curtis Brown has been in business since 1914 and is one of the top agencies in the industry. Since arriving in the Fall of 2005, I have been looking to build my list, particularly in science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal romance. I'm also looking to take on a bit of literary horror (think Peter Straub/H.P. Lovecraft, not splatterpunk).
I'm also looking for great young adult and middle grade novels, and funny, smart pop-culture non fiction.

I also recently started handling British rights to our agency's children's list.

For 2008, I will be attending the following writers conferences:
Pennwriters, http://www.pennwriters.org/menus/menu_conference.html
The Alaska Writers Guild conference
http://www.akwguild.alaskawriters.com/about.html

DRAGON MAIDEN and Untitled Sequel, Janet McNaughton (Harper Canada)
Books 3 and 4 in the Marla Mason series, T. A. Pratt (Bantam/Spectra)
BUTCHER BIRD, Richard Kadrey (Night Shade)
THIRTEENTH CHILD and two sequels (FRONTIER MAGIC trilogy), Patricia Wrede (Scholastic)
BAD COMPANY and one sequel, Jeri Smith-Ready (Pocket Books)
THE LIGHTSTEP, John Dickinson (David Fickling Books)
BLOOD ENGINES and one sequel, Tim Pratt (Bantam)
GREY, Jon Armstrong (Night Shade)
HART & BOOT AND OTHER STORIES, Tim Pratt (Night Shade)
BREAKFAST WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE, Eliot Fintushel (Bantam)
ASPECT OF CROW and two sequels, Jeri Smith-Ready (Luna)
THE MARK OF SOLOMON and sequel, Elizabeth Wein (Viking)
MOVIES IN FIFTEEN MINUTES, Cleolinda Jones (Orion)
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF RANGERGIRL, Tim Pratt (Bantam)
SAMURAI SHORTSTOP, Alan Gratz (Dial)
THE LEGEND OF ZOEY, Candace Moonshower (Delacorte)
THE WIDOW AND THE KING, John Dickinson (David Fickling Books)

Audio rights, THE CUP OF THE WORLD and THE WIDOW AND THE KING, John Dickinson
Brazillian rights, CUP OF THE WORLD and WIDOW AND THE KING, John Dickinson
Thai rights, CUP OF THE WORLD
Film rights, SAMURAI SHORTSTOP

6 years as an Assistant Literary Agent at Writers House
1+ years as an Editorial Assistant at Tor Books
Graduate of Bryn Mawr College
Member of the AAR
Secretary for the AAR Contracts Committee for 5 years
Currently handling British rights for our children's list

10 Astor Place
New York, NY 10003
www.curtisbrown.com

Note as of 4/08: My response time for mailed queries is now between 6 to 8 weeks. My response time for requested partials is now 5 weeks. Thank you for your patience.

I am actively seeking new clients.
Query letters by regular mail are preferable. I will respond only if you include an SASE.
I do accept email queries. My address is gc at cbltd.com
Please keep your email query brief and do not include any attachments. If you include attachments I will probably not read your email.
I review emailed queries within 10 days of receiving them. I ONLY respond with requests. If I'm not interested, I will NOT respond. I have found that responding with a "no" leads to angry, hostile emails.
If you do email me a query and cc other agents, it will probably be caught by our super smart spam filter here at CB and I will never see it. And then you will miss out on having me as your agent. Do you really want to lose that opportunity? I thought not.