Among the noteworthy young agencies in the literary marketplace, the Knight Agency specializes in romance and women's fiction. The agency also represents literary fiction of the highest caliber, along with a diverse list of African American, religious, financial, self-help, and health nonfiction.

Deidre Knight established the agency in 1996 after working in the entertainment industry, and since that time has built a formidable client roster that includes bestsellers on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, L.A. Times, and Amazon.com Hot 100 lists. Her authors have won countless awards, including the RITA, Gold Medallion, Walden Books Award for Best New Author, and numerous others.

Nephele Tempest joined the Knight Agency submissions department early in 2004. In 2005, she came on board as an associate agent and head of the new Los Angeles office. She brings the benefits of diverse experience, with a background that includes work in publishing (for Simon and Schuster), sales, and writing, both freelance and in a corporate environment. Nephele is currently seeking vibrant women's fiction, YA fiction, romance, sf/f, and literary fiction.

Visit Nephele's blog at: http://nephele.livejournal.com/

Marilyn Brant's ACCORDING TO JANE, about a young woman who receives romantic advice from the spirit of Jane Austen, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Books; Gemma Halliday's new HOLLYWOOD series, featuring a group of women who find love and trouble working for a tabloid newspaper, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester; Shannon K. Butcher's new paranormal series, including BURNING ALIVE and two untitled sequels, to Anne Bohner at NAL; NO ESCAPE by Shannon K. Butcher, plus a second romantic suspense, again to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central Publishing; 3 more futuristic paranormal romances in the SLAVE TO SENSATION universe, by Nalini Singh, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation; Gemma Halliday's untitled finale to her HIGH HEELS series of romantic suspense novels, again to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester; ANGELS' BLOOD and a sequel in a new paranormal series by Nalini Singh, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation.

Deidre Knight, President
Judson Knight, Vice President
Pamela Harty, Vice President of Sales
Lucienne Diver, Associate Agent
Elaine Spencer, Associate Agent and Sub-rights Manager

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