Founded in 1986 by Frank Weimann, LGI represents more than 200 authors worldwide. Its formidable client list includes Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning authors, sports stars, celebrities, novelists, investigative reporters, and public figures. LGI has represented more than 100 Christian writers.

Michael Scott, Homer Hickam, Dr. Belisa Vranich, Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Michael Largo

OCTOBER SKY, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, DARWIN AWARDS

TANNER (series) by Eric L. Haney, Command Sergeant Major, U.S.A. (retired) to Berkley/Penguin; HOW TO RAISE THE PERFECT CHILD THROUGH GUILT AND MANIPULATION by Elizabeth Beckwith to HarperCollins; MANIA by Craig Larsen to Kensington; THE ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR OF ANNA SUI to Chronicle; GOTTI CONFIDENTIAL by Victoria Gotti to Simon and Schuster; DANCING WITH THE DEVIL by Louis Diaz and Neal Hirschfeld; BITCH by Lisa Taddeo to Tor Books; PROPHETS AND LIARS by Michael Largo to HarperCollins, BLOOD SECRETS by Rod Englert with Kathy Passero

Film rights for FALLING OUT OF FASHION by Karen Yampolsky to 2S Films (Hilary Swank and Molly Smith in affiliation with Alcon Entertainment, as part of Warner Bros.); TV rights for DETECTIVE by Kathy Burke with Neal Hirshfeld to Sony Studios (series); film rights for EXECUTION EVE by William Buchanan to Fun Bunch Inc., film rights for I HEART YOU PAINT HOUSES by Charlie Brandt to Paramount Pictures (Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro), THE ALCHEMYST and THE MAGICIAN by Michael Scott to thirty-eight foreign countries, OCTOBER SKY by Homer Hickam to DT Books (Vietnamese rights, 14th translation).

Email Elyse Tanzillo, Assistant, etanzillo@theliterarygroup.com, for rights contacts

Frank Weimann, President & Agent, fweimann@theliterarygroup.com
Elyse Tanzillo, Assistant to the President, etanzillo@theliterarygroup.com

Cover Letter
The letter should include author's name, address, phone number, and email address. It should sum up the plot in a single paragraph, as well as giving the book's title and word count. If the book is not completely finished, an estimated completion date should be given.

Credentials
The author's credentials that are pertinent to the book should be listed on a separate page. The list should include previously published books, any short stories that have appeared in an anthology or a magazine, any writing contests or awards won, any employment that has provided experience in the book's subject, etc. The list should differentiate between how many have actually been published, and by whom.

Synopsis
The synopsis should be two-to-five pages and cover the entire book, including the ending.

Writing Sample
The sample should be the first fifty double-spaced pages, printed single-sided and unbound. Please make sure the pages are numbered.

Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope
Submitted material will be discarded unless the author includes an appropriately sized SASE with sufficient postage. If a letter-size SASE for a written response is not included, the email address will be used.

The Literary Group International only considers material submitted on an exclusive basis and asks for a 30-day exclusivity period, beginning the date the material is received. There is no reading fee. We do not provide written or oral evaluations of submitted material or reasons why we decide to decline to represent an author or project.