Featured in August Issue of Elle Mag, Gabrielle Bernstein's Sept. '11 Crown Release

CSG Literary Partners/MDM Management is run by Michele Martin and Steve Harris, specializing in representing authors of quality non-fiction. Our strength is in helping authors to develop saleable proposals, to acquire and negotiate publishing contracts on their behalf, and to provide general management of both the books and the author's writing career. With almost four decades of publishing expertise, we focus on helping authors to market and promote their books and themselves.

"I have to say this: I'm overwhelmed by your belief in an author and his humble work. The tenacious and unrelenting doggedness with which you have been pursuing the matter; going the whole nine HUNDRED yards...Well, I find it unparalleled and awe-inspiring. You give a whole new meaning to the word `agent'. In fact, if you are an agent, we need a whole new word for all those other 'agents'" – Moshe Sipper, Author XOR: LEWIS LORD SHAPER

RECENT SALES:

Lissa Rankin, M.D. – Mind Over Medicine to Hay House
Gabrielle Bernstein- The Lovetarian Way to Crown Publishers
Gabrielle Bernstein- Medidating to Hay House
Latham Thomas- Mama Glow and Untitled Work to Hay House
Luis “Squeegee” Castillo - Clubhouse Confidential to St. Martin’s Press
Tom McBride and Ron Nief – The Mindset Lists of American History to Wiley
Jimmy Sturr with Alan Goldsher – The Polka King to BenBella Books
Jane Drichta and Jodilyn Owen – Foreword by Dr. Christiane Northurp – The Essential Homebirth Guide to Pocket Books
Laurie Rubin – Do You Dream in Color to Seven Stories
Robert Schnakenberg – Crazy Sh*t President’s Said to Running Press
Susan E.B. Schwartz – Into the Unknown: The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus to Skyhorse
Ten-year-old Marshall Reid and mother Alexandra Reid – Portion Size Me to Sourcebooks

KEY AUTHORS AND CATEGORIES:

SPIRITUALITY:
Gabrielle Bernstein
Joe Nunziata
Ellen Whitehurst
Robert Ohotto
John Holland

HEALTH/FITNESS:
Latham Thomas
Mary Ann Browning
Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Dr. Edward Friedman with William Cane
Susan E.B. Schwartz
Ellen Whitehurst

POP CULTURE:
Tom McBride and Ron Nief

HUMOR:
Robert Wuhl
Robert Schnakenberg
David Comfort
Lisa Perlman
Don Stewart and John Pfeiffer

MEMOIR:
Jimmy Sturr
Terri Porter
Steve Boorstein
Saskia Roelle
Joe Clifford
Sarah Reinertsen

SPORTS:
Luis “Squeegee” Castillo (NY Yankee Batboy)
Chris Coste
Sarah Reinertsen
Al Meltzer with Robert Lyons
Rich Westcott
Aaron Skirboll
Scott Strother

PARENTING:
Anne Zachry
Jennie Lee
Lisa Perlman

TRUE CRIME:
Tim Masters with Steve Lehto
William Balsamo and John Balsamo
Bridget DiCosmo

SELF-HELP:
Randy W. Green, Ph.D
Rhonda Shappert
Dr. Hillary Goldsher
Jean-Claude Carvill

FICTION:
Joe Clifford
Barbara Wittman

ADVICE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Matt Titus
Tamsen Fadal

GENERAL NON-FICTION:
Joe Jacoby
Steve Lehto
Ian Randal Strock

Steve Harris has worked for Warner Books, The New American Library, Penguin, and The Overlook Press, and founded and ran International Publisher Associates with Joseph DeRogatis. Together, they successfully marketed "The Cyndi Lauper Scrapbook," "Shelli Sonstein's Thoroughly Tasteful Dirty Jokebook," "The Pediatrician's A-Z Guide," and the critically acclaimed "Under the Clock," among many others.

Steve Harris
steven@csgliterary.com

Michele Martin
201-281-9798
Michele@mdm-management.com

Email with a query letter. Perfectly acceptable to attach a professional book proposal. If you're not sure how to prepare one, feel free to email us for book proposal format instructions.