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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See (paperback edition)
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Dark Tort, by Diane Mott Davidson (hardcover edition)
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Saving Fish From Drowning, by Amy Tan, (paperback edition)
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With over 100 authors based around the world, Sandra Dijkstra’s impressive client roster ranges far and wide. Ms. Dijkstra is “regarded by many as the most powerful literary agent on the West Coast” according to a recent Los Angeles Times Profile, and Newsweek has proclaimed her “the best agent in the West.” Esquire, Publishers Weekly and the influential New York Observer list Ms. Dijkstra as one of the nation’s top five literary agents. In her more than twenty years as a literary agent, Ms. Dijkstra has developed a reputation for discovering new talent and representing quality work with great commercial potential. She has helped establish and guide the illustrious careers of many bestselling authors in several genres. Please visit www.dijkstraagency.com for more information.
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General fiction
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LEADING CLIENTS
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Amy Tan, Lisa See, Kate White, Chitra Divakaruni, Mike Davis, Diane Mott Davidson, Janell Cannon, Anchee Min, Gary Small, Maxine Hong Kingston, Lillian Faderman, Kevin Starr, Chalmers Johnson, Peter Irons, Irvin Yalom, Luis Urrea
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BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
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THE JOY LUCK CLUB (Tan), EMPRESS ORCHID (Min), WOMAN WARRIOR (Kingston), THE LITTLE BOOK THAT BEATS THE MARKET (Greenblatt), STELLALUNA (Cannon), SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (See), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (Urrea)
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MOST RECENT SALES / FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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Forthcoming books: SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See, FATALLY FLAKY by Diane Mott Davidson, DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN by Steve Watkins, THE BOOK OF THE UNKNOWN by Jonathan Keats, LIBRARY OF THE DEAD by Glenn Cooper, CONVENT OF THE LITTLE FLOWERS by Indu Sundaresan, BORROWING BRILLIANCE by Dave Murray with Larry Rothstein, THE CIVIL WAR SKETCHBOOK by Harry Katz
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MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
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PEONY IN LOVE by Lisa See to Arabic, Brazil, Bulgaria, Catalan, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, UK.
LIBRARY OF THE DEAD by Glenn Cooper to Brazil, Catalan, Canada, Czech, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, UK.
PEARL OF CHINA by Anchee Min to Netherlands, Spain, UK.
THE WORLD IS FAT by Barry Popkin to Brazil, Thailand.
FEATHER IN THE STORM by Emily Wu and Larry Englemann to Czech, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland.
STARING AT THE SUN by Irvin Yalom to Argentina/Latin America, Brazil, China, Czech, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Korea, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, UK.
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
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Sandra Dijkstra has been a literary agent for more than twenty-five years. She came to this arena with a Ph.D. in French Literature and brings both salesmanship skills and a keen editorial eye honed during a decade of university teaching.
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SUB-AGENTS / RIGHTS CONTACTS
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AGENTS: Sandra Dijkstra, Elise Capron
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KEY PERSONNEL
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Elise Capron (assistant to Sandra Dijkstra): elise@dijkstraagency.com
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HARD COPY SUBMISSIONS accepted only. Send up to fifty pages of manuscript, brief synopsis, and author bio (listing publishing history, awards and accomplishments). Our response time is 4-6 weeks, and we will respond by EMAIL, so please include your email address on your submission and do not send material you will need returned to you. Please visit www.dijkstraagency.com for more information.
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