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THE VICTORY SEASON: World War II, the Homecoming, and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age, by Robert Weintraub (Little, Brown)
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THE WOMAN BEFORE WALLIS: Prince Edward, the Parisian Courtesan and the Perfect Murder, by Andrew Rose (Picador USA)
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agent : farley@chaseliterary.com
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Farley Chase
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Chase Literary Agency
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DEVIL IN THE GROVE: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America (Harper) by Gilbert King
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** Congratulations to Gilbert King and his DEVIL IN THE GROVE: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America (Harper) for winning the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction **
I'm excited to hear about new ideas in memoir, journalism, science, natural history, military history, food, sports, international affairs, current events, business or biography. I’m drawn to voice-driven and original content written by authors distinguished by an expertise and passion for conveying what is new, interesting and/or entertaining about their subject matter.
I'm interested in humor books and pop culture projects.
I’m interested in photo, graphic, and otherwise illustrated books.
I'm interested in books that can be adapted out of blogs or websites.
My fiction list is selective and I concentrate on plot driven novels with a strong sense of voice, place and character. I do not represent young adult, romance, or science fiction.
I'm actively looking for new clients.
I regularly attend international book fairs to market foreign rights to my authors' projects.
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years experience: 15
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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
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General fiction, Reference, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Sports, African-American, Science, Humor, Pop-Culture, Popular Science, Natural History, Military History, Memoir
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MOST RECENT PROJECTS
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PUBLISHED PROJECTS:
NARRATIVE:
*THE WOMAN BEFORE WALLIS: Prince Edward, the Parisian Courtesan, and the Perfect Murder, by Andrew Rose (Picador)
*HOPE AGAINST HOPE: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children(Bloomsbury) by Sarah Carr
*HEADS IN BEDS: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality(Doubleday), by Jacob Tomsky
*LOVE IN THE TIME OF ALGORITHMS: What Technology is Doing to Meeting and Mating (Portfolio) by Dan Slater
*TWELVE DESPERATE MILES: The Epic WWII Voyage of the SS Contessa (Crown) by Tim Brady
*DEVIL IN THE GROVE: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America(Harper) by Gilbert King
*SHOCK VALUE: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror (Penguin Press) by Jason Zinoman
*WORDS TO EAT BY: Five Foods and a Culinary History of the English Language (St. Martin's) by Ina Lipkowitz
*THEATER GEEK: Behind the Scenes of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor (Free Press) by Mickey Rapkin
*THE AGE OF AUTISM: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic (Thomas Dunne Books) by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill
*KID CAROLINA: RJ Reynolds, Jr., A Tobacco Fortune, and the Mysterious Death of a Southern Icon (Center St.) By Heidi Schnakenberg
*THE EXECUTION OF WILLIE FRANCIS: Race, Murder and the Search fo Justice in the American South (Basic/Civitas) by Gilbert King
*THE FIGHTING 69TH: One Remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey From Ground Zero to Baghdad (Viking) - Sean Michael Flynn
*747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation (Smithsonian) by Joe Sutter, with Jay Spenser
*YOUR DOG IS YOUR MIRROR: Understanding the Emotional Capacity of our Dogs and Ourselves (New World Library) by Kevin Behan
MEMOIR:
*LEARNING TO FLY: A Climber's Unlikely and Ecstatic Embrace of the Extreme World of BASE Jumping (Touchstone) by Steph Davis
*WAITER RANT: Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Ecco) by Steve Dublanica
*KEEP THE CHANGE: A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Becoming the Guru of Gratuity (Ecco) by Steve Dublanica
*POWER CHORD: One Man's Ear-Splitting Quest to Find His Guitar Heroes (It Books), by Thomas Scott McKenzie
*BORN TO BE BRAD: My Life and Style, So Far (It Books), by Brad Goreski with Mickey Rapkin
*I'M WITH FATTY: Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks (Weinstein Co.) by Edward Ugel
*THE LONG RUN: One Man's Attempt to Regain His Athletic Career-And His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon (Rodale) by Matt Long and Charlie Butler
*GONVILLE, a memoir (Free Press) by Peter Birkenhead
*TO BURGUNDY AND BACK AGAIN: A Tale of Wine, France, and Brotherhood (Lyons Press) by Roy Cloud
*CALL ME RUSSELL, a memoir (Wiley) by Russell Peters
SPORTS:
*THE VICTORY SEASON: World War II, the Homecoming, and the Birth of Modern Baseball (Little, Brown) by Robert Weintraub
*THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 (Little, Brown) by Robert Weintraub
*FLIP FLOP FLYBALL: An Infographic Baseball Adventure (Bloomsbury) by Craig Robinson
*AT THE FIGHTS: American Writers on Boxing (Library of America) edited by George Kimball and John Schulian
*NO LIMITS: The Will to Succeed (Free Press) by Michael Phelps with Alan Abrahamson
*UNCONSCIOUS PUTTING: Dave Stockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature Stroke (Gotham) by Dave Stockton with Matthew Rudy
*CLEARING THE BASES: Juiced Players, Monster Salaries, Sham Records, and a Hall of Famer's Search for the Soul of Baseball(HarperCollins) by Mike Schmidt, with Glen Waggoner
*WILLIE'S BOYS: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend (Wiley) by John Klima
*FOUR KINGS: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing (McBooks), by George Kimball
*BATTING STANCE GUY: A Love Letter to Baseball (Scribner) by Gar Ryness and Caleb Dewart
*BLITZ KIDS: The Cinderella Story of the 1944 University of Utah National Championship Basketball Team (Gibbs Smith) by Josh and Tres Ferrin
FICTION:
*THE AFRIKA REICH, a novel (Henry Holt) by Guy Saville
*THE BADLANDS SALOON, an illustrated novel (Scribner) by Jonathan Twingley
*BONE DOGS, a novel (Counterpoint) by Roger Alan Skipper
*THE BAPTISM OF BILLY BEAN, a novel (Counterpoint) by Roger Alan Skipper
*TEAR DOWN THE MOUNTAIN: An Appalachian Love Story (Soft Skull) by Roger Alan Skipper
ILLUSTRATED/PHOTO
*GOLF'S FINEST PAR THREES: The Art & Science of the One-Shot Hole (ECW Press) by Tony Roberts and Michael Bartlett
*MY COUNTRY: 50 Musicians on God, America & the Songs They Love (Rodale) by Melanie Dunea
*MY LAST SUPPER: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals (Bloomsbury) by Melanie Dunea
*RESCUE TAILS: Portraits of Dogs and Their Celebrities (Gallery), by Brian Nice
HUMOR:
*BADASS: ULTIMATE DEATHMATCH: Your Guide to the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges and Military Engagements of All Time (Harper) by Ben Thompson
*BADASS: Birth of a Legend, A Righteous Smiting of the Most Epic Gods, Heroes, Monsters, Myths, and Fictional Characters Ever Created (Harper) by Ben Thompson
*BADASS: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live (Harper) by Ben Thompson
*CAUSING A SCENE: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere (Morrow) by Charlie Todd and Alex Scordelis
*STUPID WARS:A Citizen's Handbook to Botches Putsches, Failed Coups, Inane Invasions and Ridiculous Revolutions (Collins) - Michael Prince and Ed Strosser
*I HATE MYSELF AND WANT TO DIE: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard (Hyperion) by Tom Reynolds
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MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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MOST RECENT SALES:
*OWN YOUR SWING: How to Play Better now with the Swing You Have, by Dave Stockton with Matthew Rudy (Gotham)
*BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO NAKED: Your Style and the Secrets to Having the Life You Want Now, by George Brescia (Gallery)
*A BINTEL BRIEF, graphic nonfiction, by Liana Finck (Ecco)
*AND EVERY DAY WAS OVERCAST, a novel with photographs, by Paul Kwiatkowski (Black Balloon)
*MISS BRENDA AND THE LOVELADIES, a memoir by Brenda Spahn with Irene Zutell (Convergent)
*A DEATH AT SAN PIETRO: Ernie Pyle, John Huston and the Fight for Purple Heart Valley (Da Capo) by Tim Brady
*FIRST LADIES: The Pioneers of Women's Running (Rodale) by Amby Burfoot
*THE MARRIED KAMA SUTRA (Reagan Arthur/Little Brown) by Farley Katz and Simon Rich
*LOOPERS: A Caddy's Twenty Year Golf Odyssey, a memoir (Crown) by John Dunn
*THE END OF NIGHT: My Search for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light (Little, Brown) by Paul Bogard
*THE HOMICIDE REPORT: Black Men, Murder and America's Quiet Catastrophe (Spiegel & Grau) by Jill Leovy
*THE MAGNIFICENT MASTERS: Nicklaus, Miller, Weiskopf, Elder and the 1975 Tournament That Changed Golf (Da Capo) by Gil Capps
*LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE: How to Make Your House a Home (Rizzoli), by Joan Osofsky and Abby Adams
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
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I recently founded Chase Literary Agency after nearly eight years with The Waxman Literary Agency.
Before becoming an agent I'd worked in magazines; at both The New Yorker and Talk. I've worked at publishing companies; both The New Press and Miramax Books. And for the past ten years I've worked as an agent. In addition to developing my own projects for the US market I coordinate the foreign rights for my clients as well as those of The Waxman Literary Agency.
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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I try to respond to all queries I receive. I prefer straightforward query letters that get right to the point about what the project is and which show the author to be familiar with the marketplace. I do not respond to queries that are not specifically addressed to me by name.
If you're submitting fiction please include the first few pages of the manuscript with the query. Please note that I do not represent young adult, romance, or science fiction.
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