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agent : farley@waxmanagency.com
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Farley Chase
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KID CAROLINA: R. J. Reynolds Jr., a Tobacco Fortune, and the Mysterious Death of a Southern Icon (Center St.) by Heidi Schnakenberg
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The Waxman Literary Agency prides itself on building long-term relationships with clients of fiction and non-fiction. We offer a range of creative input from idea generation to project development, from proposal editing to connecting our writers with the best possible publisher for their book. WLA clients benefit from the personalized attention of an intimate, editorially driven office.
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The nonfiction I specialize in ranges across many subjects. I’ve got a strong interest in narratives to do with food, cooking, memoir, journalism, pop culture, sports, humor, popular science, business or biography. In these categories I’m drawn to content that is voice-driven and written by an author with an expertise in their field and a passion for conveying what is new, interesting and/or entertaining about their subject matter.
I’m interested in photo, graphic, and otherwise illustrated books.
I'm interested in books that can be adapted out of blogs or websites.
And I’m also interested in straightforward practical nonfiction, especially when an author has an established platform from which to share their expertise.
My fiction list is selective and I concentrate on plot driven novels for adults and young adults with a strong sense of voice, place and character. I do not represent romance, mysteries, thrillers, or science fiction.
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years experience: 13
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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
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General fiction, Juvenile fiction, Reference, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Sports, African-American, Science
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MOST RECENT PROJECTS
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MEMOIR:
*WAITER RANT: Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Ecco) - The Waiter
*GONVILLE, a memoir (Free Press) by Peter Birkenhead
*MONEY FOR NOTHING: One Man's Journey Through the World of Lottery Millions (Collins) - Edward Ugel
*CONFESSIONS OF A SUBPRIME LENDER: An Insider's Tale of Greed, Fraud & Ignorance (Wiley) by Richard Bitner
*MY JESUS YEAR: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith (HarperOne) - Benyamin Cohen
NARRATIVE/HISTORY:
*KID CAROLINA: RJ Reynolds, Jr., A Tobacco Fortune, and the Mysterious Death of a Southern Icon (Center St.) By Heidi Schnakenberg
*PITCH PERFECT: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory (Gotham) - Mickey Rapkin
*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
SPORTS:
*NO LIMITS: The Will to Succeed (Free Press)by Michael Phelps with Alan Abrahamson
*THE ART OF SCORING: The Ultimate On-Course Guide to Short Game Strategy and Technique (Gotham) by Stan Utley
*THE PLANE TRUTH FOR GOLFERS MASTER CLASS (McGraw-Hill) by Jim Hardy with John Andrisani
*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
*A GIFT FOR RON: Friendship and Sacrifice On and Off the Gridiron (Lyons Press) by Everson Walls and Kevin Blackistone
*FOUR KINGS: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing (McBooks), by George Kimball
FICTION:
*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
*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: 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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*TWELVE DESPERATE MILES: The Contessa, The “Shark”, and The Invasion of French Morocco in World War II (Broadway) by Tim Brady
*THE HOMICIDE REPORT: Black Men, Murder and America's Quiet Catastrophe (Spiegel & Grau) by Jill Leovy
*Untitled on Thurgood Marshall (HarperStudio) by Gilbert King
*THEATER GEEK: Behind the Scenes of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor (Free Press) by Mickey Rapkin
*MERCURY RISING: The Truth Behind our Global Mental Health Emergency (Thomas Dunne Books) by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill
*AT YOUR SERVICE: Exploring America's Underground Cash Economy of Gratuities and Tips (Ecco) by Steve Dublanica
*THE REDEMPTION OF 1923: Babe Ruth, John McGraw, the Opening of Yankee Stadium, and the First Yankees Championship (Little, Brown) by Robert Weintraub
*FLIP FLOP FLYBALL: An Uncanny Guide to Baseball Love Through Pie Graphs, Infographics, and Flowcharts (Bloomsbury) by Craig Robinson
*FAN INTERFERENCE: Batting Stance Guy's Guide to Loving Baseball (Scribner) by Gar Ryness and Caleb Dewart
*THE KING OF SWING: The Real Secrets Behind Ben Hogan's Perfect Golf Swing (Wiley), by Jim McLean
*THE AMERICAN BOXING ANTHOLOGY (Library of America) edited by George Kimball and John Schulian
*THE LEGEND OF BADASS: A Righteous Smiting of the Most Epic Gods, Heroes, Monsters, Myths, and Fictional Characters Ever Created (Harper) by Ben Thompson
*HERE COMES TOMORROW: Dispatches from the New Geek Culture (Vintage) by Alex Pappademas
*SHOCK VALUE: How Scream Queens, Serial Killers and the Horror Movie Took Over the Multiplex (Penguin Press) by Jason Zinoman
*POWER CHORD: One Man's Ear-Splitting Quest to Find His Guitar Heroes (Harper), by Thomas Scott McKenzie
*I'M WITH FATTY: Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks (Weinstein Co.) by Edward Ugel
*YOUR DOG IS YOUR MIRROR: Understanding the Emotional Capacity of our Dogs and Ourselves (New World Library) by Kevin Behan
*MY COUNTRY (Rodale) by Melanie Dunea
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
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I joined the Waxman Literary Agency in 2004. Previously, I worked at Graywolf Press, the New Yorker magazine, the New Press, and Miramax Books. In addition to developing my own projects I coordinate the foreign rights for the agency and have placed several dozen projects in over twenty territories.
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KEY PERSONNEL
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Scott Waxman, Byrd Leavell, Holly Root
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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I prefer straightforward query letters that get right to the point about what the project is. If you're submitting fiction please include the first few pages of the manuscript with the query. I do not accept queries that are not addressed to me or which have attachments.
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