Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan (Houghton Mifflin, May 2008)

I am a former editor with eighteen years of experience in publishing. Before becoming an agent three years ago I was a senior editor at Farrar Straus and Giroux. I have also held editorial positions at HarperCollins and Crown Publishers, a division of Random House. I am looking for clients whose projects match my eclectic interests, from literary to popular fiction, including women's, African-American and international fiction. I also represent and am actively seeking nonfiction, including biography, history, popular culture, cultural commentary, science, and some how-to.

Collins Literary is a full-service boutique agency with a small and exquisite client list and a dedicated and experienced staff. We manage every part of our clients' careers, from short story submissions to editorial consultation to brainstorming with publishers about marketing and publicity, to selling foreign and other subsidiary rights through our extensive network of agents.

Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan (Houghton Mifflin 2008)
Breathing Space by Katrina Repka and Alan Finger (Hyperion 2009)
A Taste For Heaven by Ariel Glucklich (Harper San Francisco 2009)
Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim (FSG Books for Young Readers, 2009)
Rock Bottom by Michael Shilling (Little Brown 2009)
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans (Riverhead 2010)
Fighting Facts by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway (Bloomsbury Press 2010)
Finny by Justin Kramon (Random House 2009)
Magic City: Trials of a Native Son by Trick Daddy and Peter Bailey (MTV Books 2009)
A League of Saints and Sinners: Stories from the Shadows of the Global Drug Trade by Asale Angel-Ajani (Seal Press, 2010)
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (William Morrow, 2010)
The Secret Life of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin (William Morrow, 2010)
The Frugalista Files by Natalie McNeal (Harlequin Nonfiction, 2010)
Vida by Patricia Engel (Grove Atlantic, 2010)

Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan to Einaudi/Italy; Aschehoug/Norway; Fourth Estate/UK; HarperCollins/Australia; HarperCollins/India; Gyldendal/Denmark; Kinneret/Israel; Suma de las Letras/Spain; Ullstein/Germany; Arena/Holland; Rocco/Brazil; Edicions 62/Catalan

Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim to Rizzoli/Italy; Tilden/Sweden.

I provide extensive editorial consultation as well as broader career planning. I have in-depth knowledge of the publishing industry.

Member of PEN, Asian American Writer's Workshop, German Book Office Advisory Board.

Bulgaria and Macedonia:
Anthea Agency

Czech Republic:
Kristin Olson Literary Agency

France:
Anna Jarota, AJA

Germany:
Liepman AG

Hungary:
Balla & Co. Literary Agents

Israel:
The Harris/Elon Agency

Italy:
Marco Vigevani Agenzia Letteraria

Japan:
The English Agency Ltd.

Korea:
Duran Kim Agency

Netherlands:
Caroline Van Gelderen Agency

Poland:
Graal Ltd.

Scandinavia:
Sane Toregard Agency AB

Spain/Portugal/South America:
MB agencia literaria

Taiwan:
Andrew Nurnberg Associates International Ltd

Turkey:
Anatolialit Agency

UK (non-exclusive)
Isobel Dixon, Blake Friedmann

Philippa Milnes-Smith, Lucas Alexander Whitley

Please mail query letter along with five sample pages to Ayesha Pande, Collins Literary, 30 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012 or send an email to collinslit.assistant@gmail.com. Due to the large volume of mail we receive, we only respond to queries when we are interested in seeing the work. Thank you for understanding.