Independent and eclectic agency specializing in literary fiction, hybrid nonfiction, memoir and cultural history.

Kate Bornstein
Barrie Jean Borich
Mary Cappello
Barbara Carrellas
Raymond and Lorna Coppinger
Patty Dann
Margaret Erhart
Marguerite Feitlowitz
Bonnie Friedman
Daniel Harris
Priscilla Hayner
Dr. Jeffrey Hull
Martin Hyatt
Glenn Kurtz
Cassandra Langer
Thomas Larson
William J. Mann
Benjamin Miller
Martin Moran
Alison Pearlman
Russell Potter
Robert Taylor
Rick Whitaker

THE TRICKY PART: A Boys Story of Sexual Trespass, A Mans Journey to Forgiveness, Martin Moran, 2005 Lambda Award for Belle Lettres, Publishing Triangle Randy Shiltz Award for Nonfiction & #2 B&N 2005 Discovery Program $5000 Nonfiction Award Winner. Beacon/Anchor
DIARY OF A DRAG QUEEN, Daniel Harris, Carroll & Graf
HELLO CRUEL WORLD, Kate Bornstein, 7 Stories
KATE: The Woman Who Was Hepburn, William J. Mann, Henry Holt,'06 PW Best 100 Books & NYTimes Notable
SWEET & CRAZY, Patty Dann, St Martins
WHOSE EYE ON WHICH SPARROW, Robert Taylor, Haworth(InsightOUT Bookclub best 2005 Gay Romance)
THE BOYS IN THE BROWNSTONE,Kevin Scott, Haworth
CROSSING BULLY CREEK, Margaret Erhart,'05 Milkweed Fiction Prize
THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: The Life of John Schlesinger,Bill Mann, Billboard Books/US, Random House UK
THE RAVENSCLIFF SERIES: SORCERERS OF NIGHTWING, DEMON WITCH, Geoffrey Huntington, Harper Collins

Before 9/11:

MY GENDER WORKBOOK, Kate Bornstein, Routledge
ASSUMING THE POSITION, Rick Whitaker, 4 Walls 8 Windows, film option
LIKE PEOPLE IN HISTORY, Felice Picano, '97 Best Novel Publishing Triangle Award. Viking/Penguin
A LEXICON OF TERROR, Marguerite Feitlowitz, OUPress, NYTimes Notable
THE RISE AND FALL OF GAY CULTURE, Daniel Harris. Hyperion/Ballantine, NYTimes Notable
THE WORLD AS I FOUND IT, Bruce Duffy, Houghton Mifflin, NYTimes Notable
HOUSE RULES, Heather Lewis,Talese/Doubleday/High Risk Books,'94 Publishing Triangle Firecracker Award for Best first novel
WHAT JANE AUSTEN ATE & CHARLES DICKENS KNEW, Daniel Pool, S&S, NYTimes Notable
GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART,Fenton Johnson, Scribner
AMERICAN DREAMS, Sapphire, High Risk/Vintage
WRITING PAST DARK: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life, Bonnie Friedman, Harper Collins
DOGS:A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution, Ray & Lorna Coppinger, Scribner/UChicago
GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT: An Essential Guide to Punctuation, Style, Usage & More, Anne Stilman, Writers Digest Books
THE IDEA FACTORY: Learning to Think at MIT, Pepper White, Dutton/MIT Press

ALL OR NOTHING: The Life & Times of Romaine Brooks, Cassandra Langer, Magnus Books, 2013

SMART CASUAL, Alison Pearlman, The University of Chicago Press, 2012

HELLO GORGEOUS, William J. Mann, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012

MACHIAVELLI, The Novel, Joseph Markulin, Vantage Point Books, 2012

A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER: THe True Story of A Nice Jewish Boy who Joins the Church of Scientology, and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady she is Today, A Memoir, Kate Bornstein, Beacon Press, 2012

EROTIC AWAKENING, Barbara Carrellas, Hay House, Spring, 2012

BEAUTIFUL GRAVITY, Martin Hyatt, Rebel Satori Press, 2012

BODY GEOGRAPHIC, Barrie Jean Borich, University of Nebraska Press, 2012

PYG, Russell Potter, Canongate, 2011, Penguin Paperbacks, 2012

A LEXICON OF TERROR: Argentina & The Legacies of Torture, Revised and updated with a new epilogue Dirty War, Marguerite Feitlowitz, OUP 2011

SWALLOW: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration , And the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them, Mary Cappello, The New Press, 2011

OUTLAW GENDER: THE NEXT GENERATION, anthology edited by S.Bear Bergman & Kate Bornstein, Seal Press, 2010

UNSPEAKABLE TRUTH: Transitional Justice and the Challenge of Truth Commissions, Second Edition, Priscilla Hayner, Routledge, 2010

THE MORE I OWE YOU, first novel about Elizabeth Bishop's 15 years in Brazil, Michael Sledge, Counterpoint Press, 2010

THE SADDEST MUSIC EVER WRITTEN: Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Tom Larson, Pegasus Books, 2010

THE BUTTERFLIES OF GRAND CANYON, Margaret Erhart, Plume fiction original trade paperback, 2010

SHIFT: LETTING GO OF FEAR AND GETTING YOUR LIFE IN GEAR, Dr. Jeffrey Hull, LifeStyle/Globe Pequot Press 2010

HOW TO BE A MOVIE STAR: Liz Taylor in Hollywood, William J. Mann, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, trade paper 2010

CALLED BACK: My Return to Life, My Response to Cancer, Mary Cappello, Alyson, 2009
2010 Independent Publisher 14th Annual Silver Medal Women's Issue Winner
ForeWord Magazine BOTYA 2009 Silver Award Winner in Autobiography/Memoir Category

TOTAL HEALTH, The Chinese Way: An Essential Guide to Easing Pain, Reducing Stress & Restoring the Body Through Chinese Medicine, Dr. Esther Ting and Marianne Jas, Dacapo/Perseus Press, November 2009

Older titles:

TWO BOTTOMS IN THE NINTH, Zavo, Alyson Books, 2008
URBAN TANTRA, Barbara Carrellas, Ten Speed Press '07
LUXURIOUS LOVING, Barbara Carrellas, Quiver Books '06
HOT ON HIS TRAIL, Zavo, Alyson Books '06
A SEASON OF GRIEF, Bill Valentine, Haworth '06
AWKWARD: A Detour in Prose, Mary Cappello, Bellevue Literary Press '07
PRACTICING: A Musician's Return to His Music, Glenn Kurtz, Knopf '07, Vintage '08
THE GOLDFISH WENT ON VACATION: A memoir of Loss, Patty Dann, Shambhala '07
ALL WE HAVE IS NOW, Robert Taylor, Haworth reprint

German rights to ASSUMING THE POSITION by Rick Whitaker
German, Russian, Italian, Spanish and UK rights to DOGS by Ray Coppinger
British, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Korean, Chinese rights to THE SORCERERS OF NIGHTWING by Geoffrey Huntington

Complex Chinese rights to Esther Ting and Marianne Jas's TOTAL HEALTH THE CHINESE WAY, to Acorn Publishing Company, and
Simplified Chinese rights to Esther Ting and Marianne Jas's TOTAL HEALTH THE CHINESE WAY, to Beijing Wisdom & Culture,
by Michelle Lin at The Grayhawk Agency,

SWEET & CRAZY by Patty Dann, St. Martins Press,
Translation rights to THE TRICKY PART by Martin Moran, PRACTICING by Glenn Kurtz, HOT ON HIS TRAIL by ZAVO,
AWKWARD: A Detour by Mary Cappello

Marsh Agency
Abner Stein
Eliane Benisti
Owl Agency

For fiction: thoughtful one page letter describing the work along with SASE for response.
For nonfiction: descriptive query letter and sample from work in progress with SASE for response and/or return of material.
Please allow two weeks for consideration of material.
Writers encouraged to approach other agents simultaneously.
No reading fee.
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