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

Kate Bornstein
Mary Cappello
Barbara Carrellas
Raymond and Lorna Coppinger
Patty Dann
Margaret Erhart
Marguerite Feitlowitz
Bonnie Friedman
Daniel Harris
Priscilla Hayner
Dr. Jeffrey Hull
Glenn Kurtz
Thomas Larson
William J. Mann
Benjamin Miller
Martin Moran
Felice Picano
Bill Valentine
Rick Whitaker
ZAVO

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: Learing to Think at MIT, Pepper White, Dutton/MIT Press

CALLED BACK: My Return to Life, My Response to Cancer, Mary Cappello, Alyson, 2009

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

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

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, Globe Pequot Press 2010

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

KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER & PLEASANT DANGER: A Scientology Memoir, Seven Stories Press, 2010

SWALLOW: The life and times of Chevalier Jackson, Mary Cappello, The New Press, 2010

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

OUTLAW GENDER: THE NEXT GENERATION, anthology edited by S.Bear Bergman & Kate Bornstein, Seal Press, 2011

A LEXICON OF TERROR: Argentina & The Dirty War, Marguerite Feitlowitz, OUP 2011 reissue

UNSPEAKABLE TRUTH: Confronting State Terror & Atrocities, Priscilla Hayner, 2011 Routledge reissue

HELLO GORGEOUS, William Mann, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012

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, 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

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.