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James Schiavone, Ed.D
Schiavone Literary Agency, Inc.		Corporate Offices, 236 Trails End, West Palm Beach, FL 33413-2135 (561)966-9294 (561)966-9294 (fax)

The Schiavone Literary Agency, Inc., was established in 1996 by James Schiavone, Ed.D. Dr. Schiavone is professor emeritus of developmental skills at the City University of New York. He has authored three textbooks and five trade books as well as numerous articles in newspapers, magazines and professional journals. He is a noted authority in the psychology of reading. Dr. Schiavone represents published authors. He accepts queries only and will consider material of high literary quality and marketability from new authors. New York Offices: Queries for agent Jennifer DuVall should be sent to the New York City office at: 3671 Hudson Manor Terrace, #11H Bronx, NY 10463-1139 Phone/fax: 718.548.5332 email: jendu77@aol.com Queries for agent Kevin McAdams should be sent to the New York City office at: 400 East 11th Street, #7 New York, NY 10009 email: kvn.mcadams@yahoo.com Mr. McAdams is interested in all genres consistent with agency guidelines, with particular emphasis on celebrity biography and entertainment. Schedule of Writer's Conference Attendance, 2008: Tallahassee Writers Association Conference Tallahassee, FL, April. Alaska Writers Guild; Speculative Fiction Conference Anchorage, AL, October 1 - 5.

years experience: 2008 our Twelfth Anniversary

GENRES & SPECIALTIES

General fiction, Mystery, Romance, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Religious, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Children's books, Sports, African-American, Science

TRADE REFERENCES

ALL MAJOR PUBLISHERS

LEADING CLIENTS

Sally McCluskey (pen name: Bethany Campbell) Award winning novelist (8) including 3 RITA's, a Maggie and the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence.
Tom Willard, best selling novelist, author "The Black Sabre Chronicles."
George Mair, popular biographer.
David Callinan, popular Anglo-Irish novelist.
Ahmad Eldridge Cleaver, Religion & Spirituality (son of Eldridge Cleaver).
David Yount, Religion, spirituality, & self help.
Ellin Dodge, America's Foremost Numerologist.
Michael G. Santos, popular nonfiction.
Laurence Miller, Ph.D., psychology.
Don Wulffson, novelist, winner of The Christopher Award; also nonfiction.
Michael J. Tougias, novelist, also nonfiction.
Mark Grisham, novelist, (brother of John Grisham).
David Donaldson, novelist.
Ruy Camara, prominent Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright, sociologist; winner of the Prize for Fiction from the Brazilian Academy of Letters for best novel of 2004.

BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS

"Inside: Life Behind Bars in America," by Michael G. Santos (St. Martin's Press, 2006).

"A Brother's Journey," by Richard B. Pelzer (Warner, 2005), NY Times best seller. #1 international best seller, The London Times.

MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS

Mark Grisham (John Grisham's brother), and David Donaldson, Ph.D., "Bedlam South" A Civil War historical novel.
(The Borders Group,Inc.,2008).

Richard Pelzer, "A Teenager's Journey"
(Warner Books, 2006).

Michael G. Santos, "Inside: Life Behind Bars in America" (St. Martin's Press, 2006).

Gary M. Davison, Ph.D., "A Concise History of African America."
(Seaburn,2008).

Sandra E. Bowen, "The Cul-lud Schoo-ool Teach-ur" (Seaburn Publishing, 2006).

Ahmad Eldridge Cleaver, "Soul on Islam." (Seaburn, 2006).

Laurence Miller, Ph.D., "From Difficult to Disturbed: Understanding and Managing Dysfunctional Employees." (Amacom, November, 2007).

Laurence Miller, Ph.D., "Counseling Crime Victims." (Springer, 2008).

Laurence Miller, Ph.D., "Psychology and Criminal Justice: Principles, Applications, New Directions" (Allyn & Bacon, 2010).

Ellin Dodge, "From Ace to Zummo: A Dictionary of Numerologically Based Names for Your Pet" (Fireside/S&S, 2007).

MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES

Richard B. Pelzer, "A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse" (Warner Books, 2005) Japanese rights to SONY Magazines; UK rights to Warner, UK; French, Danish, Swedish, Dutch and Indonesian rights to major houses in those countries.

"A Teenagers Journey," Warner (2006) Dutch rights to House of Books; Indonesian rights to Penerbit Erlangga; Swedish rights to Bokforlaget Forum.

OTHER LEADING RIGHTS OFFERINGS

David Callinan, "An Angel on My Shoulder."
From published author Callinan comes this high-octane spiritual adventure that charts the astonishing story of Paul, an ordinary man with an ordinary family who is contacted by angels and told that he has been chosen to play a part in the next spiritual phase of human development. A fascinating and intriguing novel based on a true, documented story. Readers of "The Celestine Prophecy," will be enthralled with "An Angel on My Shoulder." For greater detail see: www.davidcallinan.com
World Rights.

"Bedlam South" by Mark Grisham and David Donaldson."
The Borders Group, Inc.
Film,Television and Translation rights available.

"A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse," by Richard B. Pelzer (Warner Books, 2005) Film rights available.

"A Teenager's Journey," by Richard Pelzer
Warner US, Warner, UK (2006) Film rights available.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS

James Schiavone

B.S., M.A., New York University: Ed.D., Nova University: Professional Diploma, Columbia University; Graduate studies, University of Rome, Italy.
Director of Reading K-12 (Monroe County, FL Schools):
Professor of Developmental Skills, City University of New York:
Literary Agent.

Jennifer DuVall

Office Management Consultant:
Licensed NY Realtor:
Literary Agent.

Kevin McAdams

BA, SUNY
Investment Consultant:
Literary Agent.

SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS

For all foreign, film and dramatic rights to Agency clients, contact Schiavone Literary Agency, Inc. West Palm Beach.

Chloe Ataroff
A. Mediation Litteraire, France.
Translation rights for France

Radoslav Trenev
RT Copyright, LTD
Bulgaria
Translation rights Eastern Europe, Baltic States and Worldwide.

Hamish Macaskill
The English Agency (Japan) Ltd.
Tokyo: Japanese translation rights.

Filiz Karaman
Nurcihan Kesim Literary Agency
Cagaloglu Yokusu Saadet Han No: 42 D:204
Sirkeci-Istanbul-TURKEY
Turkish Translation Rights

Yang Young-Chul
PLS Literary Agency
Seoul, Korea
Korean Translation Rights

Morgenstern Entertainment
Dramatic, Film and TV Rights

KEY PERSONNEL

James Schiavone, Ed.D., CEO
profschia@bellsouth.net

Jennifer DuVall, President
jendu77@aol.com

Kevin McAdams, Executive VP
kvn.mcadams@yahoo.com

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Query letters only in a #10 envelope, one page preferred (no phone or fax). Include SASE. Do not send large envelopes with queries, proposals, synopses, sample chapters, etc., unless specifically requested. We do not handle poetry, short stories, anthologies or children's picture books. No scripts or screen plays. Our affiliate in California, Morgenstern Entertainment, handles dramatic, film and TV rights, options, and screen plays for books we have agented. We are not interested in work previously published in any format (i.e., self-published; online; ebooks; Print On Demand). For fastest response (usually same day or next day) one page email queries are acceptable and encouraged. We do not download email attachments unless specifically requested. Queries for James Schiavone should be sent to the Corporate Offices in West Palm Beach. Queries for Jennifer DuVall should be sent to her office in The Bronx. Queries for Kevin McAdams should be sent to his office in Manhattan.

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