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agent : ReginaRyanBooks@rcn.com
Regina Ryan
Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises, Inc.
251 Central Park West 7D, New York, NY 10024
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I serve as an agent for authors who write primarily nonfiction for the adult market across a wide variety of topics. I am particularly interested in books that are helpful and might even change the world for the better.
My strong editorial background -- first, as an editor and later as a book packager -- is very useful in helping my authors develop their projects in the most salable way. My years of experience in the business help me to place their books with the best houses for their projects.

years experience: 30
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Reference, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Sports, African-American, Science, Psychology, Narrative non-fiction, Natural History, Gardening, Birds and Birdwatching, Parenting, Women's issues, Architecture
TRADE REFERENCES
My literary agent, Regina Ryan, guided me with great patience both before and during the writing and led the way to my publisher. It is doubtful that this book would have been published without Regina's unflagging support. --Michael Karpin

Regina Ryan was a believer in and skillful navigator of this project from the beginning. I am especially beholden to her. Her enthusiasm for the topic and her encouragement and perseverance were essential to the completion of this book. --Paul Holinger MD

I am grateful for my agent, Regina Ryan, who was willing to take a chance on a rookie and is the best coach ever. Susan Carrell, RN., LPC

Thank you, Regina Ryan, for your unflagging resourcefulness and quiet strength. -- Andrea Warren

We were also amazingly fortunate to work with our agent, Regina Ryan, who, in addition to doing the agent thing, turned out to be a wonderful writer and editor as well. The book benefited substantially from her editorial recommendations and her willingness to try our diet recommendations herself. -- Judith Wurtman Ph.D and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD.

LEADING CLIENTS
Judith Wurtman,Ph.D. Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD., Andrea Warren, Michael Karpin, Walter Keady, Suzanne von Drachenfels, Miriam Chaikin, Edwin Shneidman,Ph.D., Ian Osborn,MD, Paul Holinger MD, William Innes Homer,Ph.D., Wayne Craven, Ph.D., Janice E. Perlman, Ph.D., Susan Carrell, R.N.
BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
THE SEROTONIN POWER DIET by Judith Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD; THE BOMB IN THE BASEMENT: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World by Michael Karpin; THE SUICIDAL MIND by Edwin Shneidman; THE HITE REPORT ON MALE SEXUALITY by Shere Hite; THE GARDEN PRIMER by Barbara Damrosch. AMERICAN ART: History and Culture by Wayne Craven; THOMAS EAKINS by William Innes Homer. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY:A History of Women's Tennis by Billie Jean King and Cindy Starr.
MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY PLANT? by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth, Timber Press

MARRIAGE ENDING AND FAMILY MENDING: A Guide for Good Parenting Through a Divorce, Amacom Books

SCHEISSHAUS LUCK: A French Teen in Auschwitz by Pierre Berg with Brian Brock, Amacom Books

DEAR FATHER, MY DEAR MOTHER: Thomas Eakins' Letters from Paris, edited by William Innes Homer, Princeton University Press

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IS NO SECRET, by Darcy Andries, Sellers Publishing

CHILDREN AT THE SEIGE: The Great Civil War Struggle for Vicksburg by Andrea Warren, Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus, by Regina Ryan at Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises

FAVELA: A Study of Urban Poverty in Rio de Janeiro, 1968-2005 by Janice E. Perlman, Oxford University Press, 2009 (Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology)

MORTALITY BITES: Living With Cancer in Your 20’s and 30’s by Kairol Rosenthal, John Wiley, 2008 (Health);

CHILDREN AT THE SIEGE: The Great Civil War Struggle for Vicksburg by Andrea Warren, Melanie Kroupa Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 (Juvenile History)

GREAT SMOKY NATIONAL PARK: and ACADIA NATIONAL PARK: FalconGuide Primers by Randi Minetor, Globe Pequot Press, 2008 (Travel)

GILDED MANSIONS: The Stately Homes of America’s First Millionaire Society by Wayne Craven, W. W. Norton Publishers, 2008 (Architectural and Design History, Social History)

ESCAPING TOXIC GUILT: Five Proven Steps to Free Yourself from Guilt for Good by Susan Carrell, R.N.

CHRONICLE: The 750 Year History of a European Jewish Family by Michael Karpin (Wiley);

THE SEROTONIN POWER DIET by Judith Wurtman and Nina Marquis (Rodale);

THE DOWRY by Walter Keady (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's);

151 QUICK TIPS TO GREAT ADVERTISING FOR SMALL BUSINESS by Jean Joachim (Career Press)

MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
Arabic Language rights to THE BOMB IN THE BASEMENT: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World by Michael Karpin to All Prints Distributors and Publishers; THE DOWRY by Walter Keady to John Hale Ltd.; movie option on MARY MCGREEVY by Walter Keady; movie option on ORPHAN TRAIN RIDER by Andrea Warren to Mark Stephenson. Thai rights RAISING HAPPY CHILDREN by Javad Kashani.
SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
I worked as an editorial assistant and then as an editor at Alfred A. Knopf. I became editor-in-chief of Macmillan Adult Books (the first woman to hold that position in a major hardcover publishing house) and then went out on my own as a packager and agent some 30 years ago.
Who's Who in America.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Send a query letter first -- by e-mail or regular mail. If we want to see the project we will ask the author to send a proposal and two sample chapters by regular mail. All material should be very readable: in practice that means, double spaced, 12 pt. type, printed on one side of the page and NOT bound. If you do not have an e-mail address, enclose an SASE if you want a reply.
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