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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 interested in books that have something new to say, that surprise and/or enlighten me. I am especially interested in books that are helpful and that 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 and my extensive contacts help me to place their books with the best houses for their projects.

years experience: over 40
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Reference, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Sports, African-American, Science, Psychology, Narrative non-fiction, Memoir, Science, Natural History, Gardening, Birds and Birdwatching, Parenting, Women's issues, Architecture, Sustainability
TRADE REFERENCES
Let me express my admiration: I believe that your professional expertise is extraordinary and I appreciate your devotion --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
Paula Caplan,Ph.D., Andrea Lyon, Judith Wurtman,Ph.D., Nina Frusztajer, MD., Andrea Warren, Michael Karpin, Suzanne von Drachenfels, Miriam Chaikin, the Estate of 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., Kairol Rosenthal
BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
ANGEL OF DEATH ROW: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer by Andrea Lyon; THE SEROTONIN POWER DIET by Judith Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer, MD; EVERYTHING CHANGES: The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20's and 30's by Kairol Rosenthal; TIGHTROPE: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty 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 with Cindy Starr.
MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
IN SEARCH OF SACCO AND VANZETTI by Susan Tejada; University Press of New England;

DICKENS AND THE STREET CHILDREN OF LONDON by Andrea Warren, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;

TROUBLESHOOTING THE VEGETABLE GARDEN by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth, Timber Press

GETTYSBURG: A Timeline Tour by Randi Minetor, Globe Pequot Press

FREDERICKSBURG: A Timeline Tour by Randi Minetor, Globe Pequot Press

VICKSBURG: A Timeline Tour by Michael Sigalas, Globe Pequot Press

BEST EASY DAY HIKES Series by Randi Minetor, Globe Pequot Press

THE THINKER'S THESAURUS: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words by Peter E. Meltzer, W.W. Norton;

ANGEL OF DEATH ROW: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer by Andrea Lyon, Kaplan Publishing;

WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY PLANT? (AND HOW CAN I FIX IT?)by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth, Timber Press

GILDED MANSIONS: Grand Architecture and High Society by Wayne Craven, W. W. Norton, Inc.

STILL A FAMILY: A Guide for Good Parenting Through a Divorce by Lisa Renee Reynolds, Ph.D., Amacom Books

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

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

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

EVERYTHING CHANGES: The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20's and 30's by Kairol Rosenthal, John Wiley, 2008 (Health);

UNDER SIEGE: Three Children at the Civil War Battle 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)

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

TIGHTROPE: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty by Michael Karpin (Wiley);

MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese rights to RETURN TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China by Yuan-tsung Chen

French rights to WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY PLANT (AND HOW DO I FIX IT?) by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth

Korean and Bulgarian rights to THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IS NO SECRET by Darcy Andries; 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 at Alfred A. Knopf for eleven years, first as an editorial assistant and then as an editor. I next 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; Who's Who in the World.
SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
Foreign Language: Betty Anne Crawford at Books Crossing Borders, bc@bookscrossingborders.com

English Language: Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein, caspian@abnerstein.co.uk

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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