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agent : MuseLiteraryMgmt@aol.com


Deborah Carter


Muse Literary Management


189 Waverly Place, #4, New York, NY 10014-3135


phone	212-925-3721	years	12

Formerly known as Mysterious Content Literary Agency.

go to http://www.museliterary.com

As an independent literary agent, Deborah Carter focuses on manuscript development, the sale & administration of print, performance & foreign rights to literary works, and post-publication publicity and appearances.

Looking for stories with compelling voices and a unique outlook.

Actively pursuing new writers with formal training and published authors who want to try something new. Those who submit should be receptive to editorial feedback and willing to revise. Writers are encouraged to read Publishers Weekly and Poets & Writers to develop an awareness of the marketplace for their kind of book.


GENRES & SPECIALTIES

Literary fiction with popular appeal Short story and poetry collections by writers published -- in literary journals and magazines Espionage fiction and nonfiction Thrillers and suspense novels (no genre romance) Mysteries with literary merit -- with unique characters situations and settings Action/adventure		Narrative-only nonfiction by writers with formal training: memoir nature (esp. birds and plantlife) music and writing Children's and teen fiction and nonfiction -- by writers in sync with their readers: Picture books that are new new new -- in concept story voice character or language YA and middle grade (no chick lit sci-fi or fantasy with unmotivated events) Exclusions: adult category fiction (no romance chick lit sci-fi fantasy horror) or fiction/nonfiction about religion/spirituality No blogs or journals

TRADE REFERENCES

Member: AWP, NAWE, International Thriller Writers, Historical Novel Society, Children's Literature Network, Assoc. of Booksellers for Children, The Authors Guild, NWU

BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS

The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales, 2008 Winner of Aesop Accolade, American Folklore Society

MOST RECENT SALES / FORTHCOMING BOOKS

Aurelia Wills, a short story in The Kenyon Review (summer 08)
Anne Shelby/The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales, UNC Press (Sep 07)
Wes DeMott/The Fund (Sep 04), Heat Sync (Jun 05, The Fund - Russian, Vapors - Czech, Hungarian

OTHER LEADING RIGHTS OFFERINGS

Ms. Carter trained with an AAR literary agent. Prior to her career in publishing, she worked as a talent scout in A&R for major record companies and in artist management.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS

She holds a BA in English and music from WSUC/New York University and attends BookExpo and writers' conferences.

Upcoming conferences: Thrillerfest (NYC) July 2009

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Query first, and please mention your favorite authors. Prefers queries by e-mail with no attachments. Multiple submissions ok.

SUB-AGENT FOR

Audio and film rights to The Adventures of Molly Whuppie (Univ. No. Carolina Press)

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