Abel, Kenneth, novelist, author of BAIT (Delacorte, Dell, BOMC, 1994), THE BLUE WALL (Delacorte, Dell 1996), COLD STEEL RAIN (Putnams, 2000). The Burying Field (Putnams 2002). New novel: FLOATERS (Thomas Dunne/St. Martins Press, Spring 2008).
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Alfieri, Gus, author of CAST A GIANT SHADOW: Joe Lapchick and the Golden Days of New York City Basketball (Lyons Press, 2006)
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Angel, Jeannette, author of Callgirl (Permanent Press/HarperCollins), Madame (Permanent Press)Manuscript on submission: In Dark Woods
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Belsky, Richard, journalist and novelist, author of seven novels including the MOURNING SHOW (Berkley), LOVERBOY (Avon, 1996) PLAYING DEAD (Avon 1999).
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BRANDT, Anthony, magazine writer (Esquire, Playboy, GQ, NY Times magazine, Atlantic, Mens Journal, etc.). Author of REALITY POLICE: The Experience of Insanity in America (William Morrow). New Book in progress: The Man Who Ate His Boots: Sir John Franklin and the Tragic History of the Northwest Passage (Knopf, 2007).
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BRUEN, Ken, novelist, author of the Jack Taylor novels: The Guards (2001), The Killing of the Tinkers (2002), The Magdalen Martyrs (2003), The Dramatist (2004), Priest (2006), Cross (2007), Sanctuary (2008) & Brant novels: A White Arrest (1998) Taming the Alien (2000) The McDead (2000)---- Collected in A White Trilogy; Blitz (2002), Vixen (2003), Calibre (2006), Ammunition (2007) & Stand-alone novels: Rilke on Black (1997), The Hackman Blues (1997), Her Last Call to Louis Macneice (1997), London Boulevard (2001), Dispatching Baudelaire (2004), American Skin (2006).
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*BURKE, Alafair, novelist, Judgment Calls a novel (Henry Holt, 2003). Missing Justice (Holt, 2004). Close Case (Holt, 2005), Dead Connection, (Henry Holt, 2007), Angel's Tip (HarperCollins, September 2008)
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BURKE, James Lee Burke, novelist and short-story writer, author of HALF OF PARADISE (Houghton Mifflin), TO THE BRIGHT AND SHINING SUN (Scribner), LAY DOWN MY SWORD AND SHIELD (Crowell), TWO FOR TEXAS (Pocket Books), THE CONVICT AND OTHER STORIES (LSU Press), THE LOST GET-BACK BOOGIE (LSU Press), THE NEON RAIN (HOLT, Pocket Books), HEAVENS PRISIONERS (Holt, Pocket), BLACK CHERRY BLUES (Little, Brown; Avon; Edgar Award for the best mystery novel of 1989), A MORNING FOR FLAMINGOS (Little, Brown; Avon), A STAINED WHITE RADIANCE (Hyperion, Avon), IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH CONFEDERATE DEAD (Hyperion, Avon), DIXIE CITY JAM (Hyperion, 1994) BURNING ANGEL (Hyperion, 1995), CADILLAC JUKEBOX (Hyperion, 1996), CIMMARON ROSE (Hyperion, 1997, winner of Edgar Award), SUNSET LIMITED (Doubleday, 1998, Dell, l999, winner of Englands Golden Dagger Award for Best Novel of l998), HEARTWOOD (Doubleday, 1999, Bantam Dell 2000), PURPLE CANE ROAD (Doubleday, 2000; Bantam Dell, 2001). BITTERROOT (Simon & Schuster, 2001), Joli Blons Bounce (S & S, 2002), White Doves at Morning (S & S, 2002). Last Car to Elysian Fields (S & S, 2003). In the Moon of Red Ponies (S & S, 2004), Crusaders Cross (S&S, 2005). Pegasus Descending (S & S, 2006), The Tin Roof Blowdown (S&S, 2007), Swan Peak (S&S 2008)
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BURKE, Jan, novelist, author of GOODNIGHT, IRENE (S & S/Avon), SWEET DREAMS, IRENE (S & S/ Avon), DEAR IRENE (S & S/Avon), REMEMBER ME, IRENE (S & S/Harper Paperbacks), HOCUS (S & S/Harper Paperbacks), LIAR (S & S/Harper), BONES (S & S/NAL; winner of 2000 Edgar Award), and Flight (S & S, 2001; Pocket Books, 2002); Nine (S & S, 2003). Bloodlines (S & S, 2004); Kidnapped (S & S, 2006), The Meessengers (S&S, 2009)
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CAMPION, Billy, rock musician/performer, Untitled Memoir: A true story of a colorful and unlikely friendship and musical collaboration between a Brooklyn underground rock star, Vic Thrill, and a 21-year-old Hasidic Jew, who in one year leapt from the 19th century to the 21st century. (Random House, 2009)
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CASSADY, Eva, novelist, THE ADULTERY DIET (Pocket Books, 2007)
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CHAPIN, Kim, former Sports Illustrated writer, author of four books of nonfiction: TENNIS TO WIN and BILLIE JEAN (both with Billie Jean King), THE BEAUTY OF RUNNING (with Gayle Baron), and FAST AS WHITE LIGHTENING (Dial Press to be re-issued by Harmony, 1998). Fiction: DOGWOOD AFTERNOONS (FS&G, Penguin), THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY, YA novel (FS&G, 1994). New novel: 213 Canyon Road.
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*CONNELLY, Michael, former L.A. Times writer, author of THE BLACK ECHO (LITTLE, BROWN , ST. MARTINS Paperbacks; Edgar Award for best first mystery novel, 1992) THE BLACK ICE (Little, Brown, SMP), THE CONCRETE BLONDE (Little, Brown, SMP), THE LAST COYOTE (Little, Brown, SMP, BOMC), THE POET (Little, Brown, Warner Books, Literary Guild), TRUNK MUSIC (Little, Brown, SMP, Main Selection BOMC), 1998: BLOODWORK (Little, Brown; Main Selection, Literary Guild, nominated for Edgar Award for Best Novel), ANGELS FLIGHT (Little, Brown, 1999; Main Selection,Literary Guild). VOID MOON (Little, Brown, 2000; Warner Books, 2000). A DARKNESS MORE THAN LIGHT (Little, Brown, 2001; Warner Books 2002), City of Bones (Little, Brown, 2002), Chasing the Dime (Little, Brown 2002), Lost Light (Little, Brown, 2003). The Narrows (Little, Brown, 2004), The Closers (Little, Brown, spring 2005), The Lincoln Lawyer (fall, 2005). Crime Beat (Little, Brown, 2006). Echo Park (Little, Brown 2006), THE OVERLOOK (Little, Brown, 2007), THE BRASS VERDICT (Little, Brown October 2008)
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CORWIN, Miles, journalist and novelist, The Killing Season: A Summer Inside an LAPD Homicide Division (Ballantine, 1997), And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students (Morrow, 2001), Homicide Special: A Year with the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit (Henry Holt, 2004). First novel on submission: KIND OF BLUE.
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DAHLBY, Tracy, Journalist, documentary film-maker, author of Allahs Torch: A Report from behind the Scenes in Asias War on Terror (Morrow, 20005).
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DAVIS, Kevin, journalist, author of THE WRONG MAN (Avon, 1995, Defending the Damned (Atria, 2007), nonfiction.
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DELANEY, Edward, novelist and filmmaker, author of the short-story collection The Drowning & Other Stories(1999) and the novel Warp & Weft (2004). His work has appeared regularly in The Atlantic Monthly, as well as in the O. Henry Prize and Best American Short Stories annuals. His novel received the 2005 PEN/L.L. Winship Award in Fiction, and a segment of it originally appeared in The Atlantic in 2001. His work has been performed on NPRs Selected Shorts, and has been a finalist for The National Magazine Award. First novel on submission: WORLD ENOUGH.
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DOLD, Gaylord, author of a dozen mystery/suspense novels, including THE WORLD BEAT (St. Martins Press) BAY OF SORROWS (SMP, 1995), SCHEDULE TWO (SMP, 1996), 1998: THE DEVIL TO PAY, (ST. Martins Press, 1999), Six White Horses (St, Martins, 2002), Storm 33 (Sourcebooks, 2003).
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DOUGLAS, Geoffrey, novelist and nonfiction writer, author of CLASS: The Wreckage of an American Family (Holt, 1992), DEAD OPPOSITE: The Lives and Loss of Two American Boys, (Holt, 1994), and THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES (Holt, 1996, Avon 2004). Untitled book on St. Pauls Class of 1962, Hyperion, 2008)
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DUBUS Andre, author of the LIEUTENANT (novel, Dial Press), and VOICES FROM THE MOON (novel, Godine, Crown). Stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, Harpers, literary quarterlies and anthologies. Short story collections: SEPARATE FLIGHTS (Godine), FINDING A GIRL IN AMERICA (Godine), THE TIMES ARE NEVER SO BAD (Godine), DANCING AFTER HOURS (Knopf, 1996). Essay collections: BROKEN VESSLS (Godine), MEDITATIONS FROM A MOVEABLE CHAIR (Knopf, 1998).
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DUBUS Andre III, short story writer and novelist, author of THE CAGE KEEPER AND OTHER STORIES (Dutton, NAL), BLUESMAN (novel, Faber & Faber), HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (Norton 1999, Vintage, 2000; National Book Award Finalist, L.A. Times Book Award Finalist), THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS (Norton, June 2008)
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DUNBAR, Wylene, novelist, author of MARGARET CAPE (Harcourt, 1997), My Life with Corpses (Harcourt, 2004)
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FERRELL, David, journalist (L. A. Times) and author of Screwball (William Morrow (2003). New novel on submission: Buzzard of Mayhem
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FRANCISCO, Ruth, author of Confessions of a Deathmaiden (Mysterious Press, 2003). Good Morning, Darkness(Mysterious Press, 2004). The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (St. Martins Press, 2005) New Novel on submission: Buraq's Flight
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GATES, John, author of BRIGHAMS DAY, a novel (Walker, 2000), Sister Wife (Walker, 2001).
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GIRARD, James P, novelist, author of: A KILLING IN KANSAS (as by Jeffrey Tharp, Fawcett) and THE LATE MAN (Atheneum, NAL), Some Survive (Dutton/NAL, 2002).
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GRANGER, Farley, Broadway and Hollywood legend, Count Me Out, a memoir (St. Martins Press, 2007).
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HAYWOOD, Gar Anthony, novelist, award-winning author of 10 crime novels and two pseudonymously written stand-alone thrillers. Haywood's first Gunner mystery, Fear of the Dark, won the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus award for Best First Novel in 1989. In the summer of 2000, Fear of the Dark was also included among 200 books Vibe magazine identified as essential reading. His sixth Gunner novel, All the Lucky Ones are Dead, made the Los Angeles Times' bestseller list, and was subsequently named one of the year's Ten Best mysteries by Booklist.
MAN EATER, written under the pseudonym Ray Shannon, received starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly, who described it as "the best Elmore Leonard ripoff since Elmore Leonard." His second novel under the Shannon name, Firecracker, was hailed by the Chicago Sun-Times as "a machine-gun paced, witty romp of a thriller." New novel on submission: CEMETERY ROAD
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HILL, Sam, business consultant, author of RADICAL MARKETING (with Glenn Rifkin) (HarperCollins, l999) and The Infinite Asset: Managing Brands to Build New Value(Harvard Business School Press, 2000). Sixty Trends in Sixty Minutes (Wiley, 2003). Buzz Monkey, novel, Otto Penzler Books (2003). Buzz Riff (Carroll & Graf, 2005). New novel on submission: THE LAST SHARKCALLER.
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*KING, Jonathon, former journalist and author of The Blue Edge of Midnight, novel (Dutton, 2002, NAL 2003, Edgar Award for Best First Novel). A Visible Darkness (Dutton, 2003) Shadow Men (Dutton, 2004). A Killing Night (Dutton, 2005), Eye of Vengeance (Dutton, 2006), Acts of Nature (Dutton, 2007). New novel on submission: STYX.
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KLEIN, Matthew, novelist, author of Switchback (Orion Books/U.K., 2007, Le Seuil, France, De Fontein-The Netherlands, Amphora/Russia) and Con Ed (Warner Books, 2007, Orion Books/U.K., Le Seuil/France., Amphora/Russia and De Fontein/The Netherlands)
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LEVINE, Peter, author of ELLIS ISLAND TO EBBETS FIELD: Sport and the American Jewish Experience (Oxford U.P.), A.G. SPALDING AND THE RISE OF BASEBALL (Oxford) and other works.
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LIEBMAN, Glenn, author/editor of quote books: SPORT SHORTS (Contemporary Books), BASEBALL SHORTS, 1994, GOLF SHORTS, 1995, BOXING SHORTS, 1996, BASKETBALL SHORTS, 1996, HOCKEY SHORTS, 1997, TENNIS SHORTS, 1997, GOLF SHORTS, II, 1998, et.al.
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MACKINNON, Colin, novelist, author of Finding Hoseyn (Arbor House), Morning Spy, Evening Spy (St. Martins Press, 2006)
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MAYER, Robert, former Journalist (Newsday) and author of SUPERFOLKS (Dial, Literary Guild, St. Martins Press, 2005), THE EXECUTION (Viking), MIDGE & DECKER (A & W), THE GRACE OF SHORTSTOPS (Doubleday), THE SEARCH (Doubleday), I, JFK (Dutton, SMP). Nonfiction: THE DREAMS OF ADA, (Viking, NAL, Doubleday 2006) BASEBALL AND MENS LIVES (Delacorte), re-issued as Notes of a Baseball Dreamer (Houghton Mifflin, 2003). Re-issue of The Dreams of Ada (Doubleday, 2006).
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MOODY, Bill, mystery/Jazz writer, author of THE JAZZ EXILES: American Musicians Abroad (University of Nevada Press) SOLO HAND (novel, Walker), DEATH OF A TENOR MAN (Walker), THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET (Walker), BIRD LIVES! (Walker, 1999), LOOKING FOR CHET BAKER (Walker 2002), SHADES OF BLUE (Poisoned Pen, 2008)
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MOORES, Amanda, novelist. author of DREAM PALACE (Carroll & Graf). New novel in stories: The Black Taj: Tales of New Orleans.
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NEELY, Richard, novelist, author of THE WALTER SYNDROME (McCall Books, Literary Guild, NAL) DEATH TO MY BELOVED (NAL), WHILE LOVE LAY SLEEPING (ACE), THE PLASTIC NIGHTMARE (Ace, filmed as SHATTERED), THE DAMNED INNOCENTS (ACE), THE SMITH CONSPIRACY (NAL), THE JAPANESE MISTRESS (Saturday Review Press, BOMC, Popular Library), THE SEXTON WOMEN, (Putnam, Berkley, BOMC), THE RIDGWAY WOMEN (Crowell, NAL),LIES (Putnam, Jove), NO CERTAIN LIFE (Jove), THE OBLIGATION (Dell), AN ACCIDENTAL WOMAN (Holt, Cosmo, Playboy paperbacks), SHADOWS FROM THE PAST (Delacorte, Dell).
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NEWMAN, Christopher, novelist, author of MIDTOWN SOUTH (Fawcett), SIXTH PRECINCT (Fawcett), KNOCK-OFF (Fawcett), BACKFIRE (Fawcett), MIDTOWN NORTH (Fawcett; MWA Edgar nominee), l9th PRECINCT (Fawcett), DEAD END GAME (Putnam, Berkley), KILLER (Dell), THE DEVILS OWN (Dell, l997), HIT AND RUN (Dell, l997), CLEAN AMERICAN FUN (Random House Audio), CHAINS OF COMMAND (written for the late William Caunitz, Dutton, l999). New (semi-biographical) novel: EVERYTHING TO WIN.
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PHILPIN, John, author of Beyond Murder: The Inside Story of the Gainesville Student Murders (Dutton/NAL), Stalemate (nonfiction, Bantam), The Prettiest Feathers (fiction, Bantam), Tunnel of Night (Bantam), Dreams in the Key of Blue (novel, Bantam), The Murder Channel (novel, Bantam), and Shattered Justice (Avon, 2006)
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POLNER, Murray, founding editor of Present Tense magazine, author of six nonfiction books including DISARMED AND DANGEROUS: The Radical Lives and Times of Daniel and Philip Berrigan (Basic Books, 1996, Westview). THOSE WHO DARED TO SAY NO TO WAR, by Murray Polner and Thomas E. Woods (DaCapo Press, 2008).
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RUSSELL, Kirk, novelist, author of Shell Games (Chronicle, 2003) and Night Game (Chronicle, 2004). Dead Game (Chronicle, 2005). New Marquez novel: REDBACK.
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SALTER, Sam, novelist, author of A LONG COLD FALL (Putnams) and other crime novels (pseudonymn, Sam Reaves). Dooleys Back (Otto Penzler Books/Carroll & Graf, 2003).Homicide 69 (Carroll & Graf, 2007).
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SHEEHY, Helen, author of MARGO: The life and Theatre of Margo Jones (SMU Press) and EVA LA GALLIENE: A Biography (Knopf, 1996). Biog. of Eleanora Duse (Knopf, 2003).
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*SHIELDS, Jean, author of Air Burial (Carroll & Graf, 2003). New novel: Officer Down.
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*SMITH, Taylor, novelist, author of GUILTY BY SILENCE (Mira Books), COMMON PASSIONS (Mira Books), THE BEST OF ENEMIES (Mira Books), and RANDOM ACTS (Mira Books, 1998), THE INNOCENTS CLUB (Mira, 2000), Deadly Grace (Mira, 2001). Liars Market (Mira, 2003), Slim to None (Mira, 2006), NIGHT CAFE (Mira, Spring 2009)
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STANTON, Tom, journalist and author of THE FINAL SEASON: Fathers, Sons, and a Last Summer of Baseball at a Classic American Park (St. Martins Press, 2001). The Road to Cooperstown (SMP, 2003), Hank Aaron and the Home Run that Changed America (William Morrow, 2004). Ty & Babe (St. Martins Press, 2007)
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URE, Louise, novelist, Shamus award winning author Forcing Amaryllis (Mysterious Press, 2005) for best first mystery novel. THE FAULT TREE (St. Martins Minatour 2008)
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WARD, Robert, television writer (Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, et. Al) and novelist, THE CACTUS GARDEN (Pocket Books), THE KING OF CARDS (Pocket), RED BAKER (Washington Square Press, & re-issued by St. Martins, 2006), SHEDDING SKIN (Washington Square Press), Four Kinds of Rain (St. Martins, 2006)
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WILTZ, Christine, author of THE GLASS HOUSE, THE EMERALD LIZARD, A DIAMOND BEFORE YOU DIE, THE KILLING CIRCLE, and The Last Madam, 2000.
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WORRALL, Simon, freelance magazine writer, author of The Poet and the Murderer (nonfiction, Dutton/Plume, 2002), Currently on submission: RIVER OF DESIRE & STEALING BEAUTY.