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Tor (5/21/2013)
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agent : suzie@newleafliterary.com
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Suzie Townsend
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New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc
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William Morrow (6/4/2013)
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Suzie Townsend started at FinePrint Literary Management in January 2009 and worked her way up from intern to agent. Now an agent at New Leaf Literary, she represents adult and children's fiction. She is actively looking to build her list. In adult, she's specifically looking for women's fiction, anything romance (but especially historical), and fantasy (urban fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, epic fantasy). In Childrens' she loves YA (all subgenres) and is dying to find great Middle Grade projects (especially something akin to the movie SUPER 8). She's an active member of AAR, RWA, and SCBWI.
She’s interested in strong characters and voice driven stories: she’s particularly keen on strong female protagonists, complex plot lines with underlying political, moral, or philosophical issues, and stories which break out of the typical tropes of their genre. Some of her favorite novels (that she doesn't represent) are Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, Jellicoe Road and Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Jeaniene Frost's Vampire Huntress series, Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels series, Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel series and anything by Lisa Kleypas.
She drinks too much diet orange soda, has a Starbucks problem (those soy chai lattes are addictive), and lives in New York with her two dogs, Slevin and Fate, who know that chewing on shoes is okay but chewing on books is not.
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years experience: 3
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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
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Mystery, Romance, Suspense/thriller, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Women's Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Historical Romance, YA, Middle Grade
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BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
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NY Times and USA Today Bestseller, Losing It by Cora Carmack (William Morrow, 2/26/2013)
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MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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Selected Recent Releases
Personal Demons, Original Sin, and Last Rite by Lisa Desrochers (Tor Teen)
A Brush of Darkness, A Sliver of Shadow and A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang (Pocket Books)
Sophie & Carter, Anew, Awry and Avow by Chelsea Fine
Tempest and Vortex by Julie Cross (Thomas Dunne Books)
When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen (FSG, 2/28/2012)
All These Lives by Sarah Wylie (Margaret Ferguson Books, 6/5/2012)
False Memory by Dan Krokos (Disney*Hyperion, 8/14/2012)
The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long (Dial Books for Young Readers, 8/16/2012)
The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy by Nikki Loftin (Razorbill, 8/21/2012)
Valkyrie Rising and Valkyrie Symptoms by Ingrid Paulson (HarperTeen)
Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook (HarperTeen, 1/29/2013)
The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (Tor Teen, 3/5/2013)
Arclight by Josin L. McQuein (Greenwillow, 4/23/2013)
Selected Forthcoming Titles
The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos (Starscape, 5/21/2013)
Faking It by Cora Carmack (William Morrow, 6/4/2013)
Carniepunk Anthology (Pocket Books, 7/23/2013)
Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor (Thomas Dunne Books, 7/30/2012)
False Sight by Dan Krokos (Disney*Hyperion, 8/13/2013)
This is How I Find Her by Sara Polsky (Albert Whitman, Fall 2013)
A Little Too Far by Lisa Desrochers (William Morrow, 9/17/2013)
Finding It by Cora Carmack (William Morrow, 10/2013)
Premeditated by Josin L. McQuein (Delacorte BFYR, 10/2013)
A Little to Much by Lisa Desrochers (William Morrow, 11/2013)
Avalon by Mindee Arnett (B+B, Winter 2014)
Something Beginning with You by Sarah Wylie (Margaret Ferguson Books, Winter 2014)
Nightingale's Nest by Nikki Loftin (Razorbill, Winter 2014)
After You by Jessica Corra (Dial BFYR, Summer 2014)
Recent Sales
Young Adult:
Lori Lee's debut GATES OF THREAD AND STONE, about a teenage girl who must carefully stay under the radar and keep her ability -- to manipulate the threads of time -- a secret, until her brother goes missing and she must risk getting caught up in a revolution in order to save him, to Tim Ditlow at Skyscape, with Robin Benjamin editing, in a two-book deal, by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media.
Young Adult:
Victoria Aveyard's debut novel THE RED QUEEN set in a fantasy world where society is divided by the color of blood, featuring a seventeen year old girl who, to save her family, must assume the role of a lost princess while secretly aiding a revolution; her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince and her against her own heart, pitched as Graceling meets The Selection, to Kari Sutherland at Harper Teen, in a major deal, in a three-book deal, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
New Adult:
NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author, Cora Carmack's novella KEEPING HER, from the perspective of the hero in LOSING IT and his attempts to maintain his happily ever after, again to Amanda Bergeron at William Morrow, in a two-book deal, for publication fall 2013 and winter 2014, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Children's: Middle Grade
Natalie Lloyd's debut A SNICKER OF MAGIC, about a twelve-year-old girl who moves to a Southern mountain town, sets out to break a century-old curse, bring back a forgotten magic, and finally find a home for her wandering heart, to Mallory Kass at Scholastic, in a very nice deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2014, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Women's/Romance:
Author of the Personal Demons trilogy Lisa Desrochers's A LITTLE TOO FAR, a new adult novel, featuring a twenty-year-old girl in love with the wrong guy who thinks escaping to Rome for a year abroad will be the answer to her problems, but forbidden love manages to find her there too, to Amanda Bergeron at William Morrow, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Picture Book:
Author/illustrator of PUZZLED BY PINK, Sarah Frances Hardy's PAINT ME, about a girl who begins the day painting a portrait of her dog and gets swept up in the act of painting until she's painted herself, the dog, and everything else she comes across, to Julie Matysik at Sky Pony Press, by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media.
Middle Grade:
The author of When the Sea is Rising Red, Cat Hellisen's BEASTKEEPER, a reimagining of Beauty and the Beast and what might have happened if they didn't actually life happily ever after, set two generations later when a young girl discovers that the curse is hereditary, to Noa Wheeler at Holt Children's, at auction, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Young Adult:
Alexis Bass's debut GIRLS EVOLVED, about a seventeen-year-old girl and her best friends, who have made it to second semester senior year heartbreak-free by abiding by the wisdom of Marilyn Monroe -- "A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left" -- until a boy moves to town and changes everything, pitched in the vein of Sara Zarr and Nina LaCour, to Rosemary Brosnan at Harper Teen, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Young Adult:
Makiia Lucier's debut A BEAUTIFUL AND DEATH-STRUCK YEAR, about a seventeen-year-old student in Portland, Oregon who risks her heart and her life when she volunteers for the Red Cross during the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918, to Adah Nuchi at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Digital Young Adult:
Author of the forthcoming AVALON, Mindee Arnett's prequel novella, featuring a teen mercenary and his talented crew of thieves who must pull off a jewel heist on a distant planet without being double-crossed by his unwanted mentor, again to Jordan Brown at Harper Teen Impulse, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Young Adult:
Author of the forthcoming PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, Kara Taylor's next two novels in the series, featuring a sixteen-year old Queen Bee at a blue-blooded prep school outside Boston who finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery buried in the school's disturbing secret history, pitched as GOSSIP GIRL meets TWIN PEAKS, again to Brendan Deneen and Anne Brewer at Thomas Dunne Books, by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media.
Middle Grade:
MarcyKate Connolly's debut novel, MONSTROUS, about a girl recreated from the parts of her broken body, the wings of a raven, the tail of serpent, and a cat's razor-sharp vision, and given the mission to avenge her own death and stop other girls of the countryside from suffering the same fate, pitched as Frankenstein meets Brothers Grimm, to Rosemary Brosnan at Harper Children's, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Middle Grade:
Author of THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY and the forthcoming NIGHINGALE'S NEST Nikki Loftin's next untitled middle grade novel, again to Laura Arnold at Razorbill, by Suzie Townsend and New Leaf Literary & Media.
Middle Grade:
Rebecca Behrens's debut WHEN AUDREY MET ALICE, featuring the thirteen-year-old First Daughter who finds Alice Roosevelt's secret diary hidden beneath the floorboards of the White House and is inspired to "eat up the world" though one wrong step could mean tabloid scandal, to Aubrey Poole at Sourcebooks, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
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MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
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Film Rights
Victoria Aveyard's THE RED QUEEN optioned to Universal with Benderspink attached.
Lisa Desrochers's YA series PERSONAL DEMONS optioned to Ineffable Pictures.
Josin McQuein's YA series ARCLIGHT optioned to Universal with Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer producing and Matthew Sand adapting.
Dan Krokos's MG series THE PLANET THIEVES optioned to Warner Brothers with Heyday Films (Harry Potter) and Benderspink attached.
Chelsea Fine's Paranormal YA series, The Archers of Avalon (ANEW, AWRY, and AVOW), optioned to Tapestry Films.
Dan Krokos's YA thriller FALSE MEMORY, optioned to RKO Pictures.
Julie Cross's YA time travel series TEMPEST, optioned to Summit Entertainment.
Subrights
Rights to Victoria Aveyard's THE RED QUEEN trilogy have been sold in Brazil (Companhia das Letras), Italy (Mondadori)
Rights to Natalie Lloyd's A SNICKER OF MAGIC have been sold in Italy (Sperling), Germany (Arsedition)
Rights to Alexis Bass's GIRLS EVOLVED have been sold in Russia (AST)
Rights to Cora Carmack's LOSING IT have been sold in UK (Ebury), Greece (Psichogios), Korea (Random House Korea), Spain (RBA Libros), Turkey (Pena), Hungary (Content 2 Connect), France (La Martiniere), Italy (Anordest), Brazil (Novo Conceito), Germany (Lyx),
Rights to Dan Krokos's THE PLANET THIEVES have been sold in audio (Blackstone), Greece (Livanis), Brazil (Vergara & Riba), Czech (Egmont), Slovakia (Egmont), Poland (Drageus).
Rights to Chelsea Fine's ANEW have been sold in Turkey (Pegasus), Audio (Audible).
Rights to Kristin Halbrook's NOBODY BUT US have been sold in France (Abin Machel), Germany (Heyne Fleight), Taiwan (Ecus).
Rights to Cat Hellisen's WHEN THE SEA IS RISING RED have been sold in Audio (Audible), France (La Martinière Le Seuil).
Rights to Dan Krokos' FALSE MEMORY have been sold in Spain (Anaya), Turkey (Dogan Kitap), Hungary (Fonix).
Rights to Josin McQuein's ARCLIGHT have been sold in UK (Egmont UK), Germany (Egmont).
Rights to Allison Pang's A BRUSH OF DARKNESS have been sold in Spain (Ediciones B).
Rights to Sarah Wylie's ALL THESE LIVES have been sold in Audio (Audible), Germany (Heyne and Bertlesmann Juvenile), Complex Chinese (Omnibooks), Brazil (Autentica).
Rights to Lisa Desrochers' PERSONAL DEMONS have also been sold in Audio (Audible), German (Rowohlt), Australia (Pan Macmillan), Brazilian Portuguese (Editoria iD), French (Bragelonne), Russian (Eksmo), Italian (Newton Compton), Portuguese (Saída de Emergência), Turkish (Artemis Yayinlari), Polish (Wydawnictwo Ksinica), Hungarian (Kelly Kiadó), Spanish (La Factoria de Ideas).
Rights to Julie Cross' TEMPEST have been sold in German (Fischer), UK (Macmillan UK Children’s), Russian (AST), Brazilian Portuguese (Pensamento-Cultrix), Croatian (Naklada Ljevak), Italian (Fanucci), French (Editions du Seuil), Portuguese (Dom Quixote), Korean (Hyundaemunhak), Taiwan/Chinese (Sharp Point), Thai (Amarin), Turkish (Pegasus), Indonesian (Mizan Publishing House), Polish (Bukowy Las), Czech and Slovak (Nakladatelstvi Fragment s. r. o), Spanish (Maeva), Danish (Tellerup).
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SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
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Kathleen Ortiz, Director of Subrights
Pouya Shahbazian, Film/TV Rights
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KEY PERSONNEL
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Joanna Volpe, President/Agent
Kathleen Ortiz, Subrights Director/Agent
Suzie Townsend, Agent
Pouya Shahbazian, Film/TV Manager
Danielle Barthel, Literary Assistant
Jaida Temperly, Literary Assistant
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Please see my submission guidelines here.
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