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Career Press September 2008
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Jackie Meyer / WhimsyNYC@aol.com
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Whimsy Literary Agency LLC
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New York/Los Angeles
646-644-2475 (mobile)
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McGraw-Hill, TODAY SHOW Launch 4/30 Neil Cavuto FOX BUSINESS, Publications:BODY &SOUL, HEALTH, REAL SIMPLE, USA TODAY, SF CHRONICLE
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Whimsy Literary Agency, specializes in books and authors that educate, entertain and inspire people.
Prior to establishing WLA in 2006, Jackie Meyer was the VP/Creative Director, Warner Books, where she also acquired and edited non-fiction & was the co-founder & publisher of the gift book imprint. Jackie created original books in-house. As the author of several books, she relates to the publishing process from the authors point of view.
With over 30 years in publishing, WLA agent Olga Vezeris has held top editorial and subsidiary rights positions in such companies as Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Warner Books, Workman Publishing, HarperCollins and the Bertelsmann Book Club Group. She is one of the most versatile and well-rounded individuals in the industry and has acquired, or licensed, highly commercial fiction and non-fiction in such areas as general and womens fiction, thrillers, mystery and suspense, health/self-help, psychology, business. She has worked on illustrated books in areas such as lifestyle, cooking, childrens, and self-help.
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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
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Reference, Biography, Computers/technology, Business/investing/finance, History, Religious, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Self-Help, Diet, Pop Culture, Humor, Personality, Gift, Illustrated
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LEADING CLIENTS
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Authors we represent include: Stan Herman, Dr. Michael S. Broder, Megan Blake, Coerte V.W. Felske, Sonny Grosso, Peter Friedman, Jane Bernard, Dr. Richard Trachtman, Gerald Celente,Susanne Jaffe, Cecelia Michelson, Christopher J. Boozell, Tony Cowell, Alan Winter, Jerome Komisar, Matthew Solan, Adrienne Reed, Joanne Tombrakos, Nancy Heller, Steven Brunner, Alix Toland, Jerome Kroth Ph.D., John A. Howard, and Audi Gozlan
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MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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THE BRAND WHO CRIED WOLF, Scott Deming, Wiley 2007
YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO RICH, Alan Haft, Wiley, November 2007
GOD MADE EASY, Patrice Karst, Cider Mill Press, 2008
GRACEFULLY, Valerie Ramsey with Heather Hummel, McGraw-Hill, May 2008
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS, Seymour Chwast, Applesauce Press, September 2008
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, Peter Anthony, Cleveland Clinic Press, 2008
THE CROSSWORD PUZZLER'S HANDBOOK, Richard Showstack, Cider Mill Press Fall 2008
STREET PAINTING BOOK & KIT, Rick Compton, Cider Mill Press Fall 2008
BUSINESS WAR GAMES, Ben Gilad, Career Press, Fall 2008
WHAT WOULD LINCOLN DO?, David Acord, Sourcebooks, Spring 2009
GODDESS MADE EASY, Patrice Karst, Cider Mill Press 2009
TEXTUAL INTERCOURSE, Laura Saba, Running Press, 2009
OH BOY!, Cider Mill Press, Spring 2009
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
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Speaking, Panels etc: The Stanford Professional Publishing Course AAP NYU Publishing Institute The Center for Independent Publishing ASJA The Baltimore Publishers Association The BookBinders Guild BookTech BEA Writer's Digest
We offer editorial and ghostwriting services.
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KEY PERSONNEL
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Jackie Meyer, Literary Agent, Principal / Whimsynyc@aol.com
Olga Vezeris, Literary Agent & Subsidiary Rights, editorial services / ovezeris@aol.com
PJ Dempsey,editorial services(self-help, nonfiction)
Nansci Neiman LeGette, Senior Associate / Los Angeles
Lee Thompson, Scout
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Send your proposal VIA-E-MAIL (include your media platform TOC, and 3 chapters) to WhimsyNYC@aol.com.
NO SNAIL MAIL OR FED EX unless invited, thank you.
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