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Publish Your Nonfiction Book (Writer's Digest Books) by Sharlene Martin with Anthony Flacco
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NY Times Bestseller IMPOSSIBLE ODDS
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lit manager/producer : Sharlene@MartinLit.com
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SHARLENE MARTIN
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Martin Literary & Media Management
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Sharlene Martin
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Sharlene began working in television in 1993 as a partner in Martin/ Walker-Lampley Productions, a company formed with Bree Walker, a prominent CBS news anchor. Sharlene later spent time as a reality television developer for Media Savvy, and as an Associate Casting Director with Joy Todd. Her most challenging casting project for film was the movie "Gods and Generals," with 156 speaking roles.
In 2002, Sharlene took her passion for great stories and their authors, to form Martin Literary & Media Management. Her agency has experienced extraordinary success in sales and alliances. In the 18 years since that time, her remarkable rise in the publishing industry is demonstrated by a rapidly growing list of non-fiction sales to such renowned major publishers as Random House, Harper Collins, St. Martin's Press, Penguin Putnam, Hachette, Simon and Schuster, as well as to a host of boutique publishers for specialized genre books.
She has represented numerous New York Times bestselling nonfiction books, including: Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six by Anthony Flacco; Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story by Shanna Hogan; Notes Left Behind by Keith & Brooke Desserich; Raffaele Sollecito’s book, Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox; HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell's memoir, I Want; Suzanne Hansen’s You’ll Never Nanny in this Town Again; MaryJo Buttafuocco's Getting It Through My Thick Skull; and The Goldman family’s If I Did It, based on the OJ Simpson murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson. MLM's most recent NYT Bestseller is the children's picture book RESCUE AND JESSICA from Candlewick which debuted on the list.
Many of Sharlene's authors have had their books boosted as serial reprints in prestigious publications such as Readers' Digest, People Magazine, WHO, and the London Times. Other client appearances include 60 Minutes, The TODAY Show, The View, Fox and Friends, Good Morning America, The Early Show, 20/20, 48 Hours, Discovery Channel, Inside Edition, The 700 Club, ET, The Insider, ABC Nightline, Dr. Phil, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, HLN, Discovery ID and Fox News and TLC.
She is actively doing business with a host of film and TV companies for adaptations of her clients' books and is a member of the Producers Guild of America. Hallmark Hall of Fame's acclaimed TV movie in December, 2008 was based on her client’s book, Front of the Class. She was Executive Producer of Lifetime’s 2012 movie, The Pregnancy Project, which garnered the two top Imagen Awards in 2012 for Best Primetime Movie/Special and Best Actress (Alexa Vega). She was Co- Creator/Producer of the true crime series, DEADLY SINS for Discovery ID, which ran for six seasons. She was the Co-EP with Nancy Glass Productions for the 2015-16 season of specials, EPIC MYSTERIES, for Discovery ID. She also served as Executive Producer for an A&E documentary, OJ: Guilty in Vegas which was based on her client, Andy Caldwell's book, Room 1203 which aired fall, 2017.
She serves as Executive Producer on the Paramount TV/ Anonymous Content HOME BEFORE DARK series on Apple TV+ with director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) inspired by the Hilde Cracks the Case Scholastic book series, which debuted April 3, 2020 to great acclaim. The series has been renewed for a second season as well. She is also Executive Producer on THE ASSASSINATION OF GERALD FORD, with screenplay by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan(Chappaquiddick). She is in development with Sony Television/Lifetime for Shanna Hogan's true crime book Secrets of a Marine's Wife (St. Martin's Press). And she also recently optioned Brad Cohen's FRONT OF THE CLASS to Alibaba in China for a feature film which she will Exec Produce. Sharlene is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
She is the co-author with Anthony Flacco of Publish Your Nonfiction Book (Writer's Digest Books). In it, Sharlene shares many of the secrets of success that she uses to counsel her own clients on their road to authorship. She is also the co-author of the book, Literary Fails: Totally (sic)! -- a selection of the worst 101 Query letters received by MLM in the past ten years with original artwork and snarky comments by Sharlene in response. Everything a writer should NOT do is in this little book!
Publishers, editors and writers who deal with her consistently express their joy in working with someone who is such an avid fan of good writing, as well as an enthusiastic guardian and representative of her clients' work. She employs this personal touch to all of her business relationships and credits it with her proven record of success.
Sharlene resides in a suburb of Seattle, WA having relocated from Los Angeles 12 years ago. She is originally from Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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We are a "green agency" so all queries should be made using email--no hard copies. We prefer e-mail queries in the body of the email-no unsolicited attachments please.
We do NOT represent poetry, screenplays/scripts, or short stories.
Please see our website www.MartinLit.com for details on preferences and submission policies.
PLEASE do not call and pitch your work. I can't tell how well you write by the sound of your voice!
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years experience: 19
rates: 15%
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SKILLS
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Book Doctor, Line-editing, Developmental editing, Proposal writing/editing, Writing, Ghost-writing
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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
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Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Religious, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Children's books, African-American, Science, Contact us for recommendations of highly professional ghosts/editors, Sharlene specializes in high profile adult nonfiction and crime, Our other agents represent Children's books and Graphic Novels
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TRADE REFERENCES
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Sharlene Martin and Anthony Flacco have used their considerable experience as a successful literary agent and widely published writer, respectively, to demystify the publishing process for nonfiction books in a way that any writer will find to be informative and enlightening. PUBLISH YOUR NONFICTION BOOK clearly explains the process unlike any other book that I know about. I’ll be recommending it to writers that I work with.
-William Shinker, Former President & Publisher, Gotham and Avery Books
PUBLISH YOUR NONFICTION BOOK is practical, straight-forward, helpful, and tells the truth about publishing! This is the perfect guide to go from dream to reality on your publishing journey. Highly recommended.
-Joel Fotinos, Former Publisher, Tarcher/Penguin
Having been in book publishing for almost forty years, I've always been surprised at the dearth of thoughtful, insightful, and informative books on the integral things a writer needs to know about publishing a nonfiction book. Well, now I've found what I think is the best book of its kind, and one that can make a tremendous difference in the lives of writers and writers-to-be. In PUBLISH YOUR NONFICTION BOOK, Martin and Flacco have used their years of experience and their insiders’ understanding to provide an easy-to-follow path to building a successful career in a volatile and competitive marketplace. It will become an invaluable classic on any writer's bookshelf.
-Roger Cooper, Former Vice-President, Publisher, Vanguard Press
If getting published is your plan, take note of a few things: Mere talent isn’t enough. Neither is tenacity. You need tools. In this insiders’ guide, Martin and Flacco open up their specialty kit of wrenches, calipers, and pneumatic nail guns. You’ll find all you need here to get started with building your literary career.
-Joel Miller, Vice President of Editorial & Acquisitions, Thomas Nelson
All our client testimonials can be viewed at our main website page.
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LEADING CLIENTS
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Hilde Lysiak-SCOOP: A Memoir of a 13 Year old Investigative Crime Journalist (Middle Grade/Chicago Review Press)
Jane Blasio-Taken at Birth (TLC 6hr. documentary)Memoir sold to Revell/Baker Books
Jim Davidson-The Next Everest (St. Martin's Press)
Nicole Weisensee Egan, Former Senior Writer, PEOPLE Magazine--CHASING COSBY: The Downfall of America's Dad (Seal Press 4-23-19)
Chelsia Rose Marcius, Writer, NY Daily News/Author of WILD ESCAPE
Hilde Kate Lysiak- 12 year old PUBLISHER of Orange Street News--SOLD in 6 book deal HILDE CRACKS THE CASE to Scholastic and to Apple for tv series. https://deadline.com/2018/06/hilde-lysiak-mystery-series-apple-dana-fox-dara-resnik-jon-chu-anonymous-content-paramount-tv-1202409373/
Rebekah Gregory-Boston Marathon Survivor--TAKING MY LIFE BACK--SOLD to Revell in a significant deal!
Nastia Liukin--Olympic Gold Medal Winner --Finding My SHINE
Jack Andraka -- Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World by Jack Andraka (Harper Collins)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS:
RESCUE AND JESSICA: An Unlikely Friendship
IMPOSSIBLE ODDS: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six by Jessica Buchanan, Erik Landemalm and Anthony Flacco
Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox by Raffaele Sollecito with Andrew Gumbel
Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story by Shanna Hogan
Notes Left Behind by Keith and Brooke Desserich
IWant by Jane Velez-Mitchell
You'll Never Nanny in this Town Again by Suzanne Hansen
If I Did It on behalf of the Goldman Family
Getting it Through My Thick Skull by MaryJo Buttafuoco
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MOST RECENT PROJECTS
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The Ocean Calls to 9Story.
HOME BEFORE DARK (based on Hilde Lysiak's Hilde Cracks the Case Series) SOLD to Apple TV -scripted mystery series. Sharlene Martin Exec. Producer
Optioned for Lifetime: Secrets of a Marine's Wife by Shanna Hogan with Sony Television
Optioned to Sony Television: The Stranger She Loved by Shanna Hogan
Optioned for film: The Assassination of Gerald Ford adapted from Taking Aim at the President by Geri Spieler.
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BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
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Please go to our full website to see our best known books.
www.MartinLit.com
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MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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See our website for book titles
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OTHER LEADING RIGHTS OFFERINGS
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Contact Sharlene Martin for full Film/TV Catalogue or download catalogue on website. www.martinlit.com/film-tv
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
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Member of the Producers Guild of America.
Publish Your Nonfiction Book: Strategies for Learning the Industry, Selling Your Book, and Building a Successful Career by Sharlene Martin and Anthony Flacco (Paperback - Nov 25, 2009, Writer’s Digest)
Sharlene Martin is available for seminars, workshops and speaking engagements.
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SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
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FOREIGN RIGHTS AGENCY:
Taryn Fagerness Agency
taryn.fagerness@gmail.com
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SUB-AGENT FOR
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All film inquiries directly to Sharlene Martin, Martin Literary Management
Film/TV Catalogue of projects available upon request. Or see www.MartinLit.com/film-tv
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KEY PERSONNEL
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Clelia Gore
Clelia@MartinLit.com -- Vice President/Literary Manager
Head of Children & Y/A Division
Adria Goetz
Adria@MartinLit.com --Senior Literary Manager
Children & Young Adult; Christian (Adult and Children)and Lifestyle books
Lindsay Guzzardo-Literary Manager
Lindsay@MartinLit.com
Adult Fiction
Anthony Flacco-Director of Editorial Development/Head of Adaptation for Film/TV Anthony@MartinLit.com
Anthony is also for hire as a Co-Author/Ghostwriter/Editor. Please email him directly if interested. Anthony@AnthonyFlacco.com
You can view his website at www.AnthonyFlacco.com
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Electronic queries only; please see our website for Submission Guidelines.
Sharlene Martin is NONFICTION only (with just a few exceptions for existing clients).
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