The Corvisiero Literary Agency is dedicated to writers of high quality fiction and non-fiction. Our clients include authors at all different stages of their careers, from Best Selling Authors to debut Authors with unique voices and stories to tell. We value fresh, original writing that has a compelling point of view.

Marisa A. Corvisiero is the founder and CEO of the Corvisiero Literary Agency and our Senior Literary Agent. She is also a Literary Consultant and an Attorney practicing law for over twenty years in New York City.

Ms. Corvisiero has held positions in several law firms and companies since 1995 in different capacities. In such positions, she has attained the knowledge and experience necessary to properly and dynamically represent her clients. These stellar firms and companies include Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, a top global law firm; Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, a white shoe boutique law firm; and Avaya, Inc., a Fortune 500 telecommunications company among several distinguished others.

Ms. Corvisiero received her Bachelors in Business Administration in International Business and Marketing from Hofstra University in 1995, where she was the President of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Chapter, and the President of the Pre Law Society during her last year. Ms. Corvisiero received her Juris Doctorate from Pace University School of Law in 2000, and earned Pace University School of Law's prestigious International Law Certificate for her studies in International Law. During her legal studies, she held several Board positions on the Student Bar Association, where she was also the Treasurer of the Environmental Law Society, the Chair of the Social Committee, and the Co-Editor of the Pace University School of Law Year Book in 1999 and 2000.

Ms. Corvisiero is licensed to practice in New York State, and has been in good standing for the duration of her admission to the Bar. She belongs to the New York City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

She is fluent in Italian and Spanish, and has some working knowledge of Portuguese and Japanese.

Heidi McLaughlin
Nicole Jacquelyn
Harper Sloan
Kaylee Ryan
James Dashner
LP Dover
Steven Bohls
Megan Erickson
Nandi Taylor
Kerry Adrienne
Tish Rabe
Kevin McGill
Jeff Gregory
JL Mac
Gwen Jones
RJ Prescott
JRH Lawless
Jonathan Rockefeller
Shari Ryan
Marlo Lanz
Michelle Pace
Samantha Christy
Carly Phillips
Erika Wilde

Heidi McLaughlin's FOREVER MY GIRL and the Beaumont Series with Forever, CAPE HARBOR Series with Montlake, and many more
Kaylee Ryan's Southern Pleasures Series, Unexpected Series, and many more
Nicole Jacquelyn's UNBREAK MY HEART with Forever and many more
Megan Erickson's GAMMERS Series with Entangled and many more
Harper Sloan's COMING HOME Series with Simon & Schuster and many more
RJ Prescott's HURRICANE with Grand Central
LP Dover SECOND CHANCES Series with Penguin RandomHouse
JL Mac WRECKED Series with Jai Lu

July 9, 2019 - SHATTERED STARS
International rights: Fiction
Shary J Ryan's SHATTERED STARS, to Baruch Mizrachi at Adel (Israel), in a nice deal, for publication in 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency.

July 9, 2019 - SEXCATION
International rights: Fiction
Heidi McLaughlin's SEXCATION, to Barbara Cinelli at Triskell (Italy), in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency; also to Beatriz Suarez at AllBook (Brazil), in a nice deal.

July 9, 2019 - TEMPTING TATUM, PULL YOU THROUGH and HEY WHISKEY, by Kaylee Ryan
Audio rights

July 9, 2019 - Kaylee Ryan's TEMPTING TATUM, JUST SAY WHEN, and LEVITATE, to Kara Bouchner at Tantor Media, in a nice deal

July 9, 2019 - Kaylee Ryan's BEYOND THE BASES, PULL YOU THROUGH, and HEY WHISKEY, to Rena Ayer at Audible, in a nice deal, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world English).

July 9, 2019 - BEYOND THE BASES, UNEXPECTED REALITY and TEMPTING TATUM
International rights: Fiction
Kaylee Ryan's BEYOND THE BASES, to Beatriz Suarez at AllBook (Brazil), in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2019;
July 9, 2019 - UNEXPECTED REALITY, to Baruch Mizrachi at Bar Adel (Israel), in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2019; and TEMPTING TATUM, to Maiween B at Juno (France), in a nice deal, for publication in 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency.

July 3, 2019 - Heidi McLaughlin
Digital: Fiction: Women's/Romance
NYT-bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin's first two novels in her Cape Harbor series, in which a woman makes an emotional return to her hometown to be reunited with old friend and a secret that has been hidden for 15 years, to Lauren Plude at Montlake Romance, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).

May 16, 2019 - ALWAYS GREENER, by JRH Lawless
Digital: Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

JRH Lawless's ALWAYS GREENER, in which the televised competition for world's worst life is about to begin, pitched as a Black Mirror novel written by a drunken Douglas Adams armed only with an etymology database, to Rick Lewis at Uproar Books, in a nice deal, for publication in winter 2020, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world English).
marisa@corvisieroagency.com

May 16, 2019 - SHATTERED STARS, by Shari Ryan
Audio rights
Shari Ryan's SHATTERED STARS, in which a woman in love finds out that her migraines are a symptom of something much worse, and soon realizes that pushing her love away is causing them both much more pain than the alternative, so she decides to do everything in her power to make him happy before she forgets him, to Jordan Spellman at Tantor Media, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2029, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).
marisa@corvisieroagency.com

May 10, 2019 - GIVEN, by Nandi Taylor
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Debut author Nandi Taylor's GIVEN, pitched as GAME OF THRONES set in Wakanda, following a young female warrior's sacred journey and the shape-shifting dragon who claims they are each other's destiny, to Deanna McFadden at Wattpad, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in winter 2020, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).
Rights: ashleigh@wattpad.com

February 6, 2019 - MY SECRET, MAGIC FRIEND, by Amy Van Duyn
Children's: Picture book
Amy Van Duyn's MY SECRET, MAGIC FRIEND, told from the perspective of the youngest child, whom everyone is too busy to play with, in which an adventure begins when a giant crow appears and ends with knowing the power of imagination, to Debi Stanton at Pen It, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).

October 3, 2018 - SEE YOU AGAIN, by Heidi McLaughlin
Digital: Fiction: Women's/Romance
Heidi McLaughlin's SEE YOU AGAIN: A SOUTHPORT SHORE NOVEL, a second-chance love story that begins with a class reunion where memories heighten emotions and reignite that everlasting first love spark, to Sue Grimshaw at Loveswept, for publication in June 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).

August 17, 2018 - CHRISTMAS WITH YOU, by Heidi McLaughlin, R.J. Prescott and Amy Briggs
Digital: Fiction: Women's/Romance
Heidi McLaughlin, L.P. Dover, Cindi Madsen, R.J. Prescott, and Amy Briggs's CHRISTMAS WITH YOU: AN ANTHOLOGY, a collection of Christmas stories, to Dominic Wakerfeld at Little Brown UK, in a nice deal, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (UK/Commonwealth). US rights sold previously to Alex Logan at Forever Yours.

August 15, 2018 - CHRISSIE AND THE CRUST MONSTER, by Amy Van Duyn
Children's: Picture book
Amy Van Duyn's CHRISSIE AND THE CRUST MONSTER, in which a girl never wants to eat the crusts on her sandwiches, pizza, or anything, but what she doesn't know is that where there's leftover crust, a crust monster grows, to Debi Stanton at Pen It, in a nice deal, for publication in 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).

June 27, 2018 - THE FEUD TRILOGY, by Kyle Prue
Film rights
Kyle Prue's THE FEUD TRILOGY, the epic journey of one teen assassin-in-training, who must unite three warring supernatural dynasties before death comes to them all, to Jon Preston and Leah Applebaum, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Law Practice (world).

May 21, 2018 - BEAUMONT, by Heidi McLaughlin
Audio rights
Heidi McLaughlin's BEAUMONT series, to Jennifer Eschrich at Tantor Media, in a nice deal, for publication in 2018-2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world English).

May 18, 2018 - SANTA'S SECRET, by Heidi McLaughlin
Audio rights
Heidi McLaughlin's SANTA'S SECRET, to Rena Ayer at Audible, in a nice deal, for publication in 2018, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world English).
marisa@corvisieroagency.com

May 18, 2018 - Kaylee Ryan
Audio rights
Kaylee Ryan's untitled work, to Rena Ayer at Audible, in a nice deal, for publication in 2018, by Marisa Corvisiero.

May 18, 2018 - Hebrew rights to Harper Sloan's AXEL and CAGE, to Baruch M at Adel , in a nice deal, for...
International rights: Fiction
Hebrew rights to Harper Sloan's AXEL and CAGE, to Baruch M at Adel, in a nice deal, for publication in 2018-2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency.

May 17, 2018 - BREAKAWAY HOCKEY, by L.P. Dover
Digital: Fiction: Women's/Romance
L.P. Dover's BREAKAWAY HOCKEY series, taking place six months after Dover's last Breakaway release, where readers find him off the grid, in the great outdoors…where the favorite sport involves a rod and reel not a hockey stick, to Sue Grimshaw at Loveswept, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2019, by Marisa Corvisiero at Corvisiero Literary Agency (world).

Marisa Corvisiero is an attorney with over twenty years of General Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Trust and Estates experience in New York City. She is a publishing consultant, speaker and instructor for several mediums including Writer's Digest and participates on panels and workshops at conferences regularly.

She has been ranked by Publisher's Marketplace at the top of several of her leading categories including top 4 Literary Agent, Top 2 Digital Agent, Top 4 D New Adult agent and Top 5 D Women's Fiction and Romance Agent.

Marisa Corvisiero, Founder, CEO and Sr. Literary Agent: Marisa@corvisieroagency.com
Saritza Hernandez, VP and Sr. Literary Agent: Saritza@corvisieroagency.com
Tara Gilbert, Associate Agent Apprentice: tara@corvisieroagency.com
Hannah VanVels, Literary Agent Apprentice: hannah@corvsieroageny.com
Rudy Cecera, Film/TV Rights Agent: Rudy@corvisieroagency.com
Amy Giuffrida, Agent Apprentice: Amy@corvisieroagency.com
Jolene Haley, Agent Apprentice: Jolene@corvisieroagency.com
Lindsay Flanagan
Analieze Cervantes
Jemiscoe Chambers-Black
Jennifer Herrington
Sarah Leonard

All submission to be uploaded through Query Manager. Button with Link for each agent can be found on each agent's profile and our submission guidelines. No E-mails, No Paper Submissions accepted. Submission package must include Query letter, the first five pages of your complete and polished manuscript and an up to 2 pages synopsis. If your work is non-fiction, then you should include a proposal instead of the synopsis. All sample pages (including requests for partials and fulls) must be properly formatted into 1 inch margins, double-spaced lines, Times New Roman black font size 12.

Do not e-mail queries to any of our Agents directly unless the work has been solicited. We suggest that you review our Agents' profiles under the Representation tab on our website at www.corvisieroagency.com and choose an agent that seems to be the best fit for your genre. Then address your Query letter to that specific Agent. A rejection from one agent is a rejection from all. Please do not query another agent unless expressly invited.