Literary Fiction: Nov 9th - Nov 15th

New Agent Alert

David Black Agency

Mark Tavani has joined as a literary agent, representing nonfiction projects as well as expanding the agency’s presence in fiction.

Mark is interested in a wide range of literary and commercial fiction, including book club novels, thrillers, mysteries, speculative fiction, and historical fiction. He is looking for fiction that entertains and enriches the lives of readers.

Interview Alert

Michelle Brower at Trellis Literary Management

Her list spans the spectrum of literary and commercial fiction, from thought-provoking story collections to page-turning thrillers. She is primarily interested in work that focuses on storytelling and emotional connection, rather than formal experimentation, and believes that the best reading experience engages both the heart and the head. She is looking for book club novels (a commercial idea with a literary execution), literary fiction, literary suspense, genre fictionfor a non-genre audience, and upmarket women’s fiction.

Agency and Twitter.

Deal Alert

Meredith Miller | United Talent Agency

Meredith Miller sold Fiction: Debut | Founder Director of The Women's Prize for Playwriting Ellie Keel's THE FOUR

Meredith is looking for literary and upmarket fiction, offbeat and satirical women’s fiction, underrepresented stories, and select YA and MG fiction that touches these areas.

Recent titles:

• The Awoken by Katelyn Monroe Howes.”

Agency, Personal site, Twitter and MSWL.

Deal Alert

Andrea Morrison | Writers House

Andrea Morrison sold Children's: Picture Book Fiction | Pura Belpre Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp's HOME IS A HEARTBEAT

I don’t take on as many books for adults, but I’m always incredibly excited to work on just the right project. (I also work with a good number of clients who write in the YA/children’s and adult space, or who plan to.) I’m excited about literary and upmarket commercial fiction that blends gorgeous sentence-level writing with stories featuring younger protagonists, eg. Janet Fitch’s WHITE OLEANDER—one of my favorite books ever - and Celeste Ng’s LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE & EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU. I’m a total sucker for vivid descriptions of California (or, really any time setting feels almost like a character in itself), and appreciate true-to-life fiction more often than not, but (again with the exceptions) I do love Leslie Parry’s CHURCH OF MARVELS, or CLaire Vaye Watkins’ GOLD FAME CITRUS, when we’re in a familiar world with some additional elements. I also especially love books that explore the intricacies of friendship, and novels that tackle the complexities of mother/daughter relationships.

A few literary novels I love: THE GIRLS FROM CORONA DEL MAR by Rufi Thorpe, THE IMMORTALISTS by Chloe Benjamin, SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid…

Agency, Twitter, Publisher’s Marketplace and MSWL.

Deal Alert

Clash Books

Clash Books Digital: Non-fiction: General | Andrew Sacher's EMO REVIVAL: COMMUNITY, DIY, AND REBIRTH IN POST-HARDCORE & EMO (2008-2018)

‘Clash Books is where high and low art meet to make something fresh, new, and exciting. We publish literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & literary horror.’

Recent titles:

• Afterword by Nina Schuyler

• I, Caravaggio by Eugenio Volpe

• Anybody Home? by Michael J. Seidlinger.”

Agency and Twitter.

Deal Alert

Dan Mandel | Sanford J. Greenburger Associates

Dan Mandel sold Non-fiction: Biography | Finance editor of NYT Anupreeta Das's BILLIONAIRE, NERD, SAVIOR, KING

Dan Mandel represents both literary and commercial fiction … The books he has represented have been New York Times Bestsellers, and short-listed for both the Booker and the FT Business Book of the Year.

Recent titles:

• Points North by Howard Frank Mosher

• The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs: A Novel by Janet Peery.”

Agency, Personal site, Twitter and Publisher’s Marketplace.

Deal Alert

Ian Bonaparte | Janklow & Nesbit

Ian Bonaparte sold Non-fiction: General/Other | Former public defender and co-founder of Partners for Justice Emily Galvin-Almanza's untitled insider narrative account of how twisted our legal system has become.

With an extensive background in editing fiction, he is also seeking a select list of fiction writers, particularly in the spaces of literary/crossover, horror, and elevated, genre-inflected stories. He is interested in seeing any novel that is both moving and plot-driven.

Agency and Twitter.