Literary Agents

The Libel Suit? It is On

Individuals who are, or once were, associated with PublishAmerica are suing   the Preditor & Editors site for libel. Barbara Bauer is an agent who claims that P&E libeled her by calling her a scammer.   Victor E. Cretella, an attorney with PublishAmerica and a member of the Maryland Bar, is suing P&E for harming his reputation.(…)

Interview with an Agent:  Elaine Spencer, Knight Agency

Interview with an Agent: Elaine Spencer, Knight Agency

The Knight Agency was founded in 1996 by Deidre Knight, an author and agent whose background was the entertainment business. Today, the Knight Agency has sold over six hundred books for its hundred-plus clients. It specializes in romance and women’s fiction. Elaine Spencer is one of the seven agents of the Knight Agency and agents(…)

Interview with an Agent: Jessica Faust, BookEnds, LLC

Jessica Faust of BookEnds, LLC is an agent who knows and loves the romance genre. While BookEnds represents the gamut from romance, women's fiction, mystery, thrillers, and suspense to self-help nonfiction, in Faust’s blog, you can see the attachment toward the genre that we love–romance. When I was at RWA’s National Convention, I had the(…)

Interview with an Agent, Kristin Nelson

Kristin Nelson is one of the first agent blogs that I started reading. Her Pub Rants blog is famous amongst aspiring writers for no nonsense and candid advice. As a reader, I find the peak behind the curtain posts illuminating. I admit that she is the inspiration for the series so I was doubly glad(…)

Interview with an Agent:  Jane Dystel, Dystel and Goderich

Interview with an Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel and Goderich

Jane Dystel, of Dystel & Goderich launches our July Interview with an Agent series. Dystel & Goderich was established in 1994 and represents a huge variety of clients from No. 1 bestseller non fiction authors like: Joy Bauer (Joy Bauer’s Food Cures) and Robin L Smith (Lies at the Altar) to best selling fiction authors(…)