Writers House is one of the leading literary agencies, handling nearly every category of fiction and nonfiction, for both adults and young readers, with a record number of bestselling and award winning authors and illustrators.

I became an agent after nearly 20 years on the “other side of the desk,” where I was an editor and publisher of books for adults and young readers. As an agent, I handle books for adults, primarily nonfiction (eg., history, science, natural history, politics, current events, popular cultural and the arts, biography, and memoir). I also handle children’s books--middle grade to young-adult, fiction and nonfiction, and the occasional picture book.

David Macaulay, THE WAY WE WORK, CATHEDRAL, CASTLE, Caldecott Medalist
Allen Say, ERIKA-SAN, GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY, Caldecott Medalist
Deborah Heiligman, CHARLES AND EMMA: THE DARWINS' LEAP OF FAITH
Elizabeth Partridge, THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME, MARCHING FOR FREEDOM
Phillip Hoose, CLAUDETTE COLVIN
Ruta Sepetys, BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
Sally M. Walker, SECRETS OF A CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE, Sibert Medalist
John Hendrix, JOHN BROWN: HIS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, ABE LINCOLN CROSSES A CREEK (illustrator)
Gregory Mone, THE WAGES OF DESIRE, THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA, FISH
Loree Griffin Burns, TRACKING TRASH, THE HIVE DETECTIVES
Ilene Cooper, SAM I AM, JACK: THE EARLY YEARS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
Marc Aronson, UNSETTLED, WITCH HUNT, Sibert Medalist
Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett, Amanda Pressner, THE LOST GIRLS
Andrew C. Revkin, THE BURNING SEASON, THE NORTH POLE WAS HERE
HP Newquist, FOR BOYS ONLY, HERE THERE BE MONSTERS: THE KRAKEN
Steve Sheinkin, KING GEORGE: WHAT WAS HIS PROBLEM?, WHICH WAY TO THE WILD WEST
Susan Kuklin, NO CHOIRBOY, BEAUTIFUL BALLERINA
Barry Denenberg, LINCOLN SHOT: A PRESIDENT'S LIFE REMEMBERED
Karen Blumenthal, SIX DAYS IN OCTOBER

Recent Adult sales include:

HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES 2 by Mark Stein/Smithsonian Books (a sequel to the New York Times bestselling book, How the States Got Their Shapes)

THE SECOND CITY UNSCRIPTED: REVOLUTION AND REVELATION AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS COMEDY THEATER by Mike Thomas/Villard Books (Random House)

THE LOST GIRLS: THREE FRIENDS, FOUR CONTINENTS, ONE UNCONVENTIONAL DETOUR AROUND THE WORLD by Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett, and Amanda Pressner/Harper/HarperCollins

THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA: WORM HOLES, ROBOTS, AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENS ON CHRISTMAS EVE by Greg Mone/Bloomsbury

WHEN THINGS GET DARK: A MONGOLIAN WINTER'S TALE by Matthew Davis/St. Martin's Press

Recent Children’s sales include:

Fiction:

TRASH by Andy Muligan/David Fickling Books/Random House

I'LL BE THERE by Holly Goldberg Sloan/Little, Brown

INTENTIONS by Deborah Heiligman/Knopf Books for Young Readers

THE OTHER FELIX by Keir Graff/Roaring Brook Press

SHARK WARS by Ernie Altbacker/Razorbill

Picture Books:

BLUE CHICKEN by Deborah Freedman/Viking Books for Young Readers

THE BOY IN THE GARDEN by Allen Say/Houghton Mifflin

SHOOTING AT THE STARS by John Hendrix/Abrams

ONE LOVE and THREE LITTLE BIRDS by Bob Marley (adapted by Cedella Marley), illustrated by Vanessa Newton/Chronicle

Nonfiction:

ARRESTED BY A DAME! by Deborah Heiligman/Henry Holt

HERE THERE BE MONSTERS: THE KRAKEN by HP Newquist/Houghton Mifflin

A BLIZZARD OF GLASS by Sally M. Walker/Henry Holt

ABRACADABRA: A HISTORY OF MAGIC by HP Newquist/Feiwel & Friends

HOME SWEET HOME by David Macaulay/Roaring Brook Press

TITANIC SINKS! by Barry Denenberg/Viking

THE LOST GIRLS optioned to Warner Bros for feature film.

B.A. and M.A. in English; 20 years as editor and publisher at houses including Oxford University Press, HarperCollins, Henry Holt, and Scholastic; guest faculty at Stanford Publishing Course; regular participant at national and regional writers conferences; frequently asked to speak on issues relating to book publishing.

You should check the Writers House website for the relevant information: www.writershouse.com

I am selectively seeking new clients. Submissions by email and regular mail (with SASE, please) are okay.

For nonfiction, please send a query letter and a brief synopsis.

For fiction, please provide a query letter, a brief synopsis, and the first 20 or so pages of the manuscript.

No screenplays.

Writers House requests that you submit to just one agent in our agency at a time; so, if you have sent the same query to another Writers House agent, please be sure to indicate that in your letter to me.

We receive many, many submissions in the course of a short time, and it may not be possible to respond to every query, though we certainly try to.