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agent : sarah@francescollin.com
Sarah Yake
Frances Collin, Literary Agent
P.O. Box 33, Wayne, PA 19301
http://www.francescollin.com

Fran Collin is the Trustee for the Estate of Rachel Carson (SILENT SPRING) and also represents the Estates of John Williams (STONER, BUTCHER'S CROSSING) and Esther Forbes (JOHNNY TREMAIN), among others. She also represents a broad range of general trade books.

Sarah Yake holds an M.A. in English Literature and has been a sales rep for a major publisher and a bookstore manager. She has been with the agency since 2005.

Areas of special interest to Fran include History, Biography, Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Science and Health, Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir.

Sarah loves Literary Fiction and is especially interested in work where the arts intersect. She is also interested in work for the Young Adult and Middle Grade markets (but, please, no picture books or books for young children). Favorite settings for any genre include the American West and England.

Formerly the Marie Rodell-Frances Collin Literary Agency. Celebrating 63 years in the publishing business!


years experience: 30+ combined agency total
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
General fiction, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Biography, History, Health, Travel, Environmental, Nature, Memoir
LEADING CLIENTS
Barbara Hambly, Vonda N. McIntyre, Caroline Stevermer, Marilyn Hacker, the Estate of John Williams, the Estate of Rachel Carson, the Estate of Esther Forbes, Barbara Hamilton, Kirsten Kaschock, Annie Finch, Wendy Sparrow, the Estate of Oliver La Farge, the Estate of Robert Bright and the Estate of Bonald Borland.
BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING (2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the first US publication of this landmark book; #91 Newsweek's 2011 list of the Top 100 Books of All Time!)
Barbara Hambly: HOMELAND, THE EMANCIPATOR'S WIFE, PATRIOT HEARTS, the Benjamin January mystery series (most recently #11 RAN AWAY) and the James Asher/Don Ysidro Vampire series (THOSE WHO HUNT THE NIGHT, TRAVELING WITH THE DEAD and now BLOOD MAIDENS)
John Williams: STONER (called "a perfect novel" by Morris Dickstein in The New York Times June 17, 2007), just published in France in a translation by best-selling French author Anna Gavalda from Le Dilettante. BUTCHER'S CROSSING and AUGUSTUS
Vonda N. McIntyre: DREAMSNAKE and THE MOON AND THE SUN
Caroline Stevermer: MAGIC BELOW STAIRS, SCHOLAR OF MAGICS, COLLEGE OF MAGICS and, with Patricia C. Wrede, the 3-book series beginning with SORCERY & CECELIA
Barbara Hamilton: THE NINTH DAUGHTER, A MARKED MAN, SUP WITH THE DEVIL
Roy Swank, M.D.: THE M.S. DIET BOOK
Ben Logan: CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED, THE LAND REMEMBERS
MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Kirsten Kaschock's deubt novel SLEIGHT, Coffee House Press in October 2011
17 of Barbara Hambly's backlist titles released in March 2011 by Open Road Intergrated Media
and also from Hambly, more Vampire novels and more Benjamin January novels forthcoming from Severn House Press, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Annie Finch's SPELLS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, Wesleyan University Press, 2013
KEY PERSONNEL
Fran Collin, AAR
Sarah Yake, SCBWI
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Please send a query letter describing your project via email (text in the body of the email only--no attachments, please) to queries@francescollin.com **Please note that queries sent to an agency email address other than queries@francescollin.com will be deleted unread**