Evaluators
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John Gilstrap
http://www.johngilstrap.com/aboutjohn.html
My first novel, Nathan’s Run, was in fact my fourth novel, and when it sold, it sold big. At a time in my life when things were going well—I was president of my own consulting firm—things were suddenly going very well. Warner Bros. bought the movie rights to Nathan’s Run two days after the first book rights were sold, and as of this date, the novel has been translated and published in one form or another in over 20 countries. With Nathan’s Run in the can, as it were, I thought I might finally be on to something, but I didn’t quit my “day job” until after I sold the book and movie rights to my second novel, At All Costs. I figured that while one-in-a-row might be luck, two-in-a-row was a trend. So, I started writing full-time.
More novels followed, and then a few screenplays. I was living the dream.
In 2006, Six Minutes to Freedom was published to considerable acclaim. My first (and probably last) foray into book-length non-fiction, SixMin tells the story of Kurt Muse, the only civilian of record ever rescued by the super-secret Delta Force. Thanks to Kurt’s cooperation (he is co-author), I gained access to people and places that lifelong civilians like me should never see. The heroic warriors I met during that research turned out to be nothing like their movie stereotypes.
Evelyn Coleman
http://www.evelyncoleman.com/Evelyn_Coleman_Bio.htm
Evelyn Coleman’s children’s books, White Socks Only, The Glass Bottle Tree, The Foot Warmer and the Crow The Riches of Oseola McCarty and To Be a Drum have received praise and recognition including these honors: Parents Choice Honor Book; American Booksellers Association’s Pick of the Lists; the Smithsonian Most Outstanding Children’s Book Title; Publisher’s Weekly’s Cuffie Award; Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies; selected as Children’s Book of the Year; Texas Blue Bonnet List; Society of School Librarians International Honor Book; a Carter G. Woodson Honor Book; Stepping Stones Honor Award; nominated for Children’s Crown Award and The Young Hoosier Book Award; The Horn Book recommended title and many other public school lists. The film, White Socks Only from Phoenix Films produced by Academy Award winning Barbara Bryant and adapted by Coleman won the Bronze Award at the Worldfest Houston Film Festival. Her children’s books are apart of the Screen Actor’s Guild’s Book Pal’s National Campaigns and have been a part of the Anti-Defamation League and Barnes & Noble’s Close the Book on Hate Campaign. And her book, American Girl Shadows on Society Hill was chosen for Barnes & Noble’s summer reading program.
Mary Kole
Mary came to children’s literature from a writer’s perspective and started reading at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency to see what it was like “on the other side of the desk.” She quickly found her passion here and, after a year of working behind the scenes, officially joined the agency in August, 2009. In her quest to learn all sides of publishing, she has also worked in the children’s editorial department at Chronicle Books and earned her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of San Francisco. Mary is passionate about exciting, high-concept story ideas and editorial work. With all of her clients, she uses her well-honed editorial eye to develop each project to its full potential. She especially enjoys traveling to conferences and SCBWI events to meet writers and actively build her list. Mary lives in Brooklyn and operates the East Coast office of the agency.
At this time, Mary is only considering young adult and middle grade novels and truly exceptional, funny, quirky and character-driven picture books (she especially loves working with author/illustrators). She’s seeking fresh, unique voices and idiosyncratic characters who, by book’s end, are more flesh than fiction. Her favorite stories are upmarket, high-concept, character-driven and well-plotted…featuring a mix of fast pacing, emotional resonance, and beautiful writing. In essence: literary spark with commercial appeal.
http://www.andreabrownlit.com/agents.php
Loren Grossman
Loren R. Grossman is part of the Paul Levine Agency and is looking for clients. She specializes in nonfiction.
Nonfiction areas of interest: Archeology, Art/Photography/Architecture, Child Guidance/Parenting, Coffee Table Books, Education/Academics, Gardening, Health/Medicine, Science/Technology, Law, Religion, Memoirs, Sociology.
Patrick LoBrutto
http://www.lobrutto.com/patrickj/html/Biography.html
Patrick LoBrutto has been an editor, author and anthologist for over 30 years. He has worked in all areas of Fiction and Non-Fiction specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Westerns, Military History and Mysteries.
His career in publishing began while in Graduate School for Urban Planning; he took a summer job in the mailroom of Ace Books and discovered there were people who would pay him to read. He never looked back. He has worked for Ace Books, Doubleday, M. Evans, Random House, Kensington, Stealth Press (an Internet Publisher) and Bantam. He has held the position of Editor, Senior Editor and Editor-in-Chief, working with authors like Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Eric Van Lustbader, Walter Tevis (the author of The Hustler and The Color of Money), the Louis L’Amour Estate, the Star Wars novelizations, Don Coldsmith, F. Paul Wilson, Joe R. Lansdale, the Dune Novels of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson and Loren Estleman. He has received the World Fantasy Award for editing.
He currently lectures at writer’s conferences and works as an Editorial Consultant and Master Class Instructor for authors, an Acquiring Editor for Tor/Forge and Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press and as a scout for the Trident Media Group. He is on the National Advisory Board of the Writer’s Hall of Fame of America and the Board of Advisors of Literate Nation Atlanta.
The vast majority of Paul S. Levine’s clients come to him as new, previously unpublished, or self-published authors. Levine has a keen understanding of industry strategy and has the editorial contacts required to ensure his success as both a literary agent and entertainment law attorney, and is thus able to offer his clients a comprehensive range of publishing or literary attorney services.
Paul S. Levine
Visit Paul S. Levine’s Attorney website.
His unique combination of publishing industry savvy and entertainment legal services makes Levine a dynamic choice for both new and published authors alike. Leaning toward socially and politically important literature, he will consider fiction, non-fiction, children’s, and young adult manuscripts and proposals for non-fiction books.
Highly aware of market trends and editors’ preferences, Levine limits himself to projects which he believes in and feels certain he can sell.
Amanda Luedeke
In 2006, Amanda graduated from the acclaimed Professional Writing program at Taylor University Fort Wayne. Since college, she’s made her living as a writer, working as a freelancer for local newspapers and marketing companies, while operating her own writing business.
Her love for writing and ability to think strategically landed her a full time job in marketing at an agency in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since starting there in 2008, Amanda has written web and print copy for Vera Bradley, Brecks, and Peg Perego. She’s also assisted in marketing strategy for these companies, conducting research, launching social media sites, and proposing and working on major projects targeted at the online consumer. (Yes, she knows … she’s one of those people.)
Before becoming an agent, Amanda worked as Chip MacGregor’s Assistant. She brings a unique understanding of marketing and social media to the MacGregor Literary team.
Editorial Needs – Represents general market and CBA fiction and nonfiction. Specifically, spec fiction, YA, mid-grade fiction, post college-aged fiction and nonfiction, women’s fiction and literary fiction.
Agent, MacGregor Literary Inc www.macgregorliterary.com
Robin Mizell
Connecting writers with the perfect publishers for their work is Robin Mizell’s business. Enabling an author to establish a network of contacts and develop closer relationships with loyal readers is an indispensable part of the process, before and after a book’s publication. Robin maintains a small client list, so she can focus on and enjoy building the careers of a select group of gifted writers.
Insatiable curiosity, reliable intuition, and the tendency to be both an early adopter and a contrarian is the improbable combination of traits that gives Robin a knack for literary matchmaking. As a matter of principle, she offers her clients’ work to the most reputable large and small publishing houses without regard to the companies’ practices concerning advances on royalties. It is each author’s prerogative to choose the best book deal, taking into consideration the comprehensive package offered by a publisher. A substantial marketing budget, the prestige of an established imprint, expert manuscript development and copyediting, superb book design, and sales of subsidiary rights can be as important as a large advance to the success of a book and, consequently, its author.
Janelle Walden Aygeman
Janell Walden Agyeman has worked as a literary agent for the past 18 years with Marie Brown Associates. She also consults with independent publishers. Earlier, she worked in editorial positions for Doubleday & Company and the Howard University Press. New to the Atlanta area, she is particularly interested in young adult and middle grade fiction and nonfiction, and adult non-fiction projects. Non-fiction topic areas that especially interest her are: memoir & biographies, spirituality, environment/nature, health & wellness, American, Latino and African-American or African Diaspora cultural or historical studies and contemporary events. Her best known clients are Sharon M. Draper, winner of multiple Coretta Scott King Awards and Leonard Pitts, Jr., celebrated syndicated columnist and 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Commentary.
Chuck Sambuchino
Chuck Sambuchino is an editor and a writer. He works for Writer’s Digest Books and edits GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS (guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog) as well as CHILDREN’S WRITER’S & ILLUSTRATOR’S MARKET. His humor book, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK (gnomeattack.com), was released in Sept. 2010 and has been featured by Reader’s Digest, USA Today, the New York Times and AOL News. The film rights were recently optioned by Sony and Robert Zemeckis. His first book was writing-related: the third edition of FORMATTING & SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT (2009).
Besides that, he is a produced playwright, magazine freelancer, husband, cover band guitarist, chocolate chip cookie fiend, and owner of a flabby-yet-lovable dog named Graham.
