At the time, she attended yeshiva university, where she majored in literature and minored in business. This weeks agent spotlight features tamar rydzinski of the laura dail literary agency, inc status. Context literary agency represents highquality childrens literature, womens fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Publishers marketplace is a great resource, but less than half of all literary agents have listings there. Tamar rydzinski is an agent with the laura dail literary agency. Interview with literary agent kathleen ortiz of lowenstein. Tamar rydzinski, agent, laura dail literary agency. In todays publishing world, much of the marketing and publicity work falls on the author. In the opening chapters tamar is raped by a blackman and later, the same night, has sex with her own husband. Constant rolling headlines and links from almost 150 publishing news sources.
Also, please tell me about your book in the query letter. She loves discovering new talent and helping established authors to take their career to the next level. Areas of specialty include but are not limited to health, psychology, memoir, current events and narrative nonfiction of special interest. Tamar rydzinski has formed context literary agency, bringing over her roster of authors from laura dail literary agency, where she was previously vice president and director of sub rights. Chinese rights to roger shattucks the story of my life helen keller, to lijiang publishing house, by jennifer lyons of the jennifer lyons literary agency, in association with the nurnberg agency. My company, bryan denson media consulting, offers courses for lawyers and law firms and law enforcement agencies. Agent statistics, detailing how long each agent typically takes to respond to a query. Pm is most helpful when you begin with a list of books that are like yours, as well as a few names of agents who represent what you write.
Jensens dark shores, in which a tyrannical ruler forces a feisty pirate and a. Lockhart, sarah mlynowski and lauren myracles how to be bad, to marenostrum, by international editores, on behalf of tamar rydzinski at laura dail. I love books that make me think about a topic in a completely new way. Sarah had the idea for the a court of thorns and roses series in the spring of 2009 while she waited for her literary agent, tamar rydzinski, to return from her maternity leave.
Tamar rydzinski literary agent this article about literary agent tamar rydzinski and the context literary agency is part of a series about literary agents and how to find a publishing agent. She is an editorially invested partner with a specialty in book marketing strategy. Book agent tamar rydzinski graduated from yeshiva university in 2003 with a major in. How to use publishers marketplace when querying the. The sacrifice of tamar, not unlike the authors other two books, sotah and jepthies daughter takes place in an insular ultraothrdox community. Thank you so much for stopping by my little corner of cyberspace. Maas, the new york times and usa today bestselling author of the throne of glass series.
Tom corsonknowles is the founder of tck publishing, and the bestselling author of 27 books including secrets of the sixfigure author. Jennifer weis is looking for new voices and authors preferably with a platform. Literary, with a love for young adult books, scifi, fantasy, and nonfiction. Todays hot trend consists of books sold to publishers two years ago. We are a fullservice, innovative literary agency that is dedicated to helping authors navigate every aspect of the publishing process. What literary agents want to see before signing with a writer. Sacrifice of tamar centers mainly in brooklyn and later moves to isreal. Book agent tamar rydzinski graduated from yeshiva university in 2003 with a major in literature. Im represented by the lovely and fierce tamar rydzinski of the laura dail literary agency. From there, i interned in bloomsbury childrens books editorial department before working in publicity at groveatlantic and random house childrens books.
Julie c dao h0bbit0n on qt has signed with agent tamar rydzinski of context literary agency. If you love our books and think your project is a good match, please consider submitting your work. These are the things i need to know, not that you have. Eric smith literary agent eric smith is a literary agent at p. How to love was submitted to more than a dozen publishers, and the book has had tremendous response, according to shandler. Carolyn forde has moved over to the transatlantic agency as. She represents pretty much everything but prescriptive nonfiction and picture books.
Because they had decided not to send out throne of glass to publishers, maas began to write the first two books in the acotar series. Of all my jobs, agenting has been the most challenging and the most rewarding. And, publishers marketplace only gives literary agents 21 book genres or categories to choose from when specifying areas of interest in contrast, our directory of book agents gives you 116 book genres or categories to choose from. Publishers marketplace free directory of literary agents. At lucinda literary, we understand that an authors book is just one important piece to building or expanding a brand. Book tracker automatically follow sales results at amazon and and cross. Publishing director claudia connal acquired uk and commonwealth rights from laura west at david higham associates on behalf of tamar rydzinski, before rydzinski left the laura dail literary agency.
Endeavour bags untold story of forensics pioneer lee the. Its an honor to be inside the process, participating in bringing great reads into the world, and a true joy to enable those books creators to build healthy, sustainable careers. She graduated from yeshiva university in 2003 with a major in literature and a minor in business. I signed with tamar in february 2015, and what a whirlwind two years it has been. Click on our names to find out more about each of us. Tamar rydzinski context literary agency tamar rydzinski worked at sanford j. Im a fulltime writer who primarily specializes in longform stories, mostly books and magazine pieces. Are there common mistakes that authors make in their queries and submissions to agents. January 9, 2020 6 new agents actively seeking nonfiction, memoir, speculative fiction, mainstream fiction, kidlit, and more. Danielle jensens stolen songbird, in which a teenager is stolen by the creatures who live under the mountain and learns that there is more to trolls than she could have ever imagined, and that she must take her place as their princess and as a witch in order to save them all, to amanda rutter publisher s marketplace announcement. Im represented by the truly awesome tamar rydzinski of the.
Today i am thrilled to introduce my superstar agent, tamar rydzinski of the laura dail literary agency. Carolyn forde has moved over to the transatlantic agency as senior agent. Jennifer has five years experience in some of the publishing industrys leading literary agencies. He is also the host of the publishing profits podcast show where we interview successful authors and publishing industry experts to share their tips for creating a. The first one to grace my long list, excerpt taken from the p. And literary fiction would have to be very upmarket to appeal to me as an agent. Im probably not the right agent for humor either, though i love books that are humorous. Tamar rydzinski, vice president of the laura dail literary agency, wants writers who are wellversed in the field. Kathleen ortiz, an associate agent and foreign rights manager at lowenstein associates, answers these questions, and more. Applause and huzzahs to the helpful and superspeedy tamar rydzinski of the laura dail literary agency for being our secret agent this month.
I love fairy tales and kickbutt heroines, as well as movie scores, han solo, macarons from lette, and gaudy nail polish. The more ways you have to engage with readers and get them interested in your work, the better. Tamar rydzinski context literary agency querytracker. Get full access to her profile and hundreds more, for free. Publishers marketplace is a great resource, but less than half of all literary. In other words, to get the most out of pm, you need to start with a list of namesauthor names, agent names, andor editor names. Im also limited to information that is publicly availableor at least available on publishers marketplaceso ill make no claims that this is. Maass bestselling fantasy novel a court of thorns and roses is headed to the big. She revealed, this was a story where, within a matter of days, i heard feyres. Professionally, im proudest of the times my work has enabled my clients to take great leaps, whether creative or professional, to advance their careers.
Nicole has been listed by publisher s marketplace as a top dealmaker in the country, and named acfws 2012 agent of the year. An interview with julie c dao upon receiving an offer of representation 04182015. Search tools to help you find the right agent for your book. She worked with publishers around the world as an assistant in trident media groups huge foreign rights department, and with domestic publishers as an assistant at writers house where, incidentally, she began her career as an intern. I represent a diverse list award winners and new york times bestsellers. Agent advice this installment featuring agent tamar rydzinski, also judged a previous dear lucky agent contest for the blog is a series of quick interviews with literary agents and script agents who talk with guide to literary agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anything else. Finally, i love books that are epic epic love, epic adventure, epic. Publishing agent tamar rydzinski is an agent with and the ownerfounder of the context literary agency. Melissa frain at tor teen has bought, in a three book deal, danielle l. In response to the widespread belief that publishers dont do anything to market their books, i explain the basic marketing any author can expect. This series has more than 170 interviews so far with reps from great.
I attended the columbia publishing course after undergrada great introduction to all things publishing. Tamar rydzinski, vice president, director of subsidiary rights at the laura dail literary agency got bitten by the book industry bug while interning at an agency. Tamar rydzinski, literary agent what you need to know. Greenburger associates prior to joining the laura dail literary agency. Tamar rydzinski the official manuscript wish list website. Tamar rydzinski throne of glass colouring book from bloomsbury bloomsbury childrens books has acquired the world rights to the throne of glass coloring book, based sarah j. James melia and caroline bleeke have each been promoted to senior editor at flatiron books. Tamar rydzinski literary agent context literary agency.
Kathleen is currently seeking childrens books, specifically young adult, middle grade and chapter books. Top literary agents advise on the road to publishing. A brief history of sevenfigure book advances literary hub. With over fifteen years of experience in corporate and agency publishing, lucinda halpern serves both sides of the literary and business worlds. Tamar rydzinski short and powerful is better than long and empty. Were a group of authors and industry professionals formerly known as let the words flow who blog about all things writing, publishing, and books. This weeks agent spotlight features tamar rydzinski of the laura dail literary. Constantin film preps fantasy feature a court of thorns. My focus is middle grade and young adult novels, as well as genre fiction scifi, fantasy, thriller, horror in the ya. Roaring brook press macmillan childrens publishing group 175 5th ave. Agent advice this installment featuring agent laura dail of laura dail literary agency is a series of quick interviews with literary agents and script agents who talk with guide to literary agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just. Do you have the next project to feed her book addiction. Can you tell us a little bit about the book for which youve found representation.