Literary Agent Matchmaking Program
A referral program pairing our most promising manuscripts with top literary agents
One thing that separates The Editorial Department from others in our field is the considerable level of support we offer our un-agented authors who seek traditional publication at the conclusion of the editorial process. The keystone of this effort is our Agent Matchmaking Program, which was launched in 1995 to help our most promising fiction and nonfiction manuscripts and book proposals find homes with agents. Since then it has evolved into something considerably more comprehensive. It's still a by-invitation-only program reserved for Editorial Department clients whose work we know well and find to be outstanding. But there's now a much wider range of help we can offer thanks to the dramatic growth in the number of agents who welcome referrals from us, and the strength of the process we have in place to get attention for the manuscripts that deserve it most.
Eligibility
As mentioned above, the Agent Matchmaking Program is only for manuscripts and book proposals we have edited and feel to be outstanding. Consideration for the program requires recommendation by one of our editors and final acceptance by program director Karinya Funsett-Topping.
Program Standards
This program is reserved for books with a good deal of conceptual appeal and that have something going for them that makes them stand out from others in their genre. In category fiction, this usually means a fresh, timely or highly original plot element that has some kind of "wow" factor. In literary or mainstream fiction, this usually means a book that's built around a character or an experience that seems especially meaningful or interesting and would appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. We get most excited about those novels that speak to something larger than just the characters on the page.
We welcome most categories of nonfiction as well, particularly superbly written memoirs along with business, self-help, health and wellness, and parenting manuscripts and proposals.
Agents & Agencies
Please note that these are just some of the literary agents who are representing or have represented our clients. An asterisk next to the agent's name means the offer for representation came about directly through the channel of our Agent Matchmaking Program.
Richard Abate, then with International Creative Management (ICM) *
Carole Abel, Carole Abel Literary Agency
Kathleen Anderson, Anderson Grinberg Literary Management
Loretta Barrett, Loretta Barrett Books
Mel Berger, William Morris Agency/ Endeavor *
Jamie Brenner, Artists & Artisans
Phillipa Brophey, Sterling Lord Literistic
William Clark, WM Clark Literary Agency *
Nicholas Croce, The Croce Agency *
Claudia Cross, Sterling Lord Literistic *
Joni Evans, William Morris Agency *
Jane Gelfman, Gelfman Scheider Literary Agency, Inc.
Mollie Glick, then with the Jean V. Naggar Agency *
Anna Ghosh, then with Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Owen Laster, then with the William Morris Agency *
Toni Lolopolo, Lopopolo Literary Management *
Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary Agency *
John Hawkins, John Hawkins & Associates *
Jonathan Lazear, Lazear Agency Inc.
Denise Marcil, Denise Marcil Literary Agency *
Alice Martell, The Martell Agency
Jillian Manus, Manus & Associates
Mark McVeigh, The McVeigh Agency
Jean Naggar, Jean V. Naggar Agency
Roberta Pryor, Roberta Pryor Inc.
Theron Raines, Raines & Raines Literary Agency
Stephanie Kip Rotsan, Levine-Greenberg Literary Agency
Bob Silverstein, Quicksilver Books
Amy Tipton, The Peter Rubie Literary Agency
Steve Troha, Folio Literary Management
Frank Weimann, The Literary Group International *
Gene Winick, McIntosh & Otis *
Andrew Zack, Andrew Zack Literary Agency *
Costs
We charge $1.00 per page for review of a completed manuscript to determine program eligibility and a nominal fee for printing/shipping (for short works and proposals under 12,500 words, there is instead a flat fee of $75) and $35 per hour for research, outreach, and clerical services. Shipping, printing, postage, and courier charges for agent submissions are reimbursed at cost.
For more information, please contact Ross Browne at the Tucson office.
