Reminder: New literary agents are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list. This spotlight is for agent Margaret Bail of Andrea Hurst & Associates.
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About Margaret: Margaret Bail, literary agent at Andrea Hurst & Associates, has a BA in English and an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing. With years of experience editing everything from medical documents to manuscripts, as well as teaching university-level English and writing, she looks forward to working closely with new and established authors to help develop their voice and craft. Her lifelong love of stories and storytelling has her looking for books that transport her into the heart of the story, so much so that she’ll forget where she is and lose track of time while she reads.
She is seeking: adult fiction only. Specifically, she seeks romance, science fiction, thrillers, action/adventure, historical fiction, Western, fantasy (think Song of Fire and Ice or Dark Tower, NOT Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia).
Please do not query with YA, MG, or children’s books. Also, Margaret does not seek steampunk, Christian/religious literature, chick lit, poetry, screenplays.
In nonfiction, she represents narrative nonfiction, memoir with an interesting or unique hook, cookbooks with a strong author platform, and true crime.
How to contact: e-mail margaret (at) andreahurst (dot) com. Type “Query” plus the title of your novel in the subject line, then please send the following in the body of the email: your query, a bio (if you have publishing credits), a brief synopsis, and the first 10 pages of your ms.
(How to write a novel synopsis.)
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