New Agent Alert: Lea Beresford of the Denise Shannon Literary Agency
Reminder: New literary agents (with this spotlight featuring Lea Beresford of the Denise Shannon Literary Agency) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.
About Lea: Lea is a new agent at the Denise Shannon Literary Agency. She has contributed many columns to the She Writes website (see a column here) and was previously an editor at Random House.
She is seeking: literary fiction, memoir, food writing, pop science (especially psychology) and pop culture.
How to contact: E-query her at submissions[at]deniseshannonagency[dot]com with “Query” in the subject line. Full submission guidelines here.
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