New Literary Agent Alert: Marie Lamba of the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency
Reminder: New literary agents (with this spotlight featuring Marie Lamba of the Jennifer DeChiara 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 Marie: Marie Lamba is an associate agent at the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. Marie (marielamba.com) is also the author of the young adult novels What I Meant… (Random House) and Over My Head. Her work appears in the short story anthology Liar Liar (Mendacity Press), the anthology Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing), and her articles are in more than 100 publications including national magazines such as Writer’s Digest, Garden Design and RWR. She has worked as an editor, an award-winning public relations writer and a book publicist, has taught classes on novel writing and on author promotion, and is a member of the Romance Writers of America and The Liars Club.
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She is seeking: Marie is currently looking for young adult and middle grade fiction, along with general and women’s fiction and some memoir. Books that are moving and/or hilarious are especially welcome. She is NOT interested in picture books, science fiction or high fantasy (though she is open to paranormal elements), category romance (though romantic elements are welcomed), non-fiction, or in books that feature graphic violence. Some recently favorite titles on her shelf include Searching for Caleb by Anne Tyler, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, Paper Towns by John Green, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger, Twenties Girl by Sophia Kinsella, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Shug by Jenny Han, and Doing It by Melvin Burgess. She also admits to watching many many chick flicks.
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How to submit: Please e-mail queries to marie.jdlit@gmail.com. Put "Query" in the subject line of your e-mail, and please send the first twenty pages in the body of your e-mail, along with a one-paragraph bio and a one-paragraph synopsis.
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