New Literary Agent Alert: Julie Gwinn of The Seymour Agency
Literary agent alerts (like this one with Julie Gwinn of The Seymour Agency) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building their client list.
About Julie: Before joining The Seymour Agency, Julie Gwinn most recently served as Marketing Manager for the Christian Living line at Abingdon Press and before that served as Trade Book Marketing Manager and then Fiction Publisher for the Pure Enjoyment line at B&H Publishing Group, a Division of LifeWay Christian Resources. Last year she was awarded Editor of the Year from the American Christian Fiction Writers and won B&H’s first Christy award for Ginny Yttrup’s debut novel Words. She has more than 25 years public relations and marketing experience and has also worked in marketing for several Nashville non-profit organizations including the TN Assoc. for the Education of Young Children, the Nashville Area Red Cross and the YWCA. She is married and has two children.
She is seeking: Christian and Inspirational Fiction and Nonfiction, Women's fiction (contemporary and historical), New Adult, Southern Fiction, Literary Fiction and Young Adult.
How to submit: E-query julie [at] theseymouragency.com. Be sure to include: genre/target audience, word count, contact information, references (conference, recommendation, etc.). No attachments, please. All of The Seymour Agency agents ask that you paste the first five pages of your manuscript into the bottom of your email. "Simultaneous submissions are acceptable for queries and partials. However, we only review complete manuscripts on an exclusive basis."
Chuck Sambuchino is a former editor with the Writer's Digest writing community and author of several books, including How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack and Create Your Writer Platform.