Saturday, October 03, 2009

Agent News - 10/3/09

Rebecca Gardner has joined The Gernert Company as its rights director. She was recently a VP and director of sub rights at Random House. (Source: Publisher’s Marketplace)

**New Agent** Myrsini Stephanides is a new agent at the Carol Mann Agency. "She is interested in non-fiction projects in the areas of pop culture, music, humor, popular science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and cookbooks. She is also on the lookout for offbeat literary, graphic, and YA fiction." (Source: QueryTracker.net)

**New Agent** Kerry Evans is a new agent at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc. "Kerry loves to be transported and surprised when reading both fiction and nonfiction. She is looking for great YA and middle-grade fiction, both commercial and literary, with a fresh voice and compelling story (although she tends to shy away from the paranormal) and enjoys the occasional picture book. In non-fiction, Kerry is most drawn to health and lifestyle books with a prescriptive focus." (Source: QueryTracker.net)