Sunday, May 02, 2010

Agent News - 5/2/10

It's been a while since I've updated agent moves, etc. Just one of those months... Without further ado, here's what I have for the last month!

Marcy Posner, former agent and foreign rights director at Sterling Lord Literistic, has joined Folio Literary Management as an agent specializing in children's and young adult as well as women's fiction, romance and serious and commercial non-fiction. (Source: Publishers Marketplace)

Devin McIntyre has opened his own agency, The McIntyre Agency. He was previously an agent at Mary Evans Inc., which he joined in 2002. (Source: Publishers Marketplace)

Bree Ogden has been made an associate agent at Martin Literary Management. Bree represents: children's, young adult and graphic novels. (Source: Publishers Marketplace)

Georgia Cool has joined Mary Evans Inc. as an agent. In addition to developing her own list, Georgia will oversee foreign rights for the agency. Formerly, she was an assistant editor at Farrar, Straus and, prior to that, was at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. (Source: Publishers Marketplace)

**New Agent** Sarah LaPolla joins Curtis Brown, Ltd. Sarah represents: Fantasy, Horror, Literary Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, and Narrative Nonfiction. (Source: Nathan Bransford's Blog)

Ayesha Pande has officially announced the change of what's left of Collins Literary to Ayesha Pande Literary, now with a new mailing address and web site as well. (Source: Publishers Marketplace)

**New Agent** Taylor Martindale joined the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency in 2009. Prior to that, Taylor was the submissions coordinator at Bliss Literary Agency, Intl. She's seeking: YA fiction—specifically contemporary, paranormal, urban fantasy, and any story with a captivating voice. Taylor is also interested in commercial fiction, women’s fiction, and multicultural fiction. (Source: GTLA)