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NAME
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Kristin Nelson
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AGENCY
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Nelson Literary Agency, LLC
1732 Wazee Street, Suite 207
Denver,
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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AGENCY PHONE
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(303) 292-2805
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AGENCY FAX
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EMAIL
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query@nelsonagency.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.nelsonagency.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Science Fiction
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Chick Lit
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Commercial Fiction
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Fantasy
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Women's Fiction
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Romance
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Historical Fiction
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Young Adult
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Multi-Cultural
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Memoirs
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CURRENT STATUS
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This agent accepts queries
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MORE INFORMATION
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
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Particularly interested in Literary (with a commercial bent), commercial mainstream, romance, Young Adult/Middle Grade (must be high concept and have a commercial bent), science fiction , fantasy, and women's fiction
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For non-fiction, she only handles memoir and narrative non-fiction
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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She does not represent short story collections, mysteries (unless chick lit), thrillers, horror, Christian, or Children's picture books
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One more time: (if you missed it)--she does NOT represent thrillers or mysteries
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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This agency only accepts email queries
- Email: query (no attachments) via query@nelsonagency.com
- Please put the word QUERY and the title of your project in the subject field of your email
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MANUSCRIPT FONT FACE PREFERENCE
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MANUSCRIPT FONT SIZE PREFERENCE
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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Other client's books soon to be published include Jamie Ford's HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET (January 2009), Carolyn Jewel's SCANDAL (February 2009), Linnea Sinclair's HOPE'S FOLLY (February 2009), Sherry Thomas's NOT QUITE A HUSBAND (May 2009), New York Times Bestselling author Ally Carter's DON'T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER (June 2009), Sarah Rees Brennan's DEMON'S LEXICON (June 2009), Kris Riggle's REAL LIFE & LIARS (June 2009) and Gail Carriger's SOULLESS (Fall 2009).
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EDUCATION
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Graduate of the University of Denver Publishing Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia (BA), and Purdue University (MA)
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NEW DEALS
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Fiction
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Fantasy
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Young Adult
FICTION: YOUNG ADULT
New York Times Bestselling author of I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU and CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY Ally Carter's fourth novel in the Gallagher Girls series to Jennifer Besser at Disney-Hyperion, in a major deal, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (NA).
Fiction
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Women's Fiction
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Historical Fiction
FICTION: GENERAL/OTHER FICTION
Paula Reed’s historical novel HESTER, as cryptically alluded to in the conclusion of Hawthorne’s classic The Scarlet Letter, the story of what happens to Hester Prynne and little Pearl when they travel to England to find notoriety, intrigue, love, fortune, and social success, but must also face the most formidable Puritan of all, Oliver Cromwell, to Nichole Argyres at St. Martins Press, at auction, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (NA).
Fiction
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Young Adult
Simone Elkeles’s sequel to LEAVING PARADISE, reuniting a victim of a hit-and run accident and the innocent boy who went to jail for it, as well as the third book in the HOW TO RUIN series continuing the adventures of Amy Nelson-Barak, to Andrew Karre at Llewellyn Flux, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (NA).
Fiction
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Romance
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Historical Fiction
FICTION:WOMEN’S/ ROMANCE
Golden Heart Nominee for Breath of Honor Courtney Milan’s debut historical romance PROOF BY SEDUCTION about a rigidly logical marquis who uses the scientific method to save his heir from the clutches of a fraudulent fortune teller, only to fall for her and discover that the one hypothesis not susceptible to proof is love, and a second book to Ann Leslie Tuttle at HQN, in a good deal, at auction by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (World).
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You
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Ally Carter
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Chick Lit
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Young Adult
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Children's
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(Hyperion Children's; 2006) |
The Gallagher Academy--a spy training school--has trained Cammie Morgan to be fluent in fourteen languages and how to kill a man in seven different ways, but hasn't prepared Cammie Morgan for what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she’s an ordinary girl
View book at Amazon
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Gabriel's Ghost
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Linnea Sinclair
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Science Fiction
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Romance
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Spectra (October 25, 2005) |
Former captain Chasidah Bergren, onetime pride of the Sixth Fleet, finds herself court-martialed for a crime she didn’t commit and shipped off to a remote prison planet from which no one ever escapes–until now
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Hope's Folly
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Linnea Sinclair
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Romance
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Bantam (February 24, 2009) |
Admiral Philip Guthrie is on the wrong end of the law, leading a ragtag band of rebels against the oppressive Imperial forces. Not much can rattle Philip’s legendary cool—except Rya Bennton, the woman who helps him foil an assassination attempt and who has been in love with Philip Guthrie since she was a girl. But can Rya's childhood fantasies survive an encounter with the newly minted rebel leader, once she learns the truth about her father’s death? Or will her passion for revenge put not only their hearts, but their lives at risk?
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Perfect Chemistry
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Simone Elkeles
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Young Adult
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Walker Books for Young Readers (December 23, 2008) |
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created “perfect” life is about to unravel before her eyes. She’s forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for—her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.
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Real Life & Liars
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Kristina Riggle
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Women's Fiction
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Avon A (June 16, 2009) |
The story of a fading flower child who has her own idea about how to treat her breast cancer, which doesn't include surgery, much to the dismay of her three grown children whose personal crises just might shake her resolve
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Private Arrangements
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Sherry Thomas
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Romance
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Bantam (March 25, 2008) |
Camden Saybrook, Lord Tremaine, returns to late 19th-century England to confront his wife, Gigi, about her petition for divorce. Still bitter from Gigi's machinations to snare him as her husband, Camden will grant the divorce under one condition—Gigi must give him an heir within a year. Sparks fly as the two embark on heated attempts to put the bun in the oven, despite Gigi's fear that her next conquest, the insipid Lord Frederick, will discover her duplicitously lusty reunion.
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Delicious
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Sherry Thomas
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Romance
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Bantam (July 29, 2008) |
Madame Verity Durant works for Bertram Bertie Somerset at his estate, Fairleigh Park—after serving as the mistress he failed to marry. When Bertie dies unexpectedly, Verity worries about her future when Bertie's brother, Stuart—now London's foremost barrister —takes over the estate. Verity had shared a secret, mouthwatering affair with Stuart 10 years earlier, and she doesn't expect him to keep her on, especially since he's affianced to the very proper Miss Lizzy Bessler. But passion never dies and Verity soon finds herself wrapped up in more than her new employer's arms.
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Grafitti Girl
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Kelly Parra
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Young Adult
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Multi-Cultural
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MTV Books |
Graffiti art. It’s bold. It’s thrilling. And it can get a girl into serious trouble. . . .
Raised by her single mom (who’s always dating the wrong kind of man) in a struggling California neighborhood, Angel Rodriguez is a headstrong, independent young woman who channels her hopes and dreams for the future into her painting. But when her entry for a community mural doesn’t rate, she’s heartbroken. Even with winning artist Nathan Ramos—a senior track star and Angel’s secret crush—taking a sudden interest in Angel and her art, she’s angry and hurt. She’s determined to find her own place in the art world, her own way.
That’s when Miguel Badalin—from the notorious graffiti crew Reyes Del Norte—opens her eyes to an underground world of graf tags and turf wars. She’s blown away by this bad boy’s fantastic work and finds herself drawn to his dangerous charm. Soon she’s running with Miguel’s crew, pushing her skills to the limit and beginning to emerge as the artist she always dreamed she could be. But Nathan and Miguel are bitter enemies with a shared past, and choosing between them and their wildly different approaches to life and art means that Angel must decide what matters most before the artist inside of her can truly break free.
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Rumble on the Bayou
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Jana DeLeon
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Mystery
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Romance
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Leisure Books |
GATOR AID
Deputy Dorie Berenger knew it was going to be a rough day when the alligator she found in the town drunk’s swimming pool turned out to be stoned. On heroin. Now she has some big-shot city slicker from the DEA trying to take over her turf. And Agent Richard Starke is everything she’d feared—brash, demanding and way too handsome for his own good. Or hers.
The folks of Gator Bait, Louisiana, may know everything about each other, but they’re sure not going to share it with an outsider. Richard wouldn’t be able to catch a catfish, much less a drug smuggler, without Dorie’s help. But some secrets—and some desires—are buried so deep that bringing them to the surface will take a major
RUMBLE ON THE BAYOU
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Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
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Ally Carter
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Young Adult
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Adventure
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Hyperion |
After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester at school. But that's easier said than done when you're a CIA legacy and go to the premier school in the world...for spies.
Cammie may have a genius I.Q., but are still a lot of things she doesn’t know. Like, will her ex-boyfriend even remember she exists? And how much trouble is she really in after what happened last semester? And most of all, exactly why is her mother acting so strangely?
Despite Cammie's best intentions to be a normal student, danger seems to follow her. She and her friends learn that their school is going to play host to some mysterious guests--code name: Blackthorne. Then she’s blamed for a security breach that leaves the school's top-secret status at risk.
Soon Cammie and her friends are crawling through walls and surveilling the school to learn the truth about Blackthorne and clear Cammie’s name. Even though they have confidence in their spy skills, this time the targets are tougher (and hotter), and the stakes for Cammie's heart—and her beloved school—are higher than ever....
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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Jamie Ford
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Literary Fiction
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Ballantine Books |
In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now there is activity and life—a new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol.
The act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry Lee’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement—his father is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Ranier Academy, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese-American student. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship—and innocent love—that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry hold on to hope—that the war will end, that their promise to each other will be kept.
Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to describe. Now a widower, Henry is still trying to find his voice—words that might explain the actions of his nationalistic father; words that might bridge the gap between him and his modern, Chinese American son; words that might help him confront the choices he made many years ago.
Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope set against the racism and misunderstandings that arise between different cultures and generations. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the power of forgiveness and the human heart.
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Gamer Girl
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Mari Mancusi
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Fantasy
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Young Adult
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Dutton |
ZOMG, it r0x to be a gamer girl! [set in display type rather than ital.]
Maddy’s life: not so rockin’. Her parents split, she’s stuck in a new, small town at a school full of Aberzombies and Haters, she has a crush on someone she really shouldn’t like, and she’s stuck with the nickname Freak Girl.
Sometimes it’s enough to retreat into her drawing – her Manga is totally important to her – but when she gets Fields of Fantasy for her birthday, she knows she’s found the one place she can be herself. In the game world, Maddy can transform from regular outcast high school student to Allora, a beautiful Elvin Princess with magical powers to take down enemies with a snap of her fingers and wave of her wand.
As Allora, Maddy can totally be herself and finds a little romance, but a real gamer girl understands that real life comes first and she can’t escape from her IRL problems. She has to find ways to kick back at the Haters, and find the new, real life friends she knows she deserves.
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No Place Safe
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Kim Reid
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Memoirs
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Dafina |
ZOMG, it r0x to be a gamer girl! [set in display type rather than ital.]
Maddy’s life: not so rockin’. Her parents split, she’s stuck in a new, small town at a school full of Aberzombies and Haters, she has a crush on someone she really shouldn’t like, and she’s stuck with the nickname Freak Girl.
Sometimes it’s enough to retreat into her drawing – her Manga is totally important to her – but when she gets Fields of Fantasy for her birthday, she knows she’s found the one place she can be herself. In the game world, Maddy can transform from regular outcast high school student to Allora, a beautiful Elvin Princess with magical powers to take down enemies with a snap of her fingers and wave of her wand.
As Allora, Maddy can totally be herself and finds a little romance, but a real gamer girl understands that real life comes first and she can’t escape from her IRL problems. She has to find ways to kick back at the Haters, and find the new, real life friends she knows she deserves.
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Magic Lost, Trouble Found
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Lisa Shearin
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Ace |
My name is Raine Benares. I’m a seeker. The people who hire me are usually happy when I find things. But some things are better left unfound…
Raine is a sorceress of moderate powers, from an extended family of smugglers and thieves. With a mix of street smarts and magic spells, she can usually take care of herself. But when her friend Quentin, a not-quite-reformed thief, steals an amulet from the home of a powerful necromancer, Raine find herself wrapped up in more trouble than she cares for. She likes attention as much as the next girl, but having an army of militant goblins hunting her down is not her idea of a good time. The amulet they’re after holds limitless power, derived from an ancient, soul-stealing stone. And when Raine takes possession of the item, it takes possession of her.
Now her moderate powers are increasing beyond anything she could imagine—but is the resumé enhancement worth her soul?
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Undone
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Brooke Taylor
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Walker |
Flap copy for UNDONE
1. Sing with Bleeder Valve.
2. Get at tattoo.
3. Work things out with Shay.
4. Confront D.
5. Tell Serena.
Kori Kitzler is the “dark angel” of her high school: beautiful, mysterious, the subject of rumors. Serena Moore is just an average girl: unassuming, not sure exactly who she is or who she wants to be. But then a seemingly chance encounter ignites a fateful friendship—allowing Kori to draw Serena into her world.
When the girls are given an assignment to list five things they would never dream could really happen—their five ways to tempt fate—Serena doesn’t take it very seriously. But then a tragedy leaves Serena shocked, alone, and in possession of Kori’s five secret impossible possibilities. Can Serena complete her best friend’s list, or will she leave Kori’s dreams undone?
Brooke Taylor has woven a complex, thought-provoking story of fate, friendship, and the ultimate ties that bind you to the people you think you know best.
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LINKS
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http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/knelson/
This is the agency webpage on PublishersMarketplace
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/
This is Kristin Nelson's blog
http://www.bksp.org/content/view/35/2/
This is an article on Backspace.org written by Kristin Nelson about the submission process
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