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NAME
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Jennifer DeChiara
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AGENCY
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Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency
31 East 32nd Street, Suite 300
New York,
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10016
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AAR MEMBER
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AGENCY PHONE
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AGENCY FAX
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EMAIL
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jenndec@aol.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.jdlit.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Chick Lit
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Mystery
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Commercial Fiction
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Humor/Satire
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Young Adult
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Short Stories
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Children's
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Gay & Lesbian
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Celebrity
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Parenting
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How-To
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Drama/Music
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Self-Help
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Current Affairs
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Women's Issues
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Pop Culture
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Psychology
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Health & Fitness
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Film & Entertainment
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Humor
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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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Specializes in children's literature for all ages
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Specializes in high-quality adult fiction and nonfiction
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In adult fiction, the agency is looking for exceptionally written literary and commercial projects, particularly chick lit and more edgy YA
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In nonfiction, the agency particularly seeks self-help books, books about pop-culture and music, celebrity bios
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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No romance, sci-fi, westerns, or poetry
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Email: query only (please put QUERY in your subject line)
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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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EDUCATION
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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The Last Chance Texaco
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Brent Hartinger
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Young Adult
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HarperTempest; (February 17, 2004) |
Fifteen-year-old orphan, Lucy Pitt, has ended up at Kindle Home, a place for foster kids who aren‘t wanted anywhere else--the last stop before the high-security juvenile detention center; Lucy soon decides she wants to stay and must expose a criminal who's been starting a series of car-fires in the neighborhood, or she'll lose not just her new home, but her one last chance for happiness
View book at Amazon
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Geography Club
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Brent Hartinger
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Young Adult
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Gay & Lesbian
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HarperTempest (March, 2003) |
When Russel Middlebrook discovers his online gay-chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team, they start a "geography" club to help bring together other secretly-gay teens in the high school
View book at Amazon
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Yes, You Can Adopt!: A Comprehensive Guide for Parents
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Richard Mintzer
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Parenting
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How-To
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Carroll & Graf Publishers (January 1, 2003) |
This comprehensive and reassuring book combines Mintzer’s own expertise (as co-president of the New York City chapter of the nation’s largest adoption support group) with anecdotal advice from adoptive parents to help anyone who is considering adoption to make well-informed decisions
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Not Everyone Is Nice: Helping Children Learn Caution With Strangers
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Frederick Alimonti
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Children's
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New Horizon Press (October 1, 2003) |
A children's picture book that introduces the idea of being cautious with strangers
View book at Amazon
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Hazing Meri Sugarman
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M. Apostolina
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Young Adult
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Simon Pulse (December 27, 2005) |
This book is about an insecure loner who joins a sorority house run by a diabolical president, but turns the tables on her tormentor
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LINKS
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http://www.fictionfactor.com/interviews/jdechiara.html
Interview with Jennifer DeChiara on FictionFactor.com
This is Jennifer DeChiara's response to our symposium question, When Agents Call...
http://www.agentquery.com/symposium_thecall.aspx
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