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NAME
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Paul Cirone
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AGENCY
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The Friedrich Agency
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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EMAIL
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pcirone@friedrichagency.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.friedrichagency.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Memoirs
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Narrative
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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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He is mainly focused on non-fiction these days
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He has a soft spot for books about America's heartland
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In terms of non-fiction, he's looking for stories that are relevant to what's going on in the world
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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Paul Cirone first worked as an intern at this agency, then as Molly Friedrich's assistant and apprentice before becoming an agent for the past five years
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EDUCATION
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Graduate of New York University with a BA in English and Education.
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Peace Like a River
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Leif Enger
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Literary Fiction
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Grove/Atlantic; 1st ed edition (September 2, 2001) |
Through the voice of eleven-year-old Reuben, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboy stories, this novel tells of the Land family's cross-country search for Reuben's outlaw older brother, who has been controversially charged with murder
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W
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Gabriel Brownstein
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Literary Fiction
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Short Stories
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W. W. Norton & Company; (September 30, 2002) |
The disparate lives of the residents of Manhattan's West 89th Street; five stories are set in one apartment building, where young Davie Birnbaum watches his neighbors' lives unfold
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City of Tranquil Light: A Novel
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Bo Caldwell
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Literary Fiction
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Henry Holt and Co. (September 28, 2010) |
It traces the story of two young, hopeful Midwestern missionaries--shy, bright Oklahoma farmer Will Kiehn and brave Cleveland deaconess Katherine Friesen--as they journey to the brink of China's civil war in the isolated town of Kuang P'ing Ch'eng: the "City of Tranquil Light."
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Just Don't Fall: A Hilariously True Story of Childhood, Cancer, Amputation, Romantic Yearning, Truth, and Olympic Greatness
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Josh Sundquist
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When he was just nine years old, Josh Sundquist was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a virulent cancer strain that eventually claimed his left leg. Told in a wide-eyed, often heartbreaking voice, this memoir is the astounding story of the boy Josh, and of the young man he became--an utterly heroic struggle through numerous hospitalizations to become an award-winning skier in the Paralympics and renowned motivational speaker.
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