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NAME
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Nancy Yost
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AGENCY
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Nancy Yost Literary Agency
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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EMAIL
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QueryNancy@nyliterary.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.nyliterary.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Mystery
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Commercial Fiction
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Fantasy
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Women's Fiction
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Humor/Satire
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Romance
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Historical Fiction
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Young Adult
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Multi-Cultural
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Erotica
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NONFICTION GENRES
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History
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Science
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Nature/Ecology
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Cultural/Social Issues
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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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Nancy Yost represents a wide variety of writers of commercial fiction, specializing in crime novels; thrillers, mysteries, suspense; historical fiction and historical suspense; and women’s fiction of all kinds.
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Mainly interested in fiction: commercial, women's fiction, thrillers (medical), suspense
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She is also interested in erotica
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She looks for complex, engrossing, character and voice-driven reads, and has a fondness for a good ghost story, southern fiction, historical fiction and atmosphere, intelligence and humor
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Her nonfiction tastes lean to social history and natural science.
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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Does not represent horror, westerns, science-fiction, children's books, textbooks and books in need of translation
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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http://www.nyliterary.com/www.nyliterary.com/Agents___Nancy_Yost.html
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She represents many New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, including bestselling thriller authors Perri O’Shaughnessy and Linda Castillo, international bestselling and Macavity award-winning mystery author, Deborah Crombie, Mademoiselle columnist, Valerie Frankel, bestselling and critically acclaimed romance authors including Stephanie Laurens, Loretta Chase, Liz Carlyle, Suzanne Enoch and Gaelen Foley, paranormal writers, Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews, along with bestselling mystery authors, Monica Ferris, Tamar Myers and Patricia Sprinkle.
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EDUCATION
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NEW DEALS
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Fiction
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True Crime
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Mystery
NYT bestselling author Miranda James's CAT IN THE STACKS, to Michelle Vega at Berkley Prime Crime, in a three-book deal, by Nancy Yost at Nancy Yost Literary Agency (World English).
Fiction
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Romance
NYT bestselling author Stephanie Laurens' seven books, comprising three titles in the author's signature Cynster family series, featuring the next generation of Cynsters -- where Laurens will self-publish the digital editions and Mira will issue the print versions - and four titles in a new historical romance quartet based in the same Regency world, which the publisher will issue in both print and ebook editions, to Tara Parsons at Mira, in a major deal, by Nancy Yost of the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (World English).
Fiction
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True Crime
NYT bestselling crime series author Linda Castillo's next two novels, set in Amish country and featuring an ex-Amish police chief, to Charles Spicer at Minotaur, in a significant deal, by Nancy Yost at Nancy Yost Literary Agency (World).
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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LINKS
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Twitter
http://twitter.com/nyliterary
AAR profile
http://aaronline.org/Sys/PublicProfile/2176899/590011
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PREVIOUS AGENCIES
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