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Full Agent Profile: Merrilee Heifetz



NAME

Merrilee Heifetz

AGENCY
Writers House
AAR MEMBER
Yes
EMAIL

  • Does not accept email queries.
  • AGENCY WEB SITE
    http://www.writershouse.com/



    FICTION GENRES
    Literary Fiction | Science Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Fantasy | Young Adult | Multi-Cultural | Middle Grade | Graphic Novels
    NONFICTION GENRES

    Drama/Music | Pop Culture

    CURRENT STATUS
  • This agent accepts queries
  • MORE INFORMATION

    SPECIAL INTERESTS
    • She specializes in science fiction and dark fantasy, and she also does books on rock music and pop culture
    DOES NOT REPRESENT

    SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

    FACTS/TIDBITS
    • She represents a number of bestselling fantasy and YA/fantasy authors including Melissa Marr, Laurell Hamilton, Neil Gaiman, and Cat Adamas (the new pen name of C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp)
    EDUCATION


    NEW DEALS
    PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
    Anansi Boys: A Novel
    Author:   Neil Gaiman
    Genres:   Science Fiction
    Publisher:   William Morrow (September 20, 2005)
    When Charlie learns of the death of his estranged father, he attends the funeral and learns two life-changing secrets: his father was a human form of Anansi, the African trickster god, and he has a brother, Spider, who soon visits Charlie and turns his world upside down through his genetic inheritance of their father's godlike abilities
    View book at Amazon

    Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely)
    Author:   Melissa Marr
    Genres:   Fantasy | Young Adult
    Publisher:   HarperCollins (February 22, 2011)
    The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marr's New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.
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    The Graveyard Book
    Author:   Neil Gaiman
    Genres:   Middle Grade
    Publisher:   HarperCollins; Reprint edition (September 28, 2010)
    Somewhere in contemporary Britain, "the man Jack" uses his razor-sharp knife to murder a family, but the youngest, Bod, a toddler, slips away. The boy ends up in a graveyard, where the ghostly inhabitants adopt him to keep him safe.As he grows up, Bod has a series of adventures, both in and out of the graveyard, and the threat of the man Jack who continues to hunt for him is ever present.
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    Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
    Author:   Laurell K. Hamilton
    Genres:   Fantasy
    Publisher:   Berkley Hardcover; First Edition edition (June 1, 2010)
    Anita Blake is back in St. Louis and trying to live a normal life-as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner and a U. S. Marshal until The Mother of All Darkness--the first of all vampires--has decides she has to act now or never, to control Anita, and all the vampires in America.
    View book at Amazon




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