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NAME
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Miriam Kriss
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AGENCY
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Irene Goodman Literary Agency
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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EMAIL
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miriam@irenegoodman.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.irenegoodman.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Chick Lit
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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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Romance
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Young Adult
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Thrillers/Suspense
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NONFICTION GENRES
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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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Her focus remains on commercial fiction and she represents everything from hardcover historical mysteries to all subgenres of romance, from young adult fiction to kick ass urban fantasies, and everything in between.
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Her particular passions are YA paranormal romance and YA urban fantasy
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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EDUCATION
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Graduate of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Hunger
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Jackie Morse Kessler
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Fantasy
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Young Adult
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Graphia; Original edition (October 18, 2010) |
Kessler has written an unusual allegory about eating disorders, one that works on several levels. As seventeen-year-old Lisabeth sinks deeper into anorexia, she summons Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who in turn assigns her a black steed and transforms her into Famine, another of the Four Horsemen. As Lisabeth gallops across the world, she witnesses examples of both gluttony and starvation. Using her newfound power, she combats famine, visits horror upon the privileged, and strives to bring balance to the world, all while ignoring the need for balance in her own life.
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The Iron Witch
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Karen Mahoney
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Flux (February 8, 2011) |
When Donna Underwood was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. The child of alchemists, Donna feels cursed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance she had for a normal life. So when the darkest outcasts of Faerie—the vicious wood elves—abduct her best friend, Navin, Donna finally has to accept her role in the centuries old war between the humans and the fey.
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Darkness Becomes Her
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Kelly Keaton
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Fantasy
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Young Adult
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Simon Pulse (February 22, 2011) |
A hardened teen on the run searches for the truth about her monstrous heritage with a group of misfit kids in a post-apocalyptic New Orleans, a city state now run by the creatures of the night
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LINKS
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http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/igagency/
This is the agency's webpage at PublishersMarketplace
http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Agent+Miriam+Kriss+On+Is+There+Still+Room+In+Urban+Fantasy.aspx
Interview with Ms. Kriss on GLA blog
This is Miriam Kriss's response to our symposium question, When Agents Call...
http://www.agentquery.com/symposium_thecall.aspx
http://desertdreamswritersconference.blogspot.com/2010/02/visiting-with-super-agent-miriam-kriss.html
Interview with Miriam Kriss on Desert Dreams Blog
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