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NAME

Stephen Barbara

AGENCY

Foundry Literary + Media

AAR MEMBER

Yes

sbarbara@foundrymedia.com

AGENCY WEB SITE

http://foundrymedia.com/

FICTION GENRES

Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Young Adult | Children's

NONFICTION GENRES

Business | Narrative | Health & Fitness

CURRENT STATUS

This agent accepts queries

MORE INFORMATION

SPECIAL INTERESTS

DOES NOT REPRESENT

Screenplays.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Email: query via email address or snail mail -- include brief query letter and first 5 pages.

FACTS/TIDBITS

This agent spent three years as contracts director of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

EDUCATION

Studied English and literary criticism at the University of Chicago (AB '02).

NEW DEALS

PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS

The Big Splash

Author:		Jack D. Ferraiolo
Genres:		Middle Grade
Publisher:		Abrams Children's/ Amulet Books: September 2008

A Raymond Chandler homage for middle-schoolers, described as "entertaining and thrilling" by the New York Times Book Review. A 2009 Edgar Award nominee.

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Author:		Lynne Jonell
Genres:		Middle Grade
Publisher:		Henry Holt

Winner of the 2007 Minnesota Book Award and recipient of three starred reviews, Jonell's debut is "a fantastic tale of magic, bravery, and love." (Booklist). On more than 20 state reading lists.

The Body Fat Solution

Author:		Tom Venuto
Genres:		Health & Fitness
Publisher:		Avery: January 2009

Venuto, "the world's leading fat loss expert" (Alwyn Cosgrove) presents a five-step action plan for ending emotional eating and achieving ideal health and fitness. A national bestseller.

The November Criminals

Author:		Sam Munson
Genres:		Literary Fiction
Publisher:		Knopf Doubleday

A darkly funny, pot-infused novel of teenage maladjustment in the tradition of Beautiful Children from a compelling new voice in American fiction. Praised by NYT bestseller A.J. Jacobs as "great, funny, and original."

Before I Fall

Author:		Lauren Oliver
Genres:		Young Adult
Publisher:		Harper

The story of a girl who must relive the day of her death seven times before realizing the life she is meant to save is not her own. A New York Times bestseller.

LINKS

on Publishers Marketplace:
http://publishersmarketplace.com/members/StephenBarbara/
from University of Chicago magazine:
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0912/arts_sciences/agents.shtml

PREVIOUS AGENCIES

Donald Maass Literary Agency