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NAME
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Tina Wexler
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AGENCY
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International Creative Management (ICM)
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AAR MEMBER
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No
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EMAIL
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.icmtalent.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Young Adult
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Religion
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Food & Lifestyle
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Science
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How-To
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Drama/Music
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Multi-Cultural
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Self-Help
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Cookbooks
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Memoirs
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Travel
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Art
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Adventure/True Story
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Current Affairs
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Women's Issues
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Pop Culture
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Narrative
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Psychology
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Health & Fitness
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Gardening
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Nature/Ecology
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Film & Entertainment
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Cultural/Social Issues
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Technology
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Humor
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Journalism
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Juvenile
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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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She specializes in middle grade and YA fiction, with particular interest in adventure stories with boy appeal, gothic love stories, magical realism, and contemporary sci-fi.
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On the adult side, she is looking for prescriptive and narrative nonfiction.
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Snail Mail: query with SASE
- Email: query, no attachments, five sample pages pasted into body of email
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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EDUCATION
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B.A. Wheaton College, Norton, MA
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M.F.A. (Poetry) Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
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NEW DEALS
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Young Adult
MUDVILLE By Kurtis Scaletta (Knopf)
It’s not looking good for 14-year-old Roy— baseball camp is over; he’s consigned to dig ditches for the summer; his mom, a flight attendant, hasn’t been home in months; his father can’t cook; and his new foster brother lacks basic hygiene. So begins MUDVILLE, a story about fathers and sons, brothers and baseball.
Fantasy
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Middle Grade
ANY WHICH WALL By Laurel Snyder (Random House Books for Young Readers)
Neighborhood friends Henry, Emma, Roy, and Susan are whiling away another endless summer in Quiet Falls, Iowa when they come upon a giant wall in the middle of a cornfield. They soon discover that the wall has magical properties; it can transport them to any wall of any building anywhere (real or imagined) in any time period.
Fantasy
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Middle Grade
THE LAST SYNAPSID By Timothy Mason (Delacorte)
In the sleepy mountain town of Faith, Colorado, best friends Rob Gates and Phoebe Traylor are having another boring school year when they come nose to snout with Sid, a mild-mannered herbivore from 250 million years ago. Sid is on a quest to save humankind from extinction and believes Phoebe and Rob are the allies he’s been searching for.
Mystery
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Adventure
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Middle Grade
THE MYSTERY OF THE THIRD LUCRETIA and UNTITLED BOOK #2 by Susan Runholt (Viking)
The story of two best friends from Minnesota, an ancient Roman noblewoman, a 17th-century painter, and a very talented—and very dangerous—art forger. Fourteen-year-olds Kari and Lucas are ecstatic when Kari's mother, a fashion writer, takes the two girls with her on assignment in London. Wandering the National Gallery, Kari and Lucas unwittingly walk in on the biggest art scandal of the 21st century.
Middle Grade
THE CURSED HOUSE by Robin Friedman (Charlesbridge)
Israeli-born Roxanne Ben-Joseph, 13, wishes her family would try harder to assimilate with their Staten Island neighbors. Maybe then she wouldn’t have to turn to her favorite TV shows for companionship. When a new family moves into the house next door, Roxanne realizes that fitting in isn’t the most important thing in life.
Middle Grade
AS IF BEING 12¾ ISN’T BAD ENOUGH (My Mother Is Running For President)
by Donna Gephart (Delacorte)
Flat-chested, uncoordinated, and better friends with the teachers at her school than her peers, Vanessa Rathrock is poised to become the next first daughter. Too bad she doesn’t want it. What she wants is to have an ordinary life; no scheduling appointments when she needs to talk to her mom, no cameras capturing every embarrassing move she makes, no body guard trailing her around Lawndale Academy. AS IF BEING 12¾ ISN’T BAD ENOUGH is humorous coming of age story in the vein of early Judy Blume, filled with spelling bees, blackmail, unrequited love and the best lemon squares in Florida.
Young Adult
BEFORE, AFTER, AND SOMEBODY IN BETWEEN
by Jeannine Garsee (Bloomsbury Children’s)
An urban fairy tale featuring Martha Kowalski, a sharp-tongued fourteen-year-old growing up in Cleveland's inner city, determined to reinvent herself.
Non-Fiction
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Religion
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Multi-Cultural
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Art
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Spirituality
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Pop Culture
THE LITTLE BOOK OF HINDU DEITIES
by Sanjay Patel (Plume)
Pixar animator’s wonderfully original full-color guide to Hindu deities.
Children's
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Art
WHO KIDNAPPED MONA LISA?
by Ruthie Knapp (Bloomsbury Children’s)
From the author of the OFF THE WALL MUSEUM GUIDES series comes a playful look at life through the eyes of the world’s most famous painting.
Young Adult
THE PROBLEM WITH PARADISE
by Lesley Dahl (Delacorte)
Instead of spending the summer hanging out with friends, 14-year-old California girl Casey is forced to stay with her father and his new wife on a nearly-deserted Caribbean island. Three month with no phones, no Internet—no life!
Romance
PROMISE by Helen Brenna (Harlequin), about a computer-hacker-turned-security-software-developer who is forced to partner up with a sexy Greek with a lot of connections (and secrets), when Greece's Minister of Defense refuses to do business with her.
Romance
Helen Brenna's three-book series set on Maribelle Island, where the only thing worse than being an outsider is being an islander with something to hide. (Harlequin)
Fiction
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Young Adult
DIARY OF A CHAV and DIARY OF A CHAV: Slinging the Bling by Grace Dent (Little, Brown) The secret scrawlings of the dynamic Shiraz Bailey Wood, a brainy Essex dreamer who plans to ditch her faux gold hoops and spray tan and bust out from her blue-collar chav upbringing.
Fiction
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Young Adult
SAY THE WORD by Jeannine Garsee (Bloomsbury) 17-year-old Shannon Gallagher is unable to accept that her mom left her father for another woman, relocated to New York City and started a new family. But when her mom's partner, Fran, calls with news that Shannon's mom has suffered a stroke and probably won't survive the night, Shannon flies to New York and finds herself alone with "the enemy." It isn't until after her mom's funeral that Shannon begins to wonder if she and her father have been seeing things the wrong way. Shannon sets about making things right with Fran, even though it means siding with the family she's resented for years and standing up to the man who has dictated every detail of her life.
Middle Grade
NEW RECRUIT and UNTITLED NOVEL by Sara Lewis (Arthur A. Levine Books) The story of two cousins living on an Air Force base, the dynamic sixth grade teacher who introduces them to improv, and the community that rallies around them when one of their own goes missing.
Non-Fiction
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Celebrity
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Pop Culture
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Juvenile
STAR POWER by Vicki Arkoff (Disney) A collection of inspiring essays from today's hottest teen stars.
Non-Fiction
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Food & Lifestyle
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Self-Help
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Spirituality
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Health & Fitness
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Nature/Ecology
ECOTHERAPY edited by Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist (Sierra Club Books) An anthology of nature-based methods of healing self and world.
Middle Grade
HERBERT'S WORMHOLE, a novel in comics, written by Peter Nelson and illustrated by Ro Rao, about two boys, one a science whiz, the other a video game fanatic, who create what Einstein only imagined -- a wormhole that bores down to the future, to Brenda Bowen at Bowen Press, by Tina Wexler at ICM for Nelson and Richard Winkler at Curious Pictures for Rao (world). TV rights optioned by Curious Pictures.
Non-Fiction
NO MORE DIRTY LOOKS: How to End Your Addiction to Chemical Cosmetics (and Still Look Hot) by Alexandra Spunt and Siobhan O'Connor to Katie McHugh at Da Capo, at auction, by Tina Wexler at ICM (world)
Non-Fiction
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Cookbooks
ANI'S RAW FOOD DESSERTS founder Ani Phyo's ANI'S ECO-EASY RAW BIBLE: Over 200 Fast Raw Food Recipes for Healthy Green Living, to Renee Sedliar at Da Capo, for publication of Spring 2010, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World).
Middle Grade
THE TANGLEWOOD TERROR author Kurtis Scaletta's HALF STREET HORROR, about four eighth-graders who build a robot to battle the junkyard monster that lurks in their North Minneapolis neighborhood, to Allison Wortche at Knopf, by Tina Wexler at ICM (NA).
Food & Lifestyle
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Self-Help
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Cookbooks
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Health & Fitness
Author of Ani's Raw Food Kitchen and Ani's Raw Food Essentials Ani Phyo's BLAST OFF: The Healthy, Energizing Way to Shed Up to 15 Pounds in 15 Days, explaining the benefits of a raw food diet, offering a plan, recipes, and lifestyle tips, again to Renee Sedliar at Da Capo, for publication in Spring 2012, by Tina Wexler of ICM (world).
Young Adult
Angie Smibert's THE FORGETTING CURVE, sequel to MEMENTO NORA, wherein the city of Hamilton makes implanted ID chips mandatory, chips that also allow the city's citizens to remotely erase unwanted memories - and for TFC to implant new ones, to Marilyn Brigham at Marshall Cavendish, for publication in Spring 2012, by Tina Wexler at ICM (world).
Fantasy
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Children's
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Adventure
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Middle Grade
NY Jets DE Trevor Pryce's THE KULIPARI, the story of a young frog whose home, the Amphibilands, is threatened by longtime enemies, the scorpions and spiders, to Susan Van Metre at Abrams, for publication in Spring 2012, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World).
Young Adult
Leigh Fallon's THE CARRIER OF THE MARK, about an American teen who moves to Ireland and finds herself at the center of a Celtic legend of elemental power, and the ancient world that exists to protect it; the first acquisition from Inkpop, its interactive website for teen writing, to Erica Sussman at Harper Children's, for publication in Fall 2011, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World English).
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Treasure (Harlequin Superromance)
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Helen Brenna
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Romance
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Harlequin (February 13, 2007) |
Jake Rawlings has been searching for the Spanish galleon Concha his whole life, and now, suddenly, he's saddled with Annie Miller, a marine archaeologist who claims she can take him to it, and as they set sail for the Bahamas, maybe the real treasure is staring them in the face.…
View book at Amazon
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The Girlfriend Project
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Robin Friedman
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Middle Grade
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Walker Books for Young Readers (March 20, 2007) |
Reed is a nerdy senior who's never had a date until Reed's two best friends create a website to help him navigate the world of women, and now he's a chick magnet, but unfortunately, his lack of experience makes dating a minefield, and he needs all the online help he can get
View book at Amazon
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Before, After, and Somebody In Between
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Jeannine Garsee
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Young Adult
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Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (June 26, 2007) |
More than anything she’s ever wanted, Martha wants to play the cello; but with the school bully making her a favorite target, and with her mom fresh out of rehab, Martha´s dream might not become a reality...until a wealthy lawyer invites her into his family’s home, giving her a chance to start over, but even Marha knows the fairy tale can´t last forever...
View book at Amazon
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ECOTHERAPY
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Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist
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Self-Help
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Spirituality
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Nature/Ecology
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Sierra Club Books |
An anthology of essays examining nature-based methods for healing self and world
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PICKING COTTON: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
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Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, with Erin Torneo
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Memoirs
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St. Martin's Press |
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DIVA WITHOUT A CAUSE
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Grace Dent
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Young Adult
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Poppy/Little, Brown |
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TARRA & BELLA
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Carol Buckley
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Putnam |
The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends
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NO MORE DIRTY LOOKS
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Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt
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Da Capo |
The Truth about Your Beauty Products--and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics
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ANI'S RAW FOOD ESSENTIALS
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Ani Phyo
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Cookbooks
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Da Capo |
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PENNY DREADFUL
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Author: |
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Laurel Snyder
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Middle Grade
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Random House Books for Young Readers |
"I wanted to climb inside this book and pull it over my head!" --Rebecca Stead,
Newbery Medal-winning author of WHEN YOU REACH ME
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HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Donna Gephart
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Middle Grade
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Delacorte |
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WHO STOLE MONA LISA
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Ruthie Knapp
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Children's
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Bloomsbury |
illustrated by Jill McElmurry
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RAMAYANA
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Author: |
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Sanjay Patel
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Religion
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Chronicle |
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PAST MIDNIGHT
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Author: |
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Mara Purnhagen
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Young Adult
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Harlequin Teen |
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WHERE DID YOU GO? OUT. WHAT DID YOU DO? NOTHING
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Author: |
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Robert Paul Smith
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Genres:
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Parenting
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W.W. Norton |
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MAMBA POINT
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Kurtis Scaletta
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Young Adult
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Knopf |
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HERBERT'S WORMHOLE
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Author: |
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Peter Nelson
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Middle Grade
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HarperCollins |
Artwork by Rohitash Rao
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BREADCRUMBS
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Author: |
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Anne Ursu
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Middle Grade
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Walden Pond Press |
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BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX
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Author: |
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Laurel Snyder
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Genres:
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Middle Grade
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Random House Books for Young Readers |
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CARRIER OF THE MARK
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Author: |
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Leigh Fallon
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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HarperCollins |
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TILLY THE TRICKSTER
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Molly Shannon
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Children's
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Abrams |
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THE TANGLEWOOD TERROR
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Author: |
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Kurtis Scaletta
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Middle Grade
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Knopf |
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OLIVIA BEAN, TRIVIA QUEEN
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Donna Gephart
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Middle Grade
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Delacorte |
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BEYOND THE GRAVE
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Author: |
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Mara Purnhagen
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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Harlequin |
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THE UNQUIET
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Author: |
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Jeannine Garsee
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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Bloomsbury |
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HAUNTING THE NIGHT
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Author: |
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Mara Purnhagen
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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Harlequin |
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ANI'S RAW FOOD ASIA
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Ani Phyo
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Cookbooks
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Da Capo |
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SAVAGE COAST
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Muriel Rukeyser
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Literary Fiction
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Feminist Press |
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SAY THE WORD
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Author: |
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Jeannine Garsee
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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Bloomsbury |
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THE BIG POSTER BOOK OF HINDU DEITIES
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Author: |
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Sanjay Patel
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Genres:
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Religion
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Chronicle |
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FLIP
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Author: |
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Martyn Bedford
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Wendy Lamb Books |
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DRAGONBORN
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Toby Forward
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Fantasy
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Middle Grade
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Bloomsbury |
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MEMENTO NORA
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Author: |
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Angie Smibert
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Genres:
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Young Adult
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Marshall Cavendish |
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LINKS
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http://gretchenmcneil.blogspot.com/2009/03/interview-with-tina-wexler-literary.html
http://ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com/2006/09/interview-with-literary-agent-tina.html
http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/2010/03/agent-spotlight-tina-wexler.html
http://middlegradeninja.blogspot.com/2010/07/7-questions-for-literary-agent-tina.html
http://cwim.blogspot.com/search/label/Tina%20Wexler
http://anitanolan.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/what-agent-tina-wexler-is-currently-looking-for/
http://teenswritingforteens.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/interview-with-tina-wexler/
http://algonkianconferences.com/agent-TinaWexler.htm
http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=TinaWexler
http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Successful+Queries+Agent+Tina+Wexler+And+Tagged.aspx
http://agentquery.leveragesoftware.com/group_discussion.aspx?DiscussionID=4ded6d9fcef645e39a87280432c2cfa8
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