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NAME
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Wendy Strothman
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AGENCY
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The Strothman Agency
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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EMAIL
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wendy@strothmanagency.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.strothmanagency.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Young Adult
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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History
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Biography
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Religion
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Science
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Multi-Cultural
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Memoirs
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Current Affairs
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Business
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Narrative
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Finance
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Nature/Ecology
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Journalism
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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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This agency represents a number of academic intellectuals
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They specialize in narrative non-fiction, memoir, history, science and nature, arts and culture, literary travel, current affairs, and some business
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They have a highly selective practice in literary fiction and children’s literature
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She is looking for strong voice and high quality of writing
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They DO handle YA and middle grade, but no children's books
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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They do not handle commercial fiction, romance, science fiction, self help, how-to, chick lit, children's books, or art books
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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Former head of Houghton Mifflin's trade and reference division
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Former head of Beacon Press
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EDUCATION
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Graduate of Brown University
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Voices Of Alzheimer's: Courage, Humor, Hope, and Love in the Face of Dementia
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Betsy Peterson
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Self-Help
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Memoirs
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Da Capo Press (November 1, 2004) |
A paperback original collecting quotes, tips, and encouragement for those whose loved ones are afflicted with Alzheimer's
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New Boy
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Julian Houston
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Historical Fiction
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Young Adult
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Houghton Mifflin (November 28, 2005) |
The story of an African American boy from Virginia who goes to an exclusive New England prep school in 1955
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Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
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Shirin Ebadi, Azadeh Moaveni
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Memoirs
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Cultural/Social Issues
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Random House; 2003 |
The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced raising a family while pursuing her work
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A Fractured Mind: My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder
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Robert B. Oxnam
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Memoirs
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Psychology
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Hyperion (October 1, 2005) |
Outwardly, Oxnam was a successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, but inwardly, he struggled with self-doubt and inadequacy, blackouts and alcoholism--only to be later diagnosed with multiple personality disorder when Tommy, an angry boy, emerged as the first of Oxnam's alternate personalities
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Errors and Omissions: A Novel
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Paul Goldstein
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Doubleday (July 11, 2006) |
When intellectual property litigator, Michael Seeley, flies out to Hollywood to confirm that a studio giant owns the rights to their corporate cash-cow franchise of Spykillers, Michael is plunged headfirst into the tangle of politics of the blacklisting era and then into the even darker world of Nazi-occupied Poland
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Guantanamo Bay: A History
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Jonathan Hansen
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History
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Harvard University |
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A Mirror of Medieval Music
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Thomas Forrest Kelly
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Drama/Music
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Havard University |
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The Race Card
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Richard T. Ford
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Cultural/Social Issues
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
Today's race relations, law professor Ford demonstrates, are more complex and contradictory than those of the unambiguously white supremacist past. In this journey through a political minefield, he examines dubious charges of racism and other kinds of bias, while acknowledging that exaggerated claims can piggyback on real examples of victimization
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High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
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Michael Kodas
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True Crime
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Journalism
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Hyperion (February 5, 2008) |
Journalist Kodas has written a disturbing account of stupidity and greed on the slopes of Mount Everest
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IP Rules: How Law and Legal Change Drive the Risk and Reward of Intellectual Assets
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Paul Goldstein
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Technology
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Viking/Portfolio Hardcover (November 8, 2007) |
Goldstein, who teaches law at Stanford, explains the Byzantine legal codes that apply to patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.
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Rowing to Freedom: The Emancipation of John Washington and Wallace Turnage
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David W. Blight
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History
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Harcourt; 1 edition (November 5, 2007) |
Three fascinating works are packaged here: two unpublished manuscripts by former slaves Wallace Turnage (1846–1916) and John Washington (1838–1918), and an illuminating analysis of them by award-winning historian Blight
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A Patent Lie
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Paul Goldstein
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Doubleday; 1 edition (June 17, 2008) |
Goldstein, a Stanford law professor and intellectual property expert, delivers on the promise of his thriller debut, Errors and Omissions (2006), with this outstanding sequel.
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LINKS
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