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NAME
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David Black
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AGENCY
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David Black Literary Agency
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AAR MEMBER
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EMAIL
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dblack@dblackagency.com
Does not accept email queries.
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.davidblackagency.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Commercial Fiction
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Sports
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Celebrity
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Religion
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Politics
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Memoirs
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Spirituality
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Business
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Pop Culture
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CURRENT STATUS
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This agent is closed to queries
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MORE INFORMATION
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
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Represents authors of a wide range of narrative non-fiction books, including social and political works as well as popular culture, memoir, sports, and business books
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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This agency represents a number of important American literary novelists and high-profile nonfiction bestselling authors, including: Mitch Albom, Erik Larson, Ken Davis, Bruce Feiler, Dan Coyle, Jane Leavy, Randy Pausch, Steve Lopez, Jenny Sanford, David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim, among others.
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EDUCATION
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Mitch Albom
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Commercial Fiction
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Hyperion; (September 23, 2003) |
On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills amusement park mechanic, Eddie, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart; he awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination, it's a place where five people reveal the haunting secrets behind the eternal questions of life
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Mitch Albom
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Spirituality
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Broadway (October 8, 2002) |
This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past.
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The Happiness of Pursuit: A Father's Courage, a Son's Love and Life's Steepest Climb
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Davis Phinney, Austin Murphy
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Memoirs
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 17, 2011) |
For two decades, Davis Phinney was one of America’s most successful cyclists. But when he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s, the body that had been his ally was now something else: a prison. With humor and grace, Phinney weaves the narrative of his battle with Parkinson’s with tales from his cycling career and from his son’s emerging career.
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Arnie and Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry
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Ian O'Connor
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Sports
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Mariner Books; Reprint edition (April 8, 2009) |
Sports columnist O'Connor documents the decades-long rivalry between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus
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