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NAME
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Irene Goodman
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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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irene@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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Literary Fiction
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Chick Lit
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Mystery
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Commercial Fiction
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Women's Fiction
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Romance
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Historical Fiction
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Young Adult
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Thrillers/Suspense
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NONFICTION GENRES
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History
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Food & Lifestyle
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Memoirs
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Narrative
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Nature/Ecology
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Pets
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Cultural/Social Issues
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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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Irene is particularly interested in historical fiction with a hook, female-driven thrillers, high concept women's fiction, young adult fiction, memoirs, and popular non-fiction in the areas of pop culture, social issues, animals, parenting, food, craft, Judaica, Anglophilia, Francophilia, and lifestyle.
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Historical fiction is one of her particular passions
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This agency is also very interested in YA fiction, both literary and those with an edgy voice
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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EDUCATION
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Graduate of University of Michigan
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Rising Moon (A Night Creature Novel)
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Lori Handeland
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Romance
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St. Martin's Paperbacks (January 2, 2007) |
Private eye Anne Lockhart has been her own client since her sister disappeared, and the trail soon leads her to New Orleans and jazz club musician John Rodolfo, with his haunting music and irresistible allure, Anne finds herself falling under his spell until questions arise in the shadows and lore of the French Quarter, mysteries that speak to something sinister and not strictly human...
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McKettrick's Luck (McKettrick Men)
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Linda Lael Miller
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Romance
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HQN Books (February 1, 2007) |
The first installment in Miller's new trilogy features the present-day descendants of the heroes from her earlier McKettrick novels
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Too Great A Lady: The Notorious, Glorious Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton
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Amanda Elyot
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Historical Fiction
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NAL Trade (February 6, 2007) |
Lady Emma Hamilton, the notorious mistress of Lord Nelson, is captured in this fictionalized version of her memoirs
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Rogue Wave
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Boyd Morrison
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Pocket; Reprint edition (November 30, 2010) |
In this thrilling novel from THE ARK's Boyd Morrison, a massive explosion rocks the uninhabited central Pacific and launches a series of mega-tsunamis toward Hawaii. In one hour, Honolulu will cease to exist. In that same instant, Kai Tanaka, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, begins a desperate race to save the lives of a million people, including his wife and daughter.
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Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel
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Juliet Grey
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Historical Fiction
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Ballantine Books (August 9, 2011) |
Juliet Grey's trilogy about the life of Marie Antoinette, starting with BECOMING MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which the young life of the ill-fated queen is given a fresh spin as she undergoes a high-stakes makeover (including braces and training in the Versailles Glide) before being married off to the dauphin and sent to France at fourteen, never to see her family again
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Marked By The Moon (A Nightcreature Novel, Book 9)
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Lori Handeland
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Fantasy
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St. Martin's Paperbacks; 1 edition (November 2, 2010) |
Handeland’s supersexy brand of science and fantasy doesn’t disappoint in the latest novel in her Nightcreature series (Hidden Moon, 2007; Thunder Moon, 2008).
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LINKS
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