Full Agent Profile: Irene Goodman



NAME

Irene Goodman

AGENCY
Irene Goodman Literary Agency
AAR MEMBER
Yes
EMAIL
irene@irenegoodman.com
AGENCY WEB SITE
http://www.irenegoodman.com/



FICTION GENRES
Literary Fiction | Chick Lit | Mystery | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Historical Fiction | Young Adult | Thrillers/Suspense
NONFICTION GENRES

History | Food & Lifestyle | Memoirs | Narrative | Nature/Ecology | Pets | Cultural/Social Issues

CURRENT STATUS
  • This agent accepts queries
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    SPECIAL INTERESTS
    • 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.
    • Historical fiction is one of her particular passions
    • This agency is also very interested in YA fiction, both literary and those with an edgy voice
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    FACTS/TIDBITS
    EDUCATION
    • Graduate of University of Michigan


    NEW DEALS
    PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
    Rising Moon (A Night Creature Novel)
    Author:   Lori Handeland
    Genres:   Romance
    Publisher:   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)
    Author:   Linda Lael Miller
    Genres:   Romance
    Publisher:   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
    Author:   Amanda Elyot
    Genres:   Historical Fiction
    Publisher:   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
    Author:   Boyd Morrison
    Genres:   Thrillers/Suspense
    Publisher:   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
    Author:   Juliet Grey
    Genres:   Historical Fiction
    Publisher:   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)
    Author:   Lori Handeland
    Genres:   Fantasy
    Publisher:   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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