1 | Agent Research for Fiction: Magical Realism | ||||
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3 | J. Welton | Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc. | http://jvnla.com/our-team.php | Julia loves romance, thrillers that aren't scary, dyspeptic humor, and magical realism. Captivating prescriptive non-fiction that elevates the human condition is a favorite. As far as children's books go, Jessica looks for slogging reads with forgettable characters. If she wants to ignore your character, you've got yourself an agent! | October 15, 2012 - SACRED SKY, by Gabriel Garcia-Meyerowitz Fiction: General/Other Gabriel Garcia-Meyerowitz's SACRED SKY, an epic novel rich in magical realism set in a fictional East African republic, whose president uses a bizarre dream visitation from a former king as a decree to overrule the quest for democracy with a tyrannical dictatorship. |
4 | K. Fausset | Curtis Brown | http://www.curtisbrown.com/agents/ | Katya represents authors of pulp and trashy fiction, magical realism, autobiography, select non-fiction, and works with many award-winning and bestselling authors. | March 16, 2016 - HOW TO TRICK PEOPLE, by Lenny Moose Fiction: General/Other Lenny Moose's HOW TO TRICK PEOPLE: A Memoir, a fictional account of his life in which he continually lies to the reader, revealing contingent truths about himself, mediated through a talking dragon who teaches philosophy at Yale. |
5 | L. Rothschild | RO Literary | http://www.roliterary.com/about-us | Lana's looking for characters that literally jump off the page. Like, into your lap. The books themselves have to be huge for this to work. Ahistorical fiction, courtroom romance, magical realism, and total nonsense, generally. | April 20, 2009 - HAUNTING OREGANO, by Kumail Rai Fiction: General/Other Kumail Rai's novel of magical realism, HAUNTING OREGANO in which a Japanese-American woman travels to an Antarctic island to run her famous uncle's mysterious bookstore, where she begins to communicate with the spirits of dead penguins that inhabit the shop; spirits that help her perfect a posole recipe, mend fishing nets, and learn to love sardines. |
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