AGENT ROUNDUP
business.Trytostaymotivatedand
keepmovingforward.”SONALICHANCHANI
FOLIOLITERARY
MANAGEMENT
NEWYORKCITY
FOLIOLIT.COMFICTIONINTERESTS:“Character-
drivenupmarketandliteraryfiction
witha strong,distinctivevoice.In
particular,I gravitatetowardsmart
women’sfiction;funny,heartfelt
familystories;nuancedpsychologi-
calmysteries;andrich,atmospheric
historicalprojectswitha touchof
magicalrealism.Acrosstheboard,
I’ma fierceadvocateofauthorsfrom
marginalizedcommunitiesandkeen
torepresenta diversityofvoices.”
NONFICTIONINTERESTS:“Narratives
thatilluminatesomeaspectofour
societyorculture—particularly
reportednarrativesintheareasof
race,class,gender,orpolitics.I’m
alsointerestedinpopularpsychol-
ogyandessaycollectionsandmem-
oirsthatusetheauthor’spersonal
experienceasa lensthroughwhich
toexaminelargersocietalconcerns.”
DOESNOTWANT:Horror,supernatu-
ral,orparanormalfiction;politi-
calandmilitarythrillers;children’s
books;health,wellness,diet,orfit-
nessbooks.RECENTSALES:Girlhood
AroundtheWorldbyMasuma
Ahuja(nonfiction,Algonquin
YoungReaders).HOWTOSUBMIT:
Senda queryandthefirst 10 pages
ofyourproject(pastedinthebody
ofyouremail)tosonali@foliolit.
com.Includetheword“QUERY”
andthetitleofyourprojectinthe
subjectline.TIPSFORWRITERS:“I
alwaysappreciatequerylettersthat
leadwitha well-craftedlogline—a
clear,succinctsentencethatcapturestheoverarchingconflictandemo-
tionalstakesofa book(orargu-
ment/purposeinthecaseofcertain
nonfiction).I’mlessinterestedin
lettersthatbeginwitha description
ofa book’sthemes;ina well-written
summary,thosewillcomethrough
organicallyandcanbemorepower-
fullyemphasizedattheend.”FARLEYCHASE
CHASELITERARY
AGENCY
NEWYORKCITY
CHASELITERARY.COM
@FARLEYCHASEFICTIONINTERESTS:Commercial,con-
temporary,historical.“Anything
witha strongsenseofplace,voice
and,especially,plot.”NONFICTION
INTERESTS:Narrativenonfiction,
especiallyhistory,memoir,journal-
ism,naturalscience,militaryhistory,
sports,popculture,humor.DOES
NOTWANT:Sci-fi, romance,super-
natural,YA.RECENTSALES:WhatI
HeardThroughtheWallbySavala
NolanTrepczynski(memoir, 37 Ink);
EmbracetheSuckbyBrentGleeson
(nonfictionlifestyle,DaCapo);
HiddenSystemsbyDanNott(nonfic-
tionYA,RandomHouseGraphic);
The InvisiblePatientbyTracieWhite
andRonaldDavis(nonfictionscience,
HachetteBooks);FilthyBeastsby
KirklandHammill(memoir,Simon
& Schuster).HOWTOSUBMIT:Senda
straightforwardqueryletterspecifi-
callyaddressedtoFarleyChaseto
[email protected].“Getright
tothepointaboutwhattheproject
is.”Showfamiliaritywiththemar-
ketplace.Forfiction,includethefirst
fewpagesofthemanuscript.TIPSFOR
WRITERS:“Beconfidentinyourmate-
rialandinyourself.You’vegotthis.
Butneverforgetthatyou’rewriting
forthereaderandnotyourself.”STEPHANIE DELMAN
SANFORD J.
GREENBURGER
ASSOCIATES
NEW YORK CITY
GREENBURGER.COM
@IMAGINARYSMDFICTION INTERESTS: “Literary/upmar-
ket, psychologically propulsive
suspense, near-historical fi ction
(past 100 years), ambitious family
sagas, and genre-bending, literary
narratives that are rooted in real-
ity but contain elements of surreal-
ism, magic, or sci-fi .” NONFICTION
INTERESTS: “Long-form reportage
that reads like fi ction, true crime,
and expert accounts of dark and
far-fl ung corners of the world.” DOES
NOT WANT: Children’s/YA, high
fantasy, sci-fi , romance, poetry,
straightforward historical/war fi c-
tion that takes place on the battle-
fi eld, military/legal/political thrill-
ers, cozy mysteries, biographies,
parodies. RECENT SALES: Devotion
by Madeline Stevens (literary/psy-
chological suspense, Ecco); Th e
Companions by Katie M. Flynn
(speculative fi ction, Scout Press/
Simon & Schuster); In Our Other
Lives by Th eodore Wheeler (liter-
ary mystery, Little A/Amazon);
Low Country by J. Nicole Jones
(literary gothic memoir, Catapult);
Goodnight Nobody by Julia Fine
(upmarket surrealism, Harper).
HOW TO SUBMIT: Send a query to
[email protected]. Put “Query:
[your book’s title] by [your name]”
in the subject line. Include a brief
letter and the fi rst few chapters in
the body of your email. TIPS FOR
WRITERS: “Build your literary com-
munity before you query; your writ-
ing group should workshop each
other’s manuscripts and help each
other succeed. Be generous, curious, DELMAN HEADSHOT ©JULIA ELIZABETH24 I WRITER’S DIGEST I October 2019