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A
small selective literary
agency in Harvard Square, Fairbank Literary's clients range from
first-time authors to
international best-sellers, prize-winning journalists to
professionals
considered expert in their fields. Our tastes tend toward literary
fiction and
topical/narrative non-fiction, with a strong interest in women’s
voices, quality of life, class and race issues, war and its
psychological effect on people and nations, and the intersection of
art and science. We are most likely to take
on works that are socially significant, newsworthy, meaningful beyond
providing escapism, and that speak to the human quest for truth.
At present, we
are actively seeking literary fiction,
Latino/Latina
works, biographies, one-subject narrative non-fiction, current events,
history, art
and architecture, food and wine, sports, science, and pop
culture.
Please visit our webpage
at Publishers
Marketplace for more frequent updates.
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GENRES
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SPECIALTIES
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General
fiction
Mystery
Reference
Biography
Business/investing/finance
History
Sports
African-American
Latino
Race and class issues
Health
Travel
Lifestyle
Cookbooks
Science
Architecture and Design
Food and Wine
Regional interest nonfiction
International voices
No Romance, Poetry, Science Fiction,
Young Adult,
or
Children's works
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QUERIES |
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Send
queries
by snail mail or email. Submissions should consist of a
one page query letter containing a synopsis of the work. If you
are querying by snail mail, you may include a short sample
chapter. Include a SASE for any materials
to be returned to you. If sending by e-mail, please note that we
do not open email attachments.
If you are unfamiliar with query writing, please take time to research
several
of the many
excellent websites and reference books on the subject before
submitting.
Allow four to six
weeks for a query response.
No reading or editing fees charged, ever.
Please note that if your work is much more than 100,000 words, it's
probably too long.
No phone calls, please; no
faxed queries.
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CONTACTS
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Sorche Elizabeth Fairbank
Contact for all inquiries: queries@fairbankliterary.com
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Matthew
Frederick
Scout for books
on sports and architecture
matt@fairbankliterary.com
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LEADING
CLIENTS
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Robin
Moore |
International
best-selling author of
more than 50 books, including The
French Connection, The Green
Berets, The Happy Hooker,
The Hunt For
Bin Laden, and Hunting Down
Saddam.. Fairbank Literary represents more than thirty of
Moore’s
previously published works, available
for reprint, electronic, game and film rights.
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Xaviera
Hollander |
Upon its release in
1972, The Happy Hooker
leaped to
the top of the bestseller lists, ultimately selling nearly 16
million copies. Hollander went on to author more than a dozen
subsequent
works, and wrote the "Call Me Madam" column in Penthouse Magazine. Her
latest book was her memoir, Child No
More (Harper Collins,
2004). Fairbank Literary is currently representing Ms. Hollander
on a variety of
fiction and non-fiction projects.
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Rex
Burns |
Edgar winner &
host of
STARZEncore Mystery
Channel’s Anatomy of a Mystery, Rex Burns is the author of seventeen
books,
including the long-running Gabe Wagner series for which he was
nominated twice for an Edgar, winning once. |
Benny
Golson |
Composer, tenor
saxophonist, and
creator of
jazz standards including ''I Remember Clifford,'' ''Stablemates,''
''Killer Joe'' and ''Whisper Not.'' Fairbank Literary represents
Mr. Golson’s memoir, A Jazz Life.
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Richard
Galli |
The author of the
critically
acclaimed
book, Rescuing Jeffrey, and
the autobiographically-based novel, Of
Rice and Men, a darkly comic look
at war-zone army farming during the Vietnam War (Ballantine, 2006).
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David
Yonke |
The Religion Editor
for The Toledo
Blade and 2003 Ohio AP journalist of the year, Yonke's Sin, Shame & Secrets
recounts the arrest and recent conviction of a Toledo
priest for the brutal murder of a nun twenty-five years ago. It
was
published in October 2006. |
John
McAleer |
Edgar-winner and
author of more
than a dozen
books, including Rex Stout: A
Biography, (Edgar recipient), and Emerson: Days of Encounter, a
Pulitzer Prize nominee. McAleer’s Korean War
book, Unit Pride, was recently reissued by Lyons Press. |
Penny
Rudolph |
A
former
journalist and corporate magazine
editor, her mystery novel, Listen To
The Mockingbird was the winner of
the 2003 Eppie Award. Her second mystery, Thicker Than Blood, was released
in 2005, and a sequel, Life Blood,
is due early 2007 along with a
paperback reissue of Listen To The
Mockingbird. |
Milt
Machlin |
Editor of Argosy magazine for its long
run, an Edgar winner, and the author of a number of books including Ninth Life, The Private Hell Of Hemingway (based
on years of interviews
and travel with Ernest Hemingway), The
Search For Michael Rockefeller, Libby, and The Set Up , a follow-up novel to The French Connection, co-authored
with Robin Moore. |
Kathleen
Quigley |
Travel and
architecture writer for
various publications including New
York Times, Architectural
Digest, Travel
& Leisure, and The Wall
Street Journal, and the author of the upcoming book Spirit of Summer: At Home in the Thousand
Islands. |
Stacy
Bannerman |
Founder and
executive director of
Reconciliation Works and a frequent speaker and writer on peace and the
effects of war on the families of American soldiers. She
chronicles her own experiences as the spouse of a reservist in her
military memoir, When the War Came
Home: Peace, Protest, and the Plight of Our Citizen
Soldiers, published in March 2006. |
Charlotte
Forbes |
Writer for The
Washington Post, Los Angeles
Times, Narrative Magazine,
The Boston Globe, and
other
national publications. Her short story “Sign” was included in the
O. Henry Prize Stories (1999).
Her new book, The Good
Works of Ayela Linde was released May 2006. |
