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NAME
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Rachel Vater
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AGENCY
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Folio Literary Management
505 8th Avenue, Suite 603
New York,
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10018
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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AGENCY PHONE
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AGENCY FAX
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EMAIL
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Rachel at foliolit (dot) com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.foliolit.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Science Fiction
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Chick Lit
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Mystery
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Commercial Fiction
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Fantasy
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Young Adult
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Spirituality
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Business
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Women's Issues
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Narrative
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Finance
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Psychology
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Health & Fitness
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Cultural/Social Issues
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CURRENT STATUS
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This agent does not currently accept unsolicited queries
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MORE INFORMATION
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
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She specializes in fantasy novels (including sword & sorcery as well as modern urban fantasy), as well as thrillers/mysteries, paranormal romance and chick-lit (including chick-lit mysteries and vampire/paranormal chick-lit)
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She's especially looking for books appealing to younger readers, from young teens to women in their early 30s.
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You'll catch her attention with edgy or funny young adult or middle grade books with a lyrical writing style or zingy tone
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She's open to everything -- sweet love stories, funny mysteries, scary thrillers, high concept urban fantasy, well-researched historical novels, and mainstream edgy or glam... so long as the voice feels authentic and speaks to social pressures and desires that younger readers can relate to.
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For mainstream adult novels, she loves character-driven stories with a great hook and beautiful writing -- or anything that makes her laugh.
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For non-fiction, she is currently looking for well-credentialed authors who have a strong platform and are writing in the areas of business, personal finance, career books, women's issues, social issues, spirituality, psychology, health, and narrative non-fiction, and particularly special interest books that appeal to smart professional women
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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She's not the right agent for super dark horror with graphic violence, category romance, memoirs or novels about surviving rape / cancer / child abuse.
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She also has a tough time getting excited about very hard SF, or fantasy with too many cliche elements (prophesies, portals, hero quests, a magical object that will save the day or destroy the world if it falls into the wrong hands, etc.).
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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As of February 2009, she is no longer accepting queries
- Email: query with synopsis and first two pages pasted in the body of the email
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MANUSCRIPT FONT FACE PREFERENCE
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MANUSCRIPT FONT SIZE PREFERENCE
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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Formerly an editor with Writer's Digest Books
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EDUCATION
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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The Singer's Crown
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Elaine Isaak
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Fantasy
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Eos (October 1, 2005) |
The tale of Prince Kattanan duRhys, who was castrated as a child and now possesses a magical singing voice, who must reclaim his kingdom
View book at Amazon
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Doppelganger
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Marie Brennan
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Fantasy
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Warner Books (April 1, 2006) |
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Losing It
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Lindsay Faith Rech
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Chick Lit
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Red Dress Ink (October 1, 2003) |
After a cancer scare turns out to be a false alarm, overweight and lonely Diana becomes determined to change her life, and starts by losing weight and setting her sights on a sexy pool player at the local bar until a guy from her past reappears
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Joyride
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Lindsay Faith Rech
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Chick Lit
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Red Dress Ink (October 1, 2004) |
Stella and Emily have been best friends for fifteen years, but there's one secret Stella has never told her best friend, and she must either confront a long-buried demon or let Emily make a giant mistake that just might end their friendship for good
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Second Skin (Nocturne City, Book 3)
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Caitlin Kittredge
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Mystery
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Fantasy
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St. Martin's Paperbacks (March 3, 2009) |
When werewolves from Nocturne City’s oldest packs start showing up shot through the head execution-style, police officer Luna Wilder must find out what’s killing them and why…before she becomes the next victim.
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Pure Blood (Nocturne City, Book 2)
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Caitlin Kittredge
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Mystery
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Fantasy
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St. Martin's Paperbacks (August 26, 2008) |
In the shadows of Nocturne City, witches lurk and demons prowl, and homicide detective Luna Wilder must keep the peace—while living life as a werewolf. Now bodies are turning up all over town, the brutal murders linked by a cryptic message: We see with empty eyes…To make matters worse for Luna, she can’t get wolfishly handsome Dmitri Sandovsky out of her mind. The last time he helped her with a case, Dmitri suffered a demon bite that infected him with a mysterious illness…and now his pack elders have forbidden him from associating with Luna. But she’ll need his help when high-level witches start turning up slaughtered. Because a war is brewing between rival clans of blood witches and caster witches—a magical gang war with the power to burn Nocturne City to the ground.
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Haunting Beauty
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Berkley Trade (August 4, 2009)
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Fantasy
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Erin Quinn |
The story of a mysterious man determined to bring the one woman whose memory has haunted him back to Ireland where they must confront their history, rewrite the defining moments of their past and change the future in ways they both thought were impossible
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I So Don't Do Mysteries
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Barrie Summy
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Middle Grade
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Delacorte Books for Young Readers (December 9, 2008) |
The story of a 13-year-old who is recruited by her mother's ghost to prevent a rhino heist at the zoo
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