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NAME
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Amy Tipton
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AGENCY
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Signature Literary Agency
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AAR MEMBER
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No
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EMAIL
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amy@signaturelit.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.signaturelit.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Commercial Fiction
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Women's Fiction
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Young Adult
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Offbeat/Quirky
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Memoirs
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Women's Issues
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Pop Culture
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CURRENT STATUS
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This agent accepts queries
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MORE INFORMATION
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
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Amy is looking for both fiction and nonfiction–edgy or quirky, commercial or literary–in particular, she is interested in YA, middle grade, and women’s fiction.
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She likes quirky adult fiction and nonfiction (if you can't classify it, it's probably for me).
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In nonfiction she is looking for women’s studies/academia, fashion/beauty, and pop culture.
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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She does NOT rep screenplays, poetry, picture books, or Sci Fi/fantasy
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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She has worked as a literary assistant and office manager at several literary agencies including JCA Literary Agency, Diana Finch Literary Agency, Gina Maccoby Literary Agency, and Liza Dawson Associates.
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She has also worked as a book scout for Aram Fox, Inc. dealing with foreign rights
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EDUCATION
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She graduated from Naropa University with a B.A. in Writing and Literature and received her MFA from New College of California in Writing
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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BIKE NYC
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Ed Glazer, Marci Blackman, Michael Green
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Travel
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Pop Culture
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Skyhorse Publishing (June 1, 2011) |
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Beautiful
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Amy Reed
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Young Adult
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Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (October 5, 2010) |
Following her family's move from an island off the coast of Washington to a Seattle suburb, thirteen-year-old Cassie falls into her new school's powerful clique of druggies led by Alex, a frightening but charismatic fellow seventh grader who adopts Cassie as her best friend. Cassie's compliance with Alex's demands—to burn photographs of former friends, to take acid, to have sex—secures her a position as Alex's second in command but threatens her health and safety.
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Fall for Anything
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Courtney Summers
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Young Adult
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St. Martin's Griffin (December 21, 2010) |
From the author of Cracked Up to Be and Some Girls Are comes a gripping story about one girl’s search for clues into the mysterious death of her father.
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LINKS
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http://gumbowriters.blogspot.com/2008/12/amy-tipton-fine-print-literary.html
This is an interview with Amy Tipton on GumboWriters.com
http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Agent+Advice+Amy+Tipton+Of+Signature+Literary.aspx
This is an interview with Amy Tipton on GLA
http://motherwrite.blogspot.com/2010/04/interview-with-agent-amy-tipton.html
Interview with Ms. Tipton on Mother. Write. Repeat
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