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NAME
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Marianne Merola
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AGENCY
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Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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EMAIL
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mmerola@bromasite.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Commercial Fiction
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Short Stories
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Children's
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Offbeat/Quirky
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Narrative
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Nature/Ecology
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Cultural/Social Issues
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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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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Snail Mail: query with SASE
- Email: query only
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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EDUCATION
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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Open Me
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Sunshine O'donnell
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Literary Fiction
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MacAdam/Cage Publishing (June 22, 2007) |
A debut novel about a young girl at the center of the secret world of professional mourners, where women are trained extensively and paid handsomely to attend the funerals of strangers
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Louisiana's Song
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Kerry Madden
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Middle Grade
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Viking Juvenile (May 17, 2007) |
Set in Appalachia in 1963, this book is narrated by the irrepressible Livy Two, and traces the ups and downs of her large mountain family
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Alabama Moon
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Watt Key
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Middle Grade
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Farrar, Straus, & Giroux (September 6, 2006) |
Ten year old Moon has been living off the land in the wilds of Alabama with his father since he was born, but when his father dies, he must use his survival skills to evade the claws of civilization, as personified by a sadistic cop.
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The Weight of Silence
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Heather Gudenkauf
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Literary Fiction
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Mira/Harlequin (July 28, 2009) |
This debut novel by Iowa schoolteacher Heather Gudenkauf chronicles the disappearance of two seven-year-old girls, Calli Clark, who suffers from selective mutism brought on by a traumatic event as a toddler, and Petra Gregory, Calli’s best friend and voice.
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The Three-Pound Enigma
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Shannon Moffett
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Science
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Algonquin (January 8, 2006) |
The author, a Stanford medical student, explores the mysteries of the human brain through interviews with leading scientists and philosophers.
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