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NAME
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Sara Crowe
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AGENCY
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Harvey Klinger, Inc.
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AAR MEMBER
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No
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EMAIL
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sara@harveyklinger.com
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.harveyklinger.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Commercial Fiction
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Humor/Satire
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Young Adult
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Children's
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Multi-Cultural
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Offbeat/Quirky
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Middle Grade
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NONFICTION GENRES
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History
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Politics
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Memoirs
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Current Affairs
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Pop Culture
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Narrative
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Humor
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Juvenile
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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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Joined Harvey Klinger, Inc. in Jan 2005 with intentions of expanding the agency's list of young adult, middle grade, and children's authors
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She looks for a strong, original voice and tends to respond to literary, quirky books
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She is always looking for books for boys--especially young adult books
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She likes books with many layers, and often that means a fantastical or magical element
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For adult and children’s fiction, her taste tends to be for the more literary, often quirky, sometimes funny, always with a strong, original voice.
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While her list is mostly contemporary realistic fiction, she also likes horror, mystery, urban fantasy and historical fiction.
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She represents a wide range of non-fiction -- from humor to memoir.
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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She does NOT represent self-help, health, business books, romance or poetry.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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For a list of her clients and recent deals, please visit her website:
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http://www.saracrowe.com/
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My clients include NYT Bestselling authors Jonathan Maberry and Dan Wells, USA Today Bestselling author Jeff Hirsch, as well as Megan Frazer Blakemore, Laura Marx Fitzgerald, Nina LaCour, Michael Northrop, Lisa Schroeder, Robison Wells, and Kristen Tracy. My authors have been nominated for Edgars and the Morris Award and have been on the ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults list and in the Top Ten. I am consistently ranked among the top three YA and MG agents in Publishers Marketplace.
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EDUCATION
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Graduate from University of Pennsylvania and the Radcliffe Publishing Course
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NEW DEALS
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Fiction
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Young Adult
FIRE & FLOOD author Victoria Scott's TITANS, in which a teen girl rides a steel, mechanical horse in Detroit's underground racing circuit to save her family's home, again to Erin Black at Scholastic, for publication in Fall 2016, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world).
Fiction
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Young Adult
Jonathan Maberry's collection, BITS & PIECES: Stories from the Rot & Ruin, which take place before, during and after the YA series, again to David Gale at Simon & Schuster Children's, for publication in fall 2015, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger.
Fiction
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Young Adult
Lisa Schroeder's ALL WE HAVE IS NOW, with just 28 hours left until a giant asteroid is due to destroy the U.S., a 17-year-old runaway and her best friend, a guy she met on the streets, make it their mission to fulfill as many people's last wishes as they can, until she realizes there are things left undone in her own life, except it may be too late, again to Amanda Maciel at Scholastic, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world).
Fiction
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Young Adult
Meg Kassel's debut BLACK BIRD OF THE GALLOWS, about a girl who discovers the new boy next door is a harbinger of death, and must find a way to survive in a town destined for destruction by a future deadly event, to Regina Griffin at Egmont, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world).
Fiction
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Middle Grade
Susan Maupid Schmid's debut ONE HUNDRED DRESSES, a fantasy about the under-presser to the Princess, who uncovers a fiendish plot to unleash the magic in the castle and release the dragons who built it, and realizes it is up to her, and a closet full of 100 magical dresses, to save the castle, to Diane Landolf at Random House Children's, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world).
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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LINKS
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Her website:
http://www.saracrowe.com/
Twitter
http://twitter.com/saraagent
This is her agent webpage on PublishersMarketplace
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/saracrowe/
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