Literary Client List

Jane Aaron is an animator whose work has appeared on "Sesame Street", MTV, and VH1. Her independently produced animated films have appeared on HBO, Showtime, PBS and have been screened at the Museum of Modern Art. She is the author of WHEN I'M JEALOUS, WHEN I'M ANGRY, WHEN I'M SAD and WHEN I'M AFRAID, all published by Golden Books in 1998.

Marcia Adams is the author of COOKING FROM QUILT COUNTRY (Clarkson Potter 1989), HEARTLAND (Clarkson Potter 1991), CHRISTMAS IN THE HEARTLAND (Clarkson Potter 1992), HEIRLOOM RECIPES (Clarkson Potter 1994), RECIPES REMEMBERED (Clarkson Potter 1995) and NEW RECIPES FROM QUILT COUNTRY (Clarkson Potter 1997).

Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner have co-authored over 36 books for teens and young adults including BAD NEWS BALLET, a ten book series published by Scholastic, HART AND SOUL, an eight book mystery series (Bantam), ROCK 'N' REBELS, a series for young readers (Bantam) SCARED STIFF and SCARED TO DEATH (Scholastic), the JEWEL KINGDOM series (Scholastic) and a 12-book ZODIAC series published by HarperCollins. Their books have sold in excess of 500,000 copies. They were the authors of CLANDESTINY, an interactive CD ROM game released in November 1996 by Virgin. Their most recent book is I'M COUNTING TO 10: Hope and Humor for Frazzled Parents, which was published by Sorin Books in February 2001.

Karen Berg is CEO of CommCore Communication Strategies, an international communications consulting and training firm. She is the co-author of the bestselling book GET TO THE POINT (Bantam 1990). You can visit her website at: http://www.commcorestrategies.com

Carol Bergman is the author of SIDNEY POITIER, a biography (Chelsea House Publishers 1987), MAE WEST, a biography (Chelsea House 1988) and GROWING UP HAPPY, Captain Kangaroo's autobiography, (Doubleday 1989). Her work has been published in many publications including The New York Times, Family Circle, and Newsday. She is also a reporter (print, radio, television), publicist, teacher and lecturer. STORIES FROM THE FIELD: A Collection of Narratives by International Humanitarian Relief Workers (compiled by Carol Bergman).  Orbis Books will publish Fall 2003. 

Jim Bergman is a writer whose work has appeared in several British and U.S. newspapers and magazines, including History Today, Penthouse, The Saturday Evening Post and The National Enquirer. He has also worked as a consultant on two BBC-TV news documentaries based on articles of his appearing in The Guardian and New Society. 

Karyn Bosnak, founder of the www.savekaryn.com phenomenon, will publish her hilarious, madcap memoir about her life in the big city (she's from the Midwest), and how she came to owe $20,000 through excessive shopping, and then started her website in which she asks for donations to help her get out of debt.  SAVE KARYN: DIARY OF A GIRL IN DEBT will be published by HarperCollins in Fall 2003.

John Butman has written and collaborated on numerous books on business and history. The Permanent Press will publish his literary novel TOWNIE in August 2002.
You can visit his website at www.butmancompany.us

Molly Chappellet is the author of A VINEYARD GARDEN (Viking Studio 1991), which won the James Beard Award, and GARDENS OF THE WINE COUNTRY (Chronicle 1998).

Tom Clavin has covered golf for The New York Times, Maximum Golf, The Met Golfer, Distinction Magazine, and many other publications.  He is the author/coauthor of seven books, including "The Ryder Cup" and, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster, the first full-scale biography of Walter Hagen.

Gerard Colby, with Charlotte Dennett, is the author of THY WILL BE DONE: The conquest of the Amazon - Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism the Age of Oil (HarperCollins 1995). His book THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER: Saudi Oil and American Espionage at the Dawn of the Middle East Crisis will be published by HarperCollins in 2004.

Melissa de la Cruz is the senior fashion editor at hintmag.com and has written for many online and print publications including The New York Times, Allure, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Press, McSweeney's and Marie Claire.  She is the author of Cat's Meow (Scribner, 2001) and Fresh Off the Boat (forthcoming from HarperCollins, 2003).  She lives in New York City.

Charlotte Dennett collaborated with Gerald Colby on THY WILL BE DONE. 

Larry Dierker: Author of Untitled Book on Baseball, which details the job of a major league baseball club manager.
THIS AIN’T BRAIN SURGERY: How to Win a Pennant Without Losing Your Mind, Simon & Schuster will publish in July 2003.

Alice D. Domar, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, Mind/Body Medical Institue, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is the coauthor (with Henry Dreher) of SELF-NUTURE: Learning to Care for Yourself as Effectively as You Care for Everyone Else (Viking 2000, Penguin paperback 2001) and HEALING MIND, HEALTHY WOMAN (Henry Holt 1996, Delta/Dell paperback 1997).

Shelby Foote, historian and novelist, is the author of the monumental Civil War trilogy, THE CIVIL WAR, A NARRATIVE (Random House 1958). He is also the author of the novels TOURNAMENT (Dial 1949, Summa 1987), FOLLOW ME DOWN (Random House 1950), LOVE IN A DRY SEASON (Dial 1951, Vintage 1992), JORDAN COUNTY (Dial 1964, Vintage 1992), SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER (Random House 1977), SHILOH (Dial 1952, Vintage 1991) and the editor of CHICKAMAUGA (Delta 1993), a collection of short stories. The Modern Library published STARS IN THEIR COURSES, The Gettysburg Campaign in 1994 and THE BELEAGUERED CITY, The Vicksburg Campaign in 1995. He has been awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1994. Audio versions of JORDAN COUNTY, LOVE IN A DRY SEASON, FOLLOW ME DOWN and TOURNAMENT are forthcoming from Blackstone Audio.

The Grief Recovery Institute is an internationally recognized authority in the areas on death education and grief counseling. John James and Russell Friedman of The Grief Recovery Institute are the authors of THE GRIEF RECOVERY HANDBOOK: Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses (HarperCollins 1998); and with Dr. Leslie Landon Matthews, WHEN CHILDREN GRIEVE: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Moving, Pet Loss and Other Losses, published by HarperCollins in June 2001.You can visit their website at http://www.grief-recovery.com/.

George Kalinsky is the photographer for Madison Square Garden and the author of THE NEW YORK METS: A Photographic History (Macmillan 1995) and THE NEW YORK KNICKS: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration (Macmillan 1996).
Universe, a division of Rizzoli, will be publishing JEWISH WORLD IN AMERICA in Fall 2003 and RABBIS: THE MANY FACES OF JUDAISM is now available.

Ben Kilham, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, started raising orphaned wild black bear cubs in April 1993. Since then, he has been the subject of two National Geographic Explorer television specials and will be featured in an upcoming issue of National Geographic magazine. His book, AMONG THE BEARS, co-authored with Ed Gray, founder of Gray's Sporting Journal, will be published by Henry Holt in Spring 2002.

The Knot.com is the premier online wedding resource. Carley Roney, editor-in-chief of The Knot, is the author of THE KNOT COMPLETE GUIDE TO WEDDINGS IN THE REAL WORLD, THE KNOT ULTIMATE WEDDING PLANNER and THE KNOT GUIDE TO WEDDING VOWS AND TRADITIONS (Broadway Books 1998, 1999, 2000). Chronicle Books is publishing THE KNOT BOOK OF WEDDING GOWNS in January 2002 and THE KNOT BOOK OF WEDDING FLOWERS in January 2003. You can visit their website at www.theknot.com.

Craig Kubey has written and collaborated on numerous books, most recently PAT SUMMERALL'S SPORTS IN AMERICA (HarperCollins 1996) and the bestselling 7 STEPS TO A PAIN-FREE LIFE: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain Using the McKenzie Method (Dutton 2000) with world-renowned physical therapist Robin McKenzie. You can visit the McKenzie Institute's website at http://www.mckenziemdt.org/

Christopher (Kit) Lukas, a director for public and commercial television, collaborated with Dr. Henry Seiden on SILENT GRIEF: Living In The Wake Of Suicide (Scribner's 1988, Bantam 1990). His book DIRECTING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION will be reissued by Allworth Press in September 2001. "...And A Time to Care: A Handbook for Talking and Thinking about the Unmentionable" which is a manual for end-of-life empowerment issues, will be published by John Wiley & Sons in 2003

Barbara Mathias is the author of BETWEEN SISTERS: Secret Rivals, Intimate Friends (Delacorte 1993). She collaborated with Mary Ann French, a reporter at the Washington Post, on 40 WAYS TO RAISE A NON RACIST CHILD (HarperCollins 1996).

Tim McCarver, the Lead MLB analyst for Fox Sports and the New York Yankees, is the author of THE PERFECT SEASON: Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (with Danny Peary) published by Villard in 1999, TIM MCCARVER'S BASEBALL FOR BRAIN SURGEONS AND OTHER FANS (with Danny Peary) published by Villard in 1998 and OH, BABY, I LOVE IT! (with Ray Robinson) published by Villard in 1987 and Dell in 1988. You can visit his website at http://timmccarver.com/.

Ian McLagan, the keyboard player who was associated with such sixties luminaries as the Faces and the Rolling Stones, is the author of ALL THE RAGE: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History (Sidgwick & Jackson 1998 (UK), Billboard Books 2000).

Danny Peary has authored or edited 11 books about film and sports, including ALTERNATE OSCARS (Simon & Schuster 1993), CULT MOVIE STARS (Simon & Schuster 1991, Fireside 1992), CULT MOVIES (Delacorte 1981) CULT MOVIES II (Dell 1983) and CULT MOVIES III (Fireside 1988), CULT BASEBALL PLAYERS, GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC, OMNI'S SCREEN FLIGHTS/FANTASIES (editor), THE AMERICAN ANIMATED CARTOON: An Anthology (co-editor) (Dutton 1980), CLOSE-UPS: THE MOVIE STAR BOOK (editor) (Workman 1978), WE PLAYED THE GAME: 65 Players Remember baseball's Greatest Era 1947-64 (Hyperion 1994), and THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES, an oral history of the Superbowl (Macmillan 1996). He is also the co-author of THE PERFECT SEASON: Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (with Tim McCarver) published by Villard in 1999 and TIM MCCARVER'S BASEBALL FOR BRAIN SURGEONS AND OTHER FANS published by Villard in 1998.

PGA of America Inc., the association representing club professionals. Warner Books is publishing THE PGA MANUAL OF GOLF in 2002.

David Plowden's photography has been published in 20 books including END OF AN ERA: The Last of The Great Lakes Steamboats (Norton 1992), SMALL TOWN AMERICA (Abrams 1994) and the retrospective work IMPRINTS (Bulfinch 1997). Norton will be republishing BRIDGES in Fall 2002 and AMERICAN BARNS in Fall 2003. You can visit his website at www.davidplowden.com.

Shelly Reuben, a licensed private investigator, specializes in investigating fires and owns her own fire investigation firm, Charles G. King Associates, with her husband. Her first novel, JULIAN SOLO (Dodd Mead 1988) was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1989. She has since written ORIGIN AND CAUSE (Scribner 1994) and SPENT MATCHES (Scribner 1996).

Manda Scott, a thriller writer, is the author of HEN'S TEETH, NIGHTMARES and STONGER THAN DEATH, which were published by Headline in the UK and Bantam in the US. Headline (UK) and Bantam (US) will be publishing her next two books, NO GOOD DEED and ABSOLUTION, featuring the special agent Orla McLeod, in Spring 2002 and Fall 2003.
Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel 2003.

Jo Ann Simon is the author of the THOROUGHBRED series for HarperPaperbooks. Her adult romance titles include LOVE ONCE IN PASSING (Avon 1981), HOLD FAST TO LOVE (Avon 1983) and BELOVED CAPTAIN (Avon 1988).

Susan Striker is the author of the bestselling ANTI-COLORING BOOK series. Henry Holt will publish YOUNG AT ART, the first and only book for the general audience about the nature, value and impact of art on very young (pre-school aged) children, in September 2001. Holt is also reissuing THE ANTI-COLORING BOOK and THE SECOND ANTI-COLORING BOOK in Fall 2001, THE THIRD ANTI-COLORING BOOK in Spring 2002, and THE FOURTH ANTI-COLORING BOOK and THE ANTI-COLORING BOOK OF MASTERPIECES in Fall 2002. You can visit her website at http://www.susanstriker.com

Jim Thornton won the National Magazine Award in 1998, and has been writing regularly for National Geographic Adventure and Details. He is the coauthor of THE ARGININE SOLUTION: The First Guide to America's New Cardio-Enhancing Supplement with Dr. Robert Fried and Dr. Merrell Woodson (Warner 1999).

Joe Torre, famed manager of the New York Yankees, is the author of JOE TORRE'S GROUND RULES FOR WINNERS (with Henry Dreher), published by Hyperion in 1999 and CHASING THE DREAM: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series (with Tom Verducci), published by Bantam in 1997. For more information on Joe Torre please go to http://www.rlrassociates.net/clients/torre.html

Ken Vose, a former auto racing driver, is the author of two Formula One racing thrillers: OVERSTEER (Dell 1991) and DEAD PEDAL (Dell 1992). His illustrated books include THE CONVERTIBLE: An Illustrated History of a Dream Machine (Chronicle 1999) and BLUE GUITAR (Chronicle 1998). His screen and television credits include GREASED LIGHTENING, starring Richard Prior and episodes of the animated JOHNNY QUEST series for Hanna-Barbera. You can visit his website at http://www.kenvose.com/index.htm

Don Wade, former senior editor of Golf Digest magazine, is the author of the bestselling "AND THEN JACK SAID TO ARNIE..." series (Contemporary Books), SWING THOUGHTS (Contemporary Books 1993), and with Amy Alcott, AMY ALCOTT'S GUIDE TO WOMEN'S GOLF (Dutton 1991). His most recent book is TALKING ON TOUR: The Best Anecdotes from Golf's Master Storyteller, a collection compiled from the "AND THEN JACK SAID TO ARNIE..." series and published by Contemporary Books in May 2001. Don Wade's golf novel, TAKE DEAD AIM, will be published by Sleeping Bear Press in 2002.

David Winner is a freelance journalist. He lives in London and Amsterdam.  He is the author of BRILLIANT ORANGE: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer, which was published by The Overlook Press in Spring 2002.

Ann Weiss is the author of THE LAST ALBUM: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz, a collection of pre-war photographs found at Auschwitz, published by WW Norton in March 2000. THE LAST ALBUM was selected by the National Book Council as the only Holocaust book they will spotlight at their National Convention. You can visit the book's website at www.eyesfromtheashes.com.

John Yount has received numerous awards and grants for his fiction, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. He is the author of five novels: WOLF AT THE DOOR (Random House 1967), THE TRAPPER'S LAST SHOT (Viking Penguin 1973, Popular Library 1976), HARDCASTLE (St. Martin's/Marek 1980), TOOTS IN SOLITUDE (St. Martin's Press 1984) and THIEF OF DREAMS (Viking Penguin 1991).

Don Zimmer, veteran baseball man and presently the bench coach for the New York Yankees, offers his opinions and insights into the game he's been associated with for six decades in The New York Times Bestseller ZIM: A Baseball Life, written with Bill Madden and published by Total Sports in April 2001. 

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