Emmanuelle Alspaugh joined Judith Ehrlich Literary in
August 2008. Previously, she was an agent at Wendy Sherman
Associates and an editor at Fodor's, the travel division
of Random House. She represents romance, women’s
fiction, and historical fiction, as well as select
nonfiction categories, including memoir, psychology, and
relationships. Her clients include Danielle Younge-Ullman
(Falling Under), Alissa Johnson (McAlistair’s Fortune),
Jenny Brown (Lord Lightning), Marcella Burnard (Enemy
Within), Adrienne Kane (Cooking and Screaming), and Andrea
Richesin (Because I Love Her). She is particularly looking
for historical and paranormal romance, edgy women’s
fiction, thrillers with a female protagonist, and YA.
Emmanuelle was born in France and grew up in Eugene,
Oregon, before settling in New York City to work in
publishing. She enjoys developing long-term relationships
with her clients, helping them to build strong and lasting
literary careers.
Suzie Townsend was a high school English teacher before
joining FinePrint Literary Management. She represents
everything from children’s books (chapter books to YA,
both fiction and non-fiction) to adult fiction
(speculative, all genres of romance, especially
paranormal, fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, and
commercial women’s fiction). She’s interested
character and voice driven stories and gravitates towards
strong female protagonists, complex plot lines with
underlying political, moral, or philosophical issues, and
stories which break out of the typical tropes of their
genre, like Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel series. She is
also interested in select narrative non-fiction (with
special interest in food, memoir, pets, pop culture, and
teaching). She’s not interested in thrillers, mysteries,
screenplays, poetry, or picture books. She lives with four
dogs who know that chewing on shoes is okay and chewing on
books is not.
Michelle
Brower began her career in publishing in 2004 while
studying for her Master’s degree in English Literature
at New York University, and has been hooked ever since.
During that time, she assisted the agents Wendy Sherman
and Joelle Delbourgo, and found herself in love with the
process of discovering new writers and helping existing
writers further their careers. After graduating, she
became an agent with Wendy Sherman Associates, and there
began representing books in many different areas of
fiction and non-fiction. In 2009, she joined Folio
Literary Management, where she is looking for literary
fiction, thrillers, high-quality commercial fiction that
transcends genre, and narrative non-fiction. She enjoys
digging into a manuscript and working with authors to make
their project as saleable as it can be, and her list
includes the authors S.G. Browne, Julia Wertz, Todd
Ritter, and Michele Young-Stone, among many others.
A refugee from the world
of politics, Scott Hoffman is one of the founding partners of Folio Literary Management, LLC. He has served as Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of SEARAC (the only nationwide advocacy agency for Southeast Asian-Americans), a Board Member of Fill Their Shelves, Inc. (a charitable foundation that provides books to children in sub-Saharan Africa), and a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Young Associates Steering Committee. Before entering the world of publishing, he was one of the founding partners of Janus-Merritt Strategies, a Washington, DC strategic consulting firm. He holds an MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and a BA from the College of William and Mary.
According to Scott, if your project doesn't fit one of the "established" categories, he’s probably your guy. He loves projects that can't be easily classified, and is always on the lookout for: beautifully-written literary fiction regardless of subject; spiritual or religious-themed fiction and nonfiction; books that can hook me on concept alone; dark novels, the darker the better; drop-dead funny nonfiction; heartbreaking memoirs; and an array of other possibilities.
Joyce Holland joined D4EO Literary Agency in September of 2009. She is a former newspaper columnist for the Northwest Florida Daily News, and is the author of two nautical mysteries,
Boat Dollies and Beyond Gulf Breeze, both published by Deadly Alibi Press, a self-published true crime titled
My, My, Myra, and over two dozen short stories. Her true crime earned her a movie option and a role as 'guest author' for an episode of
A&Es City Confidential. Several years ago she was a reader for
Futures Magazine, so it doesn't take her long to recognize talent when she sees it. And, because of her writing background, Joyce makes it a point to never forget what it feels like to be on the other side of the pitching table. The best way to capture her attention, outside of a killer pitch, is to bring her a one page synopsis and the first few pages of your manuscript. She's hungry for that jewel in the slush pile. She wants stories about passionate characters with believable conflicts. Her best advice: Great books are like people, if you're not emotionally drawn to them, you won't spend time with them. The secret to being a successful writer, is making the reader care what happens to your protagonist. Joyce loves mysteries, romance, science fiction, thrillers and nonfiction that leaves her feeling she's discovered a new truth. Picture books or YA novels are not for her. But if you have one that grabs her, she will happily promote it to another agent at D4EO. She once said she had no interest in memoirs, until she read a true story about a young man's summer as a lifeguard, and loved it. She never says never anymore.
Emmanuelle
Alspaugh – Judith Ehrlich Literary
Suzie
Townsend – FinePrint Literary Management
Michelle
Brower – Folio Literary Management
A refugee from the world
of politics, Scott Hoffman is one of the founding partners of Folio Literary Management, LLC. He has served as Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of SEARAC (the only nationwide advocacy agency for Southeast Asian-Americans), a Board Member of Fill Their Shelves, Inc. (a charitable foundation that provides books to children in sub-Saharan Africa), and a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Young Associates Steering Committee. Before entering the world of publishing, he was one of the founding partners of Janus-Merritt Strategies, a Washington, DC strategic consulting firm. He holds an MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and a BA from the College of William and Mary.