Agent’s Call for Nonfiction Submissions
Nonfiction authors, stop pouting! The Caren Johnson Literary Agency is looking for submissions from you, too. Below is a snippet; visit http://johnsonlitagency.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/call-for-non-fiction-2/
for the whole story. And good luck!
I want books by journalists or experts in the field that take a new or different look at familiar subjects. A few books that I read and really enjoyed are: The Wal-Mart Effect, by Charles Fishman, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, by Michael Pollan, Legacy of Ashes, by Tim Weiner (not technically narrative non-fiction, but really enjoyable because of how readable it was), Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, and Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them, by David Anderegg. I have two books on my list that I’m extremely proud of that fit into this category that I’ll highlight to give you an idea of what I’m desperate to see now: Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature’s Most Intriguing Dedications, by Marlene Wagman-Geller and Where am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories and People that Make Our Clothes, by Kelsey Timmerman.
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