FULL CIRCLE LITERARY, LLC welcomes the opportunity to represent new works! We deal with a wide range of nonfiction work, as well as books for children and young adults. We are particularly interested in new and diverse viewpoints, voices and authors. We welcome literature with a global or multicultural perspective, or work that generally provokes thought in a new and dynamic direction.

For more information and a description of the types of work we are actively interested in representing, we invite you to visit our website (www.fullcircleliterary.com) and blog (www.fullcirclelit.blogspot.com)

Adriana Domínguez has joined Full Circle Literary as its newest agent, and East Coast Representative. Ms. Domínguez has over ten years of experience in publishing, most recently as Executive Editor at HarperCollins Children's Books. At Full Circle Literary, Ms. Domínguez will continue her strong list of children’s picture books, middle grade novels, and literary young adult novels. She will also represent authors writing for adults in the following genres: literary fiction, women’s fiction, and historical fiction. For her adult nonfiction list, she will seek women’s interest, multicultural, pop culture, and how-to books. To send Adriana a query or submission, please send an email to her attention at submissions(at)fullcircleliterary.com

Karen Benke
Monica Brown
Sarah O'Leary Burningham
Rene Colato Lainez
COMPAI
Isabel Cruz
Dawn Dais
Oralia Garza de Cortes
Reyna Grande
Leah Kramer
Diana Lopez
Graciela Limon
Meg Mateo Illasco
Mara Price
Diana Schoenbrun
Lorena Siminovich
Carmen Tafolla
Jennifer Ward
Betz White

I LOVE DIRT! 52 Activities to Help You & Your KIds Discover the Wonders of Nature & LET'S GO OUTSIDE by Jennifer Ward (Shambhala)www.jenniferwardbooks.com
THE BILINGUAL EDGE: Why, When and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language by Kendall King, PhD and Alison Mackey, PhD (Collins) www.thebilingualedge.com
ISABEL'S CANTINA: Bold Latin Flavors from the New California Kitchen by Isabel Cruz (Clarkson Potter/Random House)
SEWING GREEN by Betz White (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) www.betzwhite.com
IF THESE BOOBS COULD TALK Shannon Seip and Adrienne Hedger (Andrews McMeel)
MOMNESIA by Shannon Seip and Adrienne Hedger (Andrews McMeel) www.momnesiathebook.com
NANCY DREW HANDBOOK by Penny Warner (Quirk Books)
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: The Ultimate Guide to Karaoke by Raina Lee (Chronicle)
THE CRAFTSTER GUIDE TO NIFTY, THRIFTY AND KITSCHY CRAFTS by Craftster.org founder Leah Kramer (Ten Speed Press)
WARM FUZZIES by Betz White (F&W/North Light)
SOFTIES book and kit by Therese Laskey (Chronicle)
BABY READ-ALOUD BASICS by Caroline Blakemore and Barbara Weston Ramirez (Amacom)
THE GRILLED CHEESE MADONNA by Christopher Cihlar (Broadway/Random House)
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BLOGGING by Jonathan Yang (Penguin UK/Rough Guides)
bOObs: A Guide To Your Girls by Elisabeth Squires (Seal Press)
M4M: The Gay Man's Guide to Finding Love Online, Jack Mauro (Simon Spotlight)
FUTURE, INC, Eric Garland (Amacom)
THE NONRUNNER'S MARATHON GUIDE FOR WOMEN: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training by Dawn Dais (Seal Press)
THIRTY TO WIFE by Craig Michaels (Marlowe & Co.)
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO: ON SET IN HOLLYWOOD by Brian Dzyak (Watson Guptill)
Natalie Bovis-Nelsen's "TheLiquidMuse.com" debut PREGGATINIS (Skirt)
THE WORK-AT-HOME SUCCESS BIBLE by About.com expert "The Pajama Mama" Leslie Truex (Adams Media)
PELE THE KING OF SOCCER/PELE EL REY DE FUTBOL (Rayo/HarperCollins)
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A REBOZO? by Carmen Tafolla (Tricycle Press)
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A PALETA? by Carmen Tafolla (Tricycle Press)
ZOOLOGICO DE POEMAS/POETRY ZOO by Margarita Montalvo (Scholastic)
WAY UP IN THE ARCTIC by Jennifer Ward (Rising Moon)
BUTTERFLIES ON CARMEN STREET by Monica Brown (Arte Publico Press)
MY NAME IS GABITO/ME LLAMO GABITO by Monica Brown, illustrated by Raul Colon (Luna Rising)
EXCLUSIVELY CHLOE by J.A. Yang (Penguin) www.exclusivelychloe.com
THE RIVER FLOWS NORTH by Graciela Limon (Arte Publico Press)
VOICE OF SUCCESS by Joni Wilson (Amacom) www.virtualvoicecoach.com
THE WORK-AT-HOME SUCCESS BIBLE by Leslie Truex www.workathomesuccess.com
THE BUSY TREE by Jennifer Ward (Marshall Cavendish) www.jenniferwardbooks.com
Debut middle grade novel by Diana Lopez CONFETTI GIRL (Little, Brown) www.dianalopezbooks.com

BEAN APPETIT! Bean Sprouts Café owners Shannon Payette Seip and Kelly Parthen (Andrews McMeel) www.beansproutscafe.com

BEASTIES by Diana Schoenbrun (Perigee) and PUPPET PLAY! by Diana Schoenbrun (Andrews McMeel) www.dianaschoenbrun.com

Karen Benke's RIP THE PAGE! (Shambhala) www.karenbenke.com

Carmen Tafolla and Amy Cordova's FIESTA BABIES following What Can You Do with a Rebozo? (Tricycle/Random House)

THE TOOTH FAIRY MEETS EL RATON PEREZ by Rene Colato Lainez, illustrated by Tom Lintern (Tricycle/Random House) www.renecolatolainez.com

RENE HAS TWO LAST NAMES by Rene Colato Lainez (Arte Publico Press) www.renecolatolainez.com

CHAVELA's MAGIC CHICLE by Monica Brown, illustrated by Magaly Morales (Clarion Books) www.monicabrown.net

STEFANIE VON BORSTEL is a literary agent, book-marketeer, and founding member of Full Circle Literary, LLC. Prior to agenting, she worked in a variety of editorial and marketing positions with Penguin and Harcourt, and enjoys sharing insight with authors about the publishing process. Stefanie regularly speaks at writing conferences, including the SDSU Writers Conference, the Writers League of Texas Conference, and the National Latino Writers Conference. Currently, Stefanie is looking for strong middle grade novels, picture books with an environmental or global perspective, parenting books, crafting/DIY, and Latino-interest projects.

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ADRIANA DOMINGUEZ has over 10 years of experience in publishing, most recently as Executive Editor at HarperCollins Children's Books, where she managed the children's division of the Latino imprint, Rayo. Prior to that, she was Children's Reviews Editor at Críticas magazine, published by Library Journal. She has performed editorial work for many important children's and adult publishers, both on a full time basis and as a freelance consultant, on English and Spanish language books. She is also a professional translator, and has worked on a number of translations of best-selling children's books. Adriana is based on the East Coast (New York), and interested in building a strong list of children's picture books, middle grade novels, and (literary) young adult novels. On the adult side, she is looking for literary, women's, and historical fiction, and in the area of non-fiction, for multicultural, pop culture, how-to, and titles geared toward women of all ages.

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LILLY GHAHREMANI, JD is a literary agent. Before forming Full Circle Literary, LLC, Lilly served as Associate Counsel to a firm addressing authors' affairs and soon decided that she wanted to work with authors throughout the full cycle of their book publishing careers, launching FCL with Stefanie. She enjoys working with authors from a variety of backgrounds, and loves a book that can make her laugh or keep her up reading through the night. Lilly is conversant in four languages and looks forward to learning more. Currently, Lilly is not accepting general submissions.

Please contact FCL and we will let you know the information for that project.

Stefanie Von Borstel
Adriana Dominguez
Lilly Ghahremani

To submit to Full Circle Literary please send a brief, one-page query (in the body of the email, no attachments please) describing your book project and author highlights---please visit our website for complete submission guidelines: www.fullcircleliterary.com

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Nonfiction – areas we are currently reviewing include parenting, crafting, how-to, eco/green living, reference, popular culture, multicultural

Children’s Picture Books – especially multicultural or green/nature picture books (our list is very selective and generally does not include books written in rhyme). Please send query with picture book manuscript text pasted in the body of an email.

Middle grade/Young adult – multicultural, contemporary or historical. No fantasy/sci-fi/supernatural. Please send query and first 5-10 pages pasted in the body of an email.

Fiction – literary, multicultural

Please note: we do NOT represent genre fiction (science fiction, fantasy, westerns, crime, horror, mystery, thrillers, detective novels, category romance) screenplays or poetry.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Please send your queries to: submissions(at)fullcircleliterary.com (you can include attn: agent's name in the subject line, if you'd like). We do not respond to queries sent to our other email addresses. We do not accept mail submissions, unless requested.

Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for response. We will notify you if we are interested in representing your project or if we will be requesting additional materials (such as a full manuscript or a proposal). Unfortunately we cannot respond personally to every query and submission we receive, and will only respond if interested in your project. We look forward to reading your work!

Please keep us posted on the status of your submission via email. If you are offered representation, please alert us so that we can also have the opportunity to give your project consideration.