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Take It from Me: An Agent’s Guide to Building a Nonfiction Writing Career from Scratch. (Pantheon, 1/20. Editor: Denise Oswald. Agent: Meredith Kaffel Simonoff.) Alia Hanna Habib is a vice president and literary agent at The Gernert Company, where she represents MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, National Book Award finalists, and numerous New York Times-bestselling authors. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. You include a lot of yourself in the book, and mention that you don’t think writers should completely erase themselves in an effort for neutrality and objectivity. Why do you think having a clear perspective is a strength? Putting …
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H.M. Wolfe's DAGGERMOUTH and PYTHON, in the Heart duology, pitched as a true enemies-to-lovers, dark, dystopian romance for readers of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, V FOR VENDETTA, and THE HUNGER GAMES, to Sarah McCabe at Scarlett Press and to Jason Pinter at Simon Maverick for audio, in a major deal, for seven figures, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026 and 2027, by Angie Ojeda Hazen at Lunar Literary Agency (NA). angie@lunarliteraryagency.com
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