We are very interested in non-fiction projects that are backed by your particular expertise and/or life experience. Ideally, authors should know who the target audience is for their work, and have a strong marketing platform geared to that audience, or be professional writers co-authoring with an expert.

Each FinePrint agent has particular tastes, and accepts submissions in the categories listed below.

Send a query letter, proposal, and sample chapters via regular mail. If you send a query via email — DO NOT INCLUDE AN ATTACHMENT. If we’re interested, we will ask for additional material.

Note:  Not every agent accepts queries by snail-mail.  Please follow any instructions given on the page of the particular agent you wish to query.

If you want to know more about how to create a winning proposal, there are several good books on the subject. FinePrint is happy to offer the following on-line resources for writers:

Proposal Guidelines
WRITING A BOOK PROPOSAL by Peter Rubie

Agent Categories:

Peter Rubie:

business

cookbooks

cultural narrative

current events

economics

education (trade only)

finance

food

history

how-to

journalism

Judaica

military

narrative nonfiction

parenting

religion

science

true crime

writing

Stephany Evans:

architecture

cookbooks

diet

food

health & fitness

home decor/design

journalism

Judaica

medicine

memoir

mind/body/spirit

narrative nonfiction

religion

self-help

spirituality

sports

wine

women’s issues

Ward Calhoun:

celebrity

entertainment

film & TV

gift

humor

pop science

sports

Diane Freed:

advice

business

career

celebrity

cultural narrative

current events

health & fitness

how-to

humor

inspirational

lifestyle

memoir

mind/body/spirit

motivational

narrative nonfiction

psychology

regerence

relationships

self-help

spirituality

sustainability

women’s issues

Meredith Hays:

advice

arts & crafts

fashion & beauty

food

home decor/design

how-to

lifestyle

narrative nonfiction

nature

pets

pop culture

Colleen Lindsay:

computer (trade only)

cultural narrative

current events

film & TV

gaming

gay/lesbian

history

licensed media

literary narrative

marketing

mythology

narrative nonfiction

pets

pop science

sex

technology

teen nonfiction

travel narrative

web 2.0

Janet Reid:

art

history

music

true crime

writing

Laura Wood:

animals

business

celebrity

history

illustrated

nature

pets

pop science

religion

science

technology

Suzie Townsend:

children’s non-fiction

children’s non-fiction chapter books

young adult  non-fiction

food

memoir

pets

pop culture

teaching