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Home » Tools for Writers » Literary Agents » Brian DeFiore
Brian DeFiore
Third Floor
New York, New York 10013
Submission Guidelines
Submit a query letter, via regular mail or e-mail, that includes a brief summary of your novel or the scope of your nonfiction project, a short description why you're writing the project, any specific credentials you have for writing the book in question, the first five pages (for fiction only). If you are submitting via regular mail, include an SASE. If you are submitting via e-mail, send your submission to submissions@defioreandco.com. Please include the word "Query" in the subject line. Do not include attachments.
Tips From the Agent
We are not considering children's picture books, poetry, adult science fiction and fantasy, romance, or dramatic projects at this time.
Agent Advice
5.20.13
For an unpublished writer, does it cost more to seek a literary agent abroad or would it be safer to self-publish first in the home country before seeking an agent in another country?
5.13.13
What is the best advice you can give young writers who are applying to MFA programs?
5.6.13
Do agents really read synopses? Isn’t a ten-page sample more useful?
Speakeasy Threads
- Before you send your work to an agent -- added April 25
- Agent Follow-up Question added April 11
- Editors & Agents added March 22
- Time frame for replying to partial? added January 30
- Can you really find an agent with a query letter? added January 25
- Expand your clientele added January 20