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Contains over 1, 500 listings for book publishers, literary agents, conferences and contests. 33rd edition.

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Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents "Better Books for a Better World”—the Silver Award in the category of Personal Growth/ Self-Help. Practical, motivating, and inspiring ways to unleash your potential—from one of today's most exciting spiritual teachers! You are a masterpiece. You have everything you need right now to create your life exactly as you want it to be. Successful people will often say that when they're at their peak p...

Debut author Royce Prouty offers a spellbinding tale of history, folklore, destiny, and redemption. Joseph Barkeley has a gift. Without the aid of chemical testing, he can accurately determine the authenticity and age of any document, seeing details within the fibers the way a composer picks out the individual notes of a symphony. But rarely does Joseph get a job this delicate and well-paying. A mystery buyer has hired him to authenticate the ...

Months after a tragic accident, Ella O'Hanlon flees to London in an attempt to escape her grief, leaving behind the two people she blames for her loss: Aidan, the love of her life, and Jess, her spoiled half-sister. Taken in by her beloved uncle Lucas, Ella discovers that his extraordinary house holds many wonderful memories for her...and his group of transitory boarders provides a refreshing and welcome emotional tonic. But as Ella settles in...

If you enjoy the work of Marilynne Robinson, Penelope Fitzgerald, James Salter...you should be reading Vickers.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book WorldThere is something very special about Agnès Morel. A quiet presence in the small French town of Chartres, she can usually be found cleaning the famed medieval cathedral or doing odd jobs for the townspeople. No one knows where she came from or why. Not diffident Abbé Paul, nor lonely Pro...

Full of diagrams, plot brainstormers, and examples from popular novels, mastering plot and structure has never been so simple.

A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture-now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at couture houses in Paris, Tilly Dunnage returns to the small Australian town she was banished from as a child. She plans only to check on her ailing mother and leave. But Tilly decides to stay, and though she is still an outc...

The #1 source for fiction writers who want to sell their work! Boasting over 200 pages of articles and interviews devoted to the craft and business of fiction, this edition of "Novel & Short Story Writer's Market" is better than ever before. In addition to more than 1, 000 market listings, readers will find more than 200 pages of content devoted to story arcs, flash fiction, beating writer's block and dealing with rejection?making up nearly ...

Poets? #1 source for getting their work published, heard or seen! Enhanced editorial features including a poetry calendar, worksheets, poetic forms and a submission tracker Includes a downloadable ?poetry slam? with accompanying author commentary Plus a premium one-year access to www.writersmarket.com's poetry listings, including competitions, literary journals and more This new edition of "2012 Poets' Market" ramps up the focus on how-to e...

New York Times bestselling author Lee Smith offers her signature mix of wit and heartbreak, as well as her "unerring ear for the lyrical and the down and dirty, " (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) in this superb collection of stories.

A "New York Times"-bestselling author returns with a suspenseful new romance series involving a priceless bottle of wine, two powerful families, and a precious pink diamond lost for three generations. Original.

Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year Final reflections on a happy life-from acclaimed historian Tony Judt. Tony Judt's The Memory Chalet is a memoir unlike any other. Each essay brings the smallest details of personal experience into the larger frame of history. Judt's youthful love of a London bus route becomes a reflection on public civility. Food and trains and smells all come alive as Judt takes us from ...

Necessary reading" (Booklist) from a New York Times bestselling biographer. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Sonia Sotomayor's former colleagues, family, friends, and teachers, New York Times bestselling biographer Antonia Felix explores Sotomayor's childhood, the values her parents instilled in her, and the events that propelled her to the highest court in the land. With insight and thoughtful analysis, Felix paints a revealing portrait of...

Containing comprehensive information you need, this book helps you to learn what to do, how to do it.

Forced by illness to leave behind a successful life as a writer in New York, Flannery O'Connor has returned to her family farm in Milledgeville, Georgia. She desires a quiet, solitary existence, but her mother, Regina, drags Flannery to the wedding of a family friend.The embodiment of southern womanhood, Cookie Himmel is Flannery's antithesis and has returned from her time in Manhattan to marry rich fiancé, Melvin Whiteson. Lona Waters, a duti...

One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008-now updated with a new chapterIt's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes). No wonder some people worship Steve Jobs like a god. On the other hand, stories of his epic tantrums and general bad behavior are legendary. Inside Steve'...

No matter what you're writing - fiction or nonfiction, books for kids or adults -you need a literary agent to secure a book deal. The 2013 Guide to Literary Agents is your essential resource for finding that literary agent - without fear of being scammed -and getting your book published.

For more than 30 years, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market has provided aspiring authors with the most complete and up-to-date information they need on publishing their work. In this edition you'll find interviews and articles from industry insiders on wide array of topics ranging from craft to publishing advice

Hundreds of publishing opportunities are offered in this book, specifically for poets, including poetry publications, book/chapbook publishers, contests, and more. Readers will find contact information, submission preferences, editorial tips, and other helpful advice.