"That is what we are supposed to do at our best – make it all up – but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.”
~ Ernest Hemingway
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Seymour Agency incorporates a credo of faith: miracles happen to those who believe. And we believe in our authors. We are committed to providing them the most informed, dedicated service in this ever-changing industry.
OVERVIEW:
The Seymour Agency is a leading literary agency representing a variety of genres including: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Christian, Inspirational, Romance, Mysteries, YA, MG, and Science Fiction/Fantasy.
We are dedicated to placing and selling quality literary projects.
BREAKING NEWS:
Mary Sue Seymour is listed at #1 by Publisher's Marketplace for Inspirational sales!Julie Ann Walker makes the NYT Bestseller's List AND USA Today List with her debut Black Knights Inc. series! Check out HELL ON WHEELS, IN RIDES TROUBLE, and REV IT UPJulie Ann Walker does it AGAIN! THRILL RIDE hits the NYT and USA Today Bestseller lists. Go Julie!Shelly Shepard Gray's makes the NYT Bestseller's list again, with her new novel FOUND.Nicole Resciniti wins ACFW Agent of the Year AwardMary Sue Seymour and Nicole Resciniti are contracted to write THE SMART GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED! It will be published by Smart Guide Publications in 2013- Publisher's Marketplace lists Mary Sue as a top three dealmaker for
Inspirational fiction!Foreign Rights specialist and former Simon & Schuster editor and Contract Manager, EMILY KEYES, joins the agency!!! Vannetta Chapman's A Promise for Miriam made the top 10 fiction list!
http://www.christianretailing.com/index.php/newsletter/latest-etailing/24750-coming-home-debuts-atop-general-best-sellersAmy Clipston is nominated for a National Reader's Choice Award for best novel!Melissa Landers signs a pre-empt with DISNEY-HYPERION in a sweet deal for her two YA books, kicking off with ALIENATEDShelley Shepard Gray makes the NYT Bestseller's ListJen Turano for A Change of Fortune and Amy Lillard for Saving Gideon receive 4Star Reviews from RT Magazine!Amy Clipston's Roadside Assistance is a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award for Excellence FOUR Seymour Agency authors have received 4STAR reviews in RT Magazine. Congratulations to Shelley Shepard Gray (Missing, Harper One); Shelly Gray (A Texan's Honor, Abingdon Press); Kelly Irvin (To Love and to Cherish, Harvest House) and Lisa Norato (Prize of my Heart, Bethany House)Mary Sue is named a Top Agent of the Year by ACFW--and was nominated for Agent of the Year in 2011! Check out more info at the ACFW blog & see what Mary Sue is looking for: http://www.acfw.com/blog/?p=2427Mary Sue visits Sandra D. Bricker's blog. Dina Bucholz's Unoffical Harry Potter Cookbook makes the NYT Bestseller's List
