Agent Savant

The musings of literary agent Laurie McLean

Archive for January, 2013

Biggest Deal of My Career: a 7-Figure Kagawa

I am so excited this morning. I helped propel New York Times and USA Today bestselling YA novelist Julie Kagawa to a million dollar deal for her next series with teen book imprint: Harlequin Teen. It’s my first seven-figure deal. Julie’s too. Together we worked hard to make this happen. And now we can bask […]

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Romance Writers: Entangled is HOT!

            Yesterday three huge game-changing announcements came from Entangled Publishing’s founder and CEO Liz Pelletier: 1. Entangled inked a first-look deal for movies with Davis Entertainment through the fabulous Brandy Rivers at the Gersh Agency in LA. 2. Entangled digital-first books will be distributed worldwide by one of the Big […]

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