International Thriller Writers Pamela Ahearn The Ahearn Agency www.ahearnagency.com Short Bio: Pamela Ahearn is president of the Ahearn Agency, which represents a number of bestselling and award-winning authors in the fields of women's fiction and suspense. The agency president has been in business since 1992 and has sold more than 300 books, mostly women's fiction and suspense. Pamela‟s award winning and bestselling (New York Times, Publisher's Weekly and USA Today) authors include Steve Berry, Sabrina Jeffries, Laura Joh Rowland, Carlene Thompson and Grant Blackwood. www.ahearnagency.com Long Bio: Born in Cincinnati and raised on Long Island, Pamela Ahearn holds an MA from University of Chicago in Comparative Literature, and an AB from Brown University in Comp. Lit/German. She worked at Bantam Books, Dell Books and Richard Curtis Agency before moving to New Orleans, where she was with Southern Writers Agency for eight years. In l992, she founded The Ahearn Agency, Inc., which currently represents between 30-35 authors working in romance and suspense. She has represented several New York Times, USA-Today and Walden‟s Bestselling authors as well as RITA, Anthony and Agatha Award winners/nominees, including Steve Berry, Grant Blackwood, S.W. Hubbard, Wendy Lindstrom, Sabrina Jeffries, Meagan McKinney, Laura Joh Rowland, Carlene Thompson and Allan Topol. She is the author of one historical romance, and lives with her husband Barry and son Thomas in New Orleans. www.ahearnagency.com International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Donna Bagdasarian Publication Riot Group, Inc. www.priotgroup.com Short Bio: Donna Bagdasarian established Priot Entertainment Group after 11 years working in the publishing industry as a literary agent. Donna is interested in almost all fiction: literary, mystery and suspense, thrillers, historicals women‟s, and mainstream, with the exceptions of sci-fi and fantasy. Her interests in non-fiction range from pop culture to sociological, scientific, political, and memoir. www.priotgroup.com Long Bio: Donna established Publication Riot Group Inc. after 11 years working in the publishing industry as a literary agent. The company is a literary management company, representing their authors in all processes of the entertainment trajectory: from book development, to book sales, to subsidiary sales in the foreign market, television and film. Publication Riot Group represents both fiction and nonfiction with special interest in general fiction/mainstream, literary fiction, mystery and suspense, thrillers, historicals, contemporary women‟s fiction, biography and memoir, history, business, finance, psychology, and popular science. Publication Riot Group views the author‟s editorial needs and career development as integral components of the literary agent‟s role, in addition to the negotiation of intricate contracts. Some twenty-plus authors are represented by the agency. www.priotgroup.com International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Andrea Barzvi International Creative Management www.icmtalent.com Short Bio: Andrea Barzvi is a literary agent with International Creative Management and represents a wide range of commercial fiction. The first book Andrea sold when she was an assistant was He’s Just Not That Into You. She continues to search for those gems that become category changers. Please see her website, www.icmtalent.com for submission guidelines. Long Bio: Andrea Barzvi is a literary agent with International Creative Management. Born and raised a New Yorker, except for her four years at Colgate University and two years in Los Angeles, she has lived in NY her whole life. After graduating college, she went onto study law at Cardozo University where her passion for the entertainment industry began to deepen. When forced with a game-time decision to choose between pursuing a career as a criminal defense attorney or becoming an agent, she smartly chose the latter. Andrea works with authors who look to make a difference in people‟s lives, representing commercial non- fiction in the self-help, women‟s issues and memoir (both celebrity and non-celebrity) space. The first book Andrea sold when she was an assistant was He’s Just Not That Into You. She continues to search for those gems that become category changers. www.icmtalent.com International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Jenny Bent The Bent Agency www.thebentagency.com Short Bio: Jenny Bent has worked in publishing for over 15 years, most recently as VP at Trident Media before founding The Bent Agency in 2009. There she has continued her tradition of representing bestsellers, with over 15 titles on the NYT list since she opened her doors. She is looking for young adult, literary suspense, crime, romantic suspense, and general fiction. www.thebentagency.com Long Bio: Jenny Bent has worked in publishing for over 15 years, most recently as VP at Trident Media before founding The Bent Agency in 2009. There she has continued her tradition of representing bestsellers, with over 15 titles on the NYT list since she opened her doors. She is looking for young adult, literary suspense, crime, romantic suspense, and general fiction. Jenny Bent has worked in publishing for over 15 years, both as an editor and an agent, most recently as Vice President at Trident Media Group before founding The Bent Agency in 2009. There she has continued her tradition of representing bestsellers, with over 15 titles on the NYT list since she opened her doors. The agency recently expanded to include an in-house foreign rights agent and a children's book agent, Susan Hawk, formerly the Marketing Director at Henry Holt Children's Books. She is looking for young adult, literary suspense, crime, romantic suspense, and general fiction. www.thebentagency.com International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Michelle Brower Folio Literary Management www.foliolit.com Short Bio: Michelle Brower is a literary agent for Folio Literary Management. Michelle represents a wide range of commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction. Her authors include Scott Browne, Novella Carpenter, and Jason Roeder, and she has a MA in literature from New York University. www.foliolit.com Long Bio: Michelle Brower is a literary agent for Folio Literary Management. Michelle has been with Wendy Sherman Associates since 2004, and previously worked with Joelle Delbourgo Associates. She enjoys working directly with emerging writers and is interested in representing literary and commercial fiction, memoir, pop culture, humor, crafting, graphic novels, popular science and narrative non-fiction. Books that capture elements of the strange and wonderful will always pique her interest, and she looks for those that offer a unique perspective of the world. In commercial fiction, she is looking for a fast-paced, quirky read, and is especially drawn to horror, fantasy, and sci-fi with mainstream appeal. Her authors include Scott Browne, Novella Carpenter, and Jason Roeder, and she has a MA in literature from New York University. www.foliolit.com International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Moses Cardona John Hawkins & Associates, Inc. www.jhalit.com Short Bio: Moses Cardona is President and Foreign Rights Director of John Hawkins & Associates literary agency. I have been with the agency 22 years starting in the back office and rising in the ranks of the agency over the course of my career. My special interests are historical, suspense, mystery. www.jhalit.com Long Bio: Moses Cardona is President and Foreign Rights Director of John Hawkins & Associates literary agency. I have been with the agency 22 years starting in the back office and rising in the ranks of the agency over the course of my career. Some of the clients I represent are Cecilia Samartin, author of the 2010 International Latino Award winning novel, Vigil and Norway‟s Bestselling author 2010, British Dagger Mystery writer, Ann Cleeves. International Bestseller, John Katzenbach. I am a Native New Yorker and my special interests are multi-cultural stories, suspense, historical, literary fiction and quirky fiction. www.jhalit.com International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Lucy Carson The Friedrich Agency www.friedrichagency.com Short Bio: Lucy Carson worked in the editorial department of Bloomsbury UK and in the production department of The Weinstein Company in Los Angeles before she joined The Friedrich Agency in early 2008, where she is now an Associate Agent. She is seeking adult fiction and narrative non-fiction for the trade audience. The agency is based in New York City, and for further information, one can visit their webpage at www.friedrichagency.com. Long Bio: Lucy Carson worked in the editorial department of Bloomsbury UK and later in the production department of The Weinstein Company in Los Angeles before she joined The Friedrich Agency in early 2008, where she is now an Associate Agent. During her three years at The Friedrich Agency, Lucy has worked with such authors as Sue Grafton, the late Frank McCourt, Lisa Scottoline, Joseph Finder, Terry McMillan, Elizabeth Strout and Jane Smiley. She is actively building a list of both adult and young adult fiction as well as narrative non- fiction for the trade audience. The Friedrich Agency was formed in 2007 by Molly Friedrich and Paul Cirone, both of whom has previously worked for the Aaron Priest Literary Agency. The Friedrich Agency‟s list has a small list of beloved writers, with five Pulitzer Prize winners among them. The agency is based in New York City, and for further information, one can visit their webpage at www.friedrichagency.com. International Thriller Writers ∞ P.O. Box 311 ∞ Eureka, CA 95502 International Thriller Writers Deborah Carter Muse Literary Management www.museliterary.com Short Bio: Debbie Carter's agency, www.museliterary.com, is listed in the Literary Market Place, Writer's Digest guides, and Writers' & Artists' Yearbook.