Home   |   About the Agency |   Biography |   Our Authors |   Query Us   Below please find a select list of our authors. Paul Austin Author of SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN: An Emergency Room Doctor's Story (Norton), a riveting memoir in which Austin reveals how his high-stress career of helping others leads to a struggle to save himself. [more] Nancy Marie Brown Author of THE ABACUS AND THE CROSS: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages (Basic Books) and THE FAR TRAVELER: Voyage of a Viking Woman (Harcourt). [more] Cabinet Magazine Cabinet is a non-profit quarterly dedicated to creating a new culture of curiosity about the world and has been described by The New York Times as "voracious, omnivorous, and playful." PRESIDENTIAL DOODLES (Basic Books) was a collection they produced; the idea grew from a whimsical idea tossed out during an editorial meeting at the magazine. Marla Cilley (a.k.a. The Flylady) Author of the ever popular book SINK REFLECTIONS (Bantam) in which Cilley helps hundreds of thousands of her fans combat overwhelming household C.H.A.O.S. (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Taking a "baby-steps" approach, she offers little chores to do every day, to wipe out clutter and feelings of inadequacy. This was followed by the New York Times' best-selling BODY CLUTTER, which she co-authored with Leanne Ely. [more] Paul Collins Best-selling author of SIXPENCE HOUSE: Lost in a Town of Books; NOT EVEN WRONG: Adventures in Autism; THE TROUBLE WITH TOM: The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine; THE BOOK OF WILLIAM: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World; and, most recently, THE MURDER OF THE CENTURY: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars (Crown). Edits the Collins Library imprint of McSweeney's Books, and is a regular contributor to New Scientist and the Village Voice. [more] Frans de Waal Named one of the most influential people by Time Magazine. One of the world's most renowned primotologists, and author of, among others, THE AGE OF EMPATHY: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society (Harmony); OUR INNER APE (Riverhead), a New York Times Notable Book; and CHIMPANZEE POLITICS. [more] Thomas de Zengotita Harper's contributor, anthropologist and social critic. Author of MEDIATED: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It (Bloomsbury). Katherine Ellison Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter, veteran foreign correspondent and author of BUZZ: A Year of Paying Attention (Hyperion/Voice) and THE MOMMY BRAIN: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter (Basic Books). [more] Leanne Ely Certified nutritionist and author of the successful SAVING DINNER series (Ballantine). Co-author with Marla Cilley of the New York Times' best-seller, BODY CLUTTER (Touchstone). [more] Susan Freinkel Freinkel is a science writer whose work has appeared in Discover, Reader's Digest, Smithsonian, The New York Times, Health, and Real Simple. She is the author of PLASTIC: A Toxic Love Story (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and AMERICAN CHESTNUT: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree (University of California Press). [more] Avery Gilbert Sensory psychologist and author of WHAT THE NOSE KNOWS: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life (Crown), a finalist for the LA Times' Book Prize and the Royal Society Prize. [more] Adam Gollner A journalist with credits in The New York Times Magazine, Gourmet and Bon Appetit. Gollner is the author of the critically-acclaimed book THE FRUIT HUNTERS (Scribner's/Doubleday Canada), which won the McAuslan First Book Award in Canada and was a Finalist for the Mavis Gallant Prize. [more] Taras Grescoe Journalist and social critic. Author of THE DEVIL'S PICNIC: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit and BOTTOMFEEDER: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood (Bloomsbury/Harper Canada). BOTTOMFEEDER won Canada's 2008 Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize. Forthcoming: STRAPHANGER: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile (Henry Holt). [more] Nathan Hodge A Washington, D.C.-based writer who specializes in defense and national security. He has reported from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia and many other countries in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. His work has appeared in Slate, the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, and many other newspapers and magazines. Author of ARMED HUMANITARIANS: The Rise of Nation Builders and Co-author (with Sharon Weinberger) of A NUCLEAR FAMILY VACATION (Bloomsbury). [more] Hannah Holmes A self-described gleeful naturalist who has been nominated for the Aventis Science Prize. Author of QUIRK: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality; THE WELL-DRESSED APE: A Natural History of Myself; SUBURBAN SAFARI: A Year on the Lawn; and THE SECRET LIFE OF DUST: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things. [more] Scott Huler Author of ON THE GRID: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems that Make our World Work; DEFINING THE WIND: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry; and NO MAN'S LAND, retracing the steps of Odysseus. Huler's essays are often heard on NPR. [more] Ruth Kassinger Author of PARADISE UNDER GLASS: The Education of an Indoor Gardener (William Morrow). Kassinger's science and health writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, National Geographic Explorer, Health magazine, Science Weekly, and other publications. Edward Kohn Named a "Top Young Historian" by History News Network in 2007 and author of HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt (Basic Books). Kelly Lambert, PhD Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, Lambert is the author of LIFTING DEPRESSION: A Neuroscientist's Hands-On Approach to Activating Your Brain's Healing Power (Basic Books) and THE LAB RAT CHRONICLES (Perigee). [more] Colleen McDannell Professor of History and Sterling M. McMurring Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utah. Her books include THE SPIRIT OF VATICAN II: A History of Catholic Reform in America (Basic) and HEAVEN: A History (Yale University Press). James Morgan Author of the New York Times' Notable Book THE DISTANCE TO THE MOON and the critically acclaimed IF THESE WALLS HAD EARS: The Biography of a House as well as CHASING MATISSE: A Year in France Living My Dream (Free Press). [more] Jennifer Paddock One of the South's most exciting new voices in fiction, Paddock is the author of the acclaimed A SECRET WORD, which Jay McInerney called "a remarkably nuanced novel" and POINT CLEAR (Touchstone). Forthcoming from MacAdam/Cage: THE WEIGHT OF MEMORY. Caroline Paul Author of the memoir FIGHTING FIRE and the historical novel EAST WIND, RAIN (William Morrow). [more] Stacy Perman Writer for Business Week, and author of the New York Times' best-selling IN-N-OUT BURGER: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain that Breaks All the Rules (HarperBusiness). Gary Andrew Poole Writes for the New York Times, Time, GQ, USA Today, Wired, and other periodicals. Poole graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and is the author of PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao--the Greatest Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World (Da Capo Books) and THE GALLOPING GHOST: Red Grange, An American Football Legend (Houghton Mifflin). [more] Andrew Potter Author of THE AUTHENTICITY HOAX: Why the "Real" Things We Seek Don't Make Us Happy (Harper/McClelland Stewart) and co-authored the international best-seller THE REBEL SELL (called NATION OF REBELS in the United States) with Joseph Heath. Potter is also a columnist with Maclean's magazine, Canada's premier newsweekly, and a features editor with Canadian Business magazine. Siobhan Roberts Writes for The New York Times' "Science Times" section, The Boston Globe's "Ideas" section, SEED, and others. Author of KING OF INFINITE SPACE (Walker). [more] Jeanne Safer, PhD Psychotherapist and author of CAIN'S LEGACY, DEATH BENEFITS, and THE NORMAL ONE. She has appeared frequently on television and radio, has written for O: The Oprah Magazine and More Magazine, and lectured on the inner life and growth of adults for general and professional audiences. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Book Review, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications. [more] Michael Schuman Asian Business Correspondent for Time Magazine. Author of THE MIRACLE: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth (Harper Business). Nina Schuyler Literary novelist and author of THE PAINTING (Algonquin), which was named a Best Book by the San Francisco Chronicle. Brian Shawver Graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Shawver is the author of two novels, AFTERMATH (Nan A. Talese Books/Doubleday) and THE CUBAN PROSPECT (Overlook). Kevin Shay Literary novelist and author of the THE END AS I KNOW IT (Doubleday). Shay's humor writing has appeared in print and online in McSweeney's, eCompany Now, Salon, Modern Humorist, and the anthology 101 Damnations. He co-edited CREATED IN DARKNESS BY TROUBLED AMERICANS (Knopf), a collection of humor pieces from McSweeney's. Amanda Smyth Literary novelist and author of LIME TREE CAN'T BEAR ORANGE, a 2009 Oprah Summer Pick (Harmony). Amy Stewart Best-selling author of WICKED PLANTS; WICKED BUGS; and FLOWER CONFIDENTIAL: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers (Algonquin). Backlist includes THE EARTH MOVED and FROM THE GROUND UP. Forthcoming: THE DRUNKEN BOTANIST. [more] Elizabeth Dowling Taylor Author of A SLAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE: Paul Jennings and the Madisons (Palgrave). With a 22-year career in museum education and historical research, she was Director of Interpretation at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and Director of Education at James Madison's Montpelier. [more] Amanda Eyre Ward Named one of five writers to watch. Beloved novelist and author of HOW TO BE LOST; SLEEP TOWARD HEAVEN; LOVE STORIES IN THIS TOWN; FORGIVE ME; and, the recently published, CLOSE YOUR EYES. [more] Sharon Weinberger A national security writer focusing on science and technology issues. She is the author of IMAGINARY WEAPONS: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld (Nation Books) and co-author (with Nathan Hodge) of A NUCLEAR FAMILY VACATION : Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry (Bloomsbury). [more] Margaret Wertheim Margaret Wertheim is a science writer and exhibition curator. She is the author of PYTHAGORAS' TROUSERS, a history of the relationship between physics and religion; THE PEARLY GATES OF CYBERSPACE: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet; and most recently PHYSICS ON THE FRINGE: How Citizen Scientists Are Turning Physics on Its Head (Walker Books). Wertheim has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, TLS and many other publications. A recent major project is the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, which was exhibited in fall 2010 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. David Sloan Wilson Renowned biologist and anthropologist. Author of THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time (Little, Brown); EVOLUTION FOR EVERYONE: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives (Bantam), and DARWIN'S CATHEDRAL: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society. Terry Lecturer at Yale. [more] Guy Winch, PhD Licensed psychologist and author of THE SQUEAKY WHEEL: Complaining the Right Way to Get Results, Improve Your Relationships and Enhance Self-Esteem (Walker & Company). Forthcoming from Hudson Street Books: EMOTIONAL FIRST-AID. Dr. Winch also writes the popular Squeaky Wheel Blog on Psychologytoday.com. [more] ________________________________________________________________ __________________________________      27 West 20th Street, Suite 1003, New York, NY 10011 | 212.242.0466 | Fax: 212.242.2366 | Follow