Updated November 6, 2009
| The Knight AgencyAn Exceptional Literary AgencyA visionary perspective on industry trends, comprehensive client services, and hands-on, white glove management are the fundamentals of exceptional literary representation. Since 1996 The Knight Agency (TKA) has utilized these principles to guide countless writers from query to published book, thereby developing a powerhouse roster of bestselling authors. Our team has placed well over 2000 titles at the entire spectrum of New York publishing houses, as well as at independent publishing companies throughout the country. Though we have represented clients in all genres, our areas of expertise include: women’s fiction, romance, young adult, literary fiction, mystery, fantasy and science-fiction, as well as multicultural and inspirational/religious fiction and non-fiction. Our agents have also placed self-help, health and financial/business titles.The agency focuses on a broad range of client services, ensuring that all aspects of our clients’ careers are addressed. Experienced TKA agents bring unique expertise in subsidiary rights management, including in the areas of: foreign rights, motion picture and television rights, audio rights, gaming rights, merchandizing rights and the emerging landscape of Internet rights. Additionally, our marketing and publicity department offers support in the areas of book promotion and branding. In the constantly evolving world of publishing, we remain committed to providing cutting-edge services and scouting for fresh, unique voices to bring to the forefront. But, ultimately, our strongest asset is the lasting personal relationships formed between our existing authors and our company team. Established in 1996, The Knight Agency has gained worldwide recognition for the success of our authors in the fiercely competitive publishing marketplace. Our philosophy is simple: what you give is what you get. As a company, we are dedicated to cultivating prosperous, long-term writing careers by giving clients unparalleled service. Thus, the agency designed a multifaceted approach to success, which includes maintaining high visibility in the marketplace, fostering the all-important author-agent relationship and operating full-service subsidiary rights and marketing and publicity departments. This conscientious approach anticipates the needs of clients at all stages of the publishing process. The stellar success enjoyed by our clients illustrates the merits of our methodology. Each of these publishing companies encompass numerous imprints, and TKA agents have sold to a large spectrum of these venerable names, which include: Bantam Dell, Berkley, NAL, Puffin, Pocket, MTV Books, Ace, ROC, Touchstone/Fireside, DaFina, HQN, to name a few. TKA has earned a reputation for discovering vivid, original works, and our authors have produced bestsellers featured on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Barnes & Noble Bestseller and Amazon.com Hot 100 lists. Awards received by clients include the RITA, Gold Medallion, Walden Books Award for Best New Author and Romantic Times’ Reviewer Choice Awards. Notably, in the winter of 2007, four TKA clients landed on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously, marking an agency first. |
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Submission Guidelines |
| Manuscript Submissions .Before presenting your material, please take a moment to read the submission guidelines which are outlined in the following sections. Your assistance in adhering to these standards will assure that the agency can receive, evaluate and respond to your material as quickly and efficiently as possible. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email our submissions coordinator Melissa Jeglinski at: Submissions(at)KnightAgency(dot)net. (Please use the @ symbol for “at” and a period for “dot.”) Or click here to launch your email editor.Submission and Query Guidelines The Knight Agency takes great strides in creating a writer’s community within the agency as well as throughout the world wide web. We strongly desire to provide an encouraging learning environment for aspiring writers of all backgrounds. Please take advantage of the information provided below as you continue the journey to further your writing career.Our agency team is pleased to offer a safe and secure venue in which to share your manuscript and proposal material for review. It is undeniable that one of the most satisfying parts of the agenting profession is discovering a promising new project. Our agents are open to reviewing manuscripts and material from both first-time authors and publishing veterans. The best way to get your material in front of our acquiring agents is by submitting an electronic query letter to the appropriate email address as outlined in THE QUERY PROCESS. Due to the the wide range of tastes and preferences that exist among The Knight Agency’s six acquiring agents, we are currently looking for material in a wide spectrum of genres. As opposed to listing the many types of projects we are interested in seeing (especially in this day and age of cross-genre material), please reference the list below for the types of submissions we ARE NOT currently accepting. The Query Process . Like quality writing, each step of the submission process is important and requires your utmost attention. The submission process begins with a query letter. For tips on writing your query letter please see our Writing a Solid Query Letter page. As indicated, we receive thousands of query letters a year and the best way to stand out amidst the crowd is by adhering to the following instructions. The Knight Agency currently ONLY accepts email queries. Please note that the Knight Agency stopped accepting Paper Queries submitted via the US Mail and any and all other means (including Fax, Fed-Ex/UPS and even door-to-door delivery) in 2006. If you should submit a query via any means other than the provided submissions email address, your query will not be reviewed or returned. Review of manuscripts currently takes eight to twelve weeks from the time of receipt. Please do not call to check on the status of your manuscript. If you are concerned of its receipt, e-mail is the best way to inquire. If after 4-8 weeks you have not received a response to your initial query we ask that you simply resubmit your project via an alternative email address. Due to neccessary spam filters query letters, and at times our responses, have been known to go missing. We ask that you understand these unavoidable inconveniences and appreciate your patience. And as a final note, there is no way to cut in line, or go around our standard query procedure. Attempting to do so will most likely be met with a kind rejection. |
