Barbara Poelle - Irene Goodman Literary Agency

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Ms. Barbara Poelle

Irene Goodman Literary Agency

27 W. 24 Street, Suite 700B

New York, NY 10010

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Website: www.irenegoodman.com

Twitter: Bpoelle

AAR Member: No

Accepts Queries Via...

Snail-Mail: No

E-Mail: Yes

Online Form: No

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from Michelle_in_WI (premium member)

Jun 19, 2019 5:18 pm

EQ 4/13
CNR 6/19

Contemporary YA 81K

from LGV_AL (premium member)

May 29, 2019 5:03 pm

EQ 4/18/19 literary mystery (about 96,800 words)
CNR 5/29/19

from RebC123 (premium member)

May 16, 2019 3:01 pm

EQ: 5/16

YA Fantasy, 60K

from Elysia (premium member)

May 15, 2019 1:07 pm

@catherineelick
My guess would be that it's because, accordingly to the query response time data, she has only requested 3 things in the last year, and they were all very fast (0-5 days, average 3).
I still would give it a couple weeks rather than a few days, but that might be why some people are making that decision.

from catherineelcik (premium member)

May 10, 2019 1:57 pm

If the website says 8 to 10 weeks is a pass, then why are so many people on the time line marking their queries as closed/didnotreply after a few days. What am I missing?

from evan11 (premium member)

Apr 19, 2019 7:24 am

EQ: 2/14/19
FR: 2/15/19
Personalized rejection--with a bit of feedback, which I really appreciated. Wish it would have been a yes, she seems really wonderful.
Women's Fiction

from wtbyrne (premium member)

Nov 11, 2018 10:30 am

EQ: 11/11

Mystery

from michele42 (premium member)

Nov 11, 2018 8:49 am

EQ: 8/26/18
CNR: 11/11/18

Website says 8-10 weeks NR is a pass
YA fantasy 70k

from Risa97 (premium member)

Oct 25, 2018 12:21 pm

EQ - 9/13/18
CNR - 10/25/18

YA 110K

from TheWrite1

Sep 13, 2018 3:58 pm

Trish, when did you send your query?

from TrishFeehan (premium member)

Sep 13, 2018 2:58 pm

Ms. Poelle is the kindest agent! We had some back-and-forth emails a few years ago, and I was taken then by her personal touch. Today, I received a personal rejection with a recommendation to try another great agent (already on my shortlist) and use her name as a referral :) Very much appreciated.

from KristenH (premium member)

Aug 27, 2018 4:08 pm

EQ 5/11/18 (Requery Chain Reaction)
CNR 8/22/18 (No word from nudges)

from jldelozier

Jul 31, 2018 1:00 pm

Pitched at Thrillerfest. Full request
Personalized rejection.

from qreamsicle

Jan 09, 2018 8:05 pm

EQ 1/8/18

YA contemporary

from paddler

Jan 01, 2018 8:45 pm

EQ 1/1/18

99k thriller

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