Marilyn Allen - Allen O'Shea Literary Agency LLC

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Ms. Marilyn Allen

Allen O'Shea Literary Agency LLC

615 Westover Road

Stamford, CT 06902

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Website: allenoshea.com

AAR Member: No

Accepts Queries Via...

Snail-Mail: Yes

E-Mail: Yes

Online Form: No

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from JasonTVoiovich

May 03, 2018 12:34 pm

EQ: 4/5/18 Business
Nudge: 5/3/2018

from FGeiger (premium member)

Dec 14, 2017 9:11 am

We work primarily with nonfiction writers, and are especially interested in projects in the following areas:

•Cooking and Nutrition
•Health and Wellness
•Lifestyle
•Parenting
•Sports
•Science
•Fitness
•Pop Culture
•Finance
•Business/Career
•History and Politics
•Crafts
•Gifts

from laurainboston (premium member)

Feb 24, 2017 11:14 am

Very personable and encouraging when I met with her at a conference encouraging me to submit to her. When I did I received a one sentence form letter in response which was disappointing; no recognition that she'd expressed interest or even remembered me.

from DonovanArch

Jan 29, 2016 7:04 pm

Requested Proposal for Non-Fiction book, Pop-Culture. Sent Proposal 1/29/2016 I'll let you know if there is a follow-up.

from grady38

Oct 14, 2015 8:01 pm

EQ: 10/14/15 Historical fiction

from tamarah3

May 15, 2015 11:13 pm

How long do you wait before nudging an agent who requested a proposal? Should I even bother asking (since a no-response is pretty much as good as a rejection, right)?

from tamarah3

Apr 25, 2015 9:39 pm

Queried last night, got a response this morning. Said she likes my idea and will read my proposal on Monday.

from balaney

Apr 15, 2015 2:05 pm

Thanks for the chance to consider this compelling story. Sorry but we focus on very practical nonfiction these days.

Best of luck, Marilyn

from lbeemoneytree

Dec 02, 2014 1:00 pm

EQ: 11/24
RFP: 11/24
Requested Additional Pages: 11/26

Non-fiction finance/real estate. She's super nice!!

from Patrick (admin)

Oct 17, 2014 1:36 pm

Profile Update: New website address.

from FHarrison

Jan 19, 2014 5:34 am

This agent prefers a proposal and sample chapters.

from Patrick (admin)

May 30, 2011 6:00 pm

Profile Update: New email address.

(Thanks rebuller)

from rebuller

May 29, 2011 11:08 am

Their website has her email address listed as marilyn@allenoshea.com

from lorilowe

Jan 17, 2010 8:25 pm

Marilyn replied very quickly to my query and said it sounded like a delightful book but she hadn't had any luck selling that topic area recently.

from eallen99

Sep 21, 2008 12:00 am

sent flwp email to query sent 7 wks ago
My bad - she doesn't handle fiction but sent a very nice apologetic note.

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