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Ms. Melissa Flashman

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

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Melissa Flashman

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

285 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
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Website:
www.janklowandnesbit.com/
Twitter:
@melflashman
AALA Member:
No
Query Methods
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E-Mail
Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

Commercial
Literary Fiction

Non-Fiction

Business/Finance
Cultural/Social Issues
Journalism
Memoir
Narrative
Science/Technology
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Known Clients (current & past)
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Lily Archer
KATIE J.M. Baker
David Batker
Heather Darcy Bhandari
Sari Botton
Taylor Chang-Babaian
Minhee Cho
Nicholas Day
John De Graaf
Scott De Marchi
Paula Deboard
Amy Dezellar
Kristin Dombek
Zach Dundas
Michele Filgate
Stanley Fish
Louise Flynn
Leigh Gallagher
Emily Gould
David Graeber
Jessica Grogan
Samantha Hahn
James Hamilton
Michael Hudson
Anita Hughes
Megan Hustad
Matthew Hutson
Nathan Jurgensen
Mastin Kipp
Matt Kohut
Chris Lehmann
Eric Lemay
Kristin Lemay
Sarah Leonard
Danica Lo
Katherine Losse
Jessica Loudis
Adam Lowry
Denise Lynn
John Marsh
Chadwick Matlin
Rachel Maude
Jonathan Melber
Marisa Meltzer
Walter Benn Michaels
Alexandra Molotkow
John Neffinger
Jens Nordvig
Daniel Oppenheimer
Michelle Orange
Maureen Christian Petrosky
Julie Phillips
Rachel Reilich
Simon Reynolds
James Rickards
Tanner Ringerud
Rose Rock
Paul Rome
Eric Ryan
Pam Satran
James Scurlock
Frank Sennett
Jack Shephard
Aliza Shevrin
Yves Smith
Chelsea Shields Strayer
Bhaskar Sunkara
Bill Tancer
Astra Taylor
Nick Turse
Kate Zambreno
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
tivolicat
01/13/2023 11:18 AM
Reprents Stray (Knopf) by Stephanie Danler
LightofBeauty
11/01/2022 04:45 PM
EQ: 8/1/22
Nudge: 11/1/22

LGBT Literary Fiction
msiobhanb
09/09/2022 07:37 PM
EQ: 9/8/22
Literary Fiction 83k words
Catsamoa79
09/07/2022 11:21 AM
EQ: 5/7/22
CNR: 9/7/22
histficdebut
08/02/2022 06:37 PM
EQ: 8-2-22

85K Historical Fiction
roadmap
07/05/2022 11:27 AM
EQ 4/15/22 WF
CNR 7/5/22
Penguino
07/06/2021 05:34 PM
Quickest rejection I've ever received at 24 hrs, with a note from Melissa.
MissPlum
03/30/2021 12:04 AM
Snail-mail query on Literary thriller CNR @63 days. And I sent her a SASE!
MHofmann
03/29/2021 03:39 PM
EQ: February 11, 2021
Nudged: March 16, 2021
CNR: March 29, 2021

YA MR 58K
GregariousPoetry
03/25/2021 04:13 PM
Received a rejection letter in under two hours from assistant Ali Lake. Such a quick, negative response might mean I need to reevaluate my query
sabrinadavis1023
11/23/2020 09:11 AM
I emailed my query letter on 11/23 at 10:10am
Newsgirl17
07/21/2020 08:55 AM
query 7/19/2020
rejection 7/20/2020
Memoir
vcostello
07/17/2020 03:21 PM
EQ 6/24
Full Request 7/16
90K literary fiction
giannifranco
07/17/2020 10:02 AM
commercial 06/11/2020
denied 07/16/2020
mauricelabi
01/13/2020 01:56 AM
query 1-4-2020
rejected 1-11-2020
memoir
edoyle02
01/05/2020 12:19 PM
EQ: 8/26/2019
Followed up 11/18/2019
CNR: 12/8/2019
jsk_31
03/28/2019 02:11 PM
EQ 2/26/19 lit fic 74,500 words
FR 3/14
ER 3/28 (grateful she was quick), seemed like a form letter, but very kind.
KristenH
02/24/2019 06:51 AM
EQ 10/24/18 (Requery Chain Reaction)
CNR 2/22/19 (No word from nudges)
aecc1970
01/28/2019 10:32 AM
EQ: 1/1/19
FR: 1/2/19
ER: 1/25/19

Literary suspense 72,000
rebeccam
09/20/2018 05:13 PM
EQ 6/25/18
FR 6/26/18
ER 9/20/18

Literary fiction, 55K
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Profile History
Last Update:
- Changed agencies. Formerly with Trident Media Group.
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