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Mr. Matt Wagner

Fresh Books Literary Agency

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General

Matt Wagner

Fresh Books Literary Agency

231 Diana Street
Placerville, CA 95667
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Website:
www.fresh-books.com
Twitter (X):
@mattwagner
AALA Member:
No
Query Methods
Accepts queries via...
E-Mail
Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

none

Non-Fiction

Art/Photography
Business/Finance
Cookbook
Food/Lifestyle
Gardening
Health/Fitness
History
Narrative
Parenting
Science/Technology
Sports
Travel
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Ed Baig
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Gary Bouton
Dave Crenshaw
Harold Davis
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Roger Ma
John Mueller
Roger Parker
Timothy Parker
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Andy Rathbone
Cameron Smith
Taz Tally
Tamar Weinberg
Author Comments
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ShannonGibson
08/20/2024 04:22 PM
Form letter rejection, same one everyone has posted
Notified of offer of pub 8/18

Personal rejection with some nice words 8/19

Raisondetre
05/21/2024 05:05 PM
Here is a piece of advice to all writers searching for a literary agent.
In your query letter, give the literary agent you are approaching a compliment. And give that compliment within the first 2 sentences.
I've found that Literary Agents whom I personalized my query to and gave a compliment to ALL responded to me within 7 days.
Even if the agency ultimately rejected my query, I found I received a much faster response from agents I addressed by name and gave a sincere compliment to.
It's worth it to just say something nice to the agent who will read your e-mail. It's a real person you are e-mailing and everyone likes to be complimented.
Also, if you are sending out queries en masse, it doesn't take that much more time to just be kind or say something nice about the literary agent you are approaching.

Summary:
Address your literary agent by name
Pay them a compliment within the first 2 sentences

Result:
They will likely respond quicker to you.

Hope this advice finds you well, and happy publishing.
parker1010
10/01/2022 09:01 AM
I think maybe this agent should remove "sports' as a genre he represents.
TooMuchCoffeeMan
03/31/2022 10:00 PM
Three sentence rejection @ 5 days.
Maranda
06/10/2021 11:59 AM
EQ:6/5/21
CANCER COOKBOOK
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