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Maria Whelan
Inkwell Management
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About
Maria Whelan is an agent at Inkwell Management, one of the top literary agencies in New York. She represents literary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir.
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Maria graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in English and Drama, then obtained her Masters in Modern Literature from the University of Edinburgh. She moved from Dublin to New York in the hopes of pursuing a career in publishing. Before joining InkWell, she worked as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit and interned at Akashic Books. Maria enjoys a blend of literary and commercial fiction, as well as speculative fiction and magical realism. She is particularly fond of novels that straddle the cultural divide. She is looking for books in the fiction and nonfiction space that speak to the current cultural moment or examine overlooked facets of society. A few of my clients include Erin Mayer, Audrey Burges, Vinod Busjeet, Liz Topp, Joselyn Takacs, Luke Dumas, Dima Alzayat, Sarah Fay, Eduardo Garcia, and Tea Hacic-Vlahovic. Fun facts about me:
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to submissions@inkwellmanagement.com Queries should be emailed to: su*********@***************nt.com In the body of your email, please include a query letter and a short writing sample (1-2 chapters). Emails with large attachments will be discarded. We currently accept submissions in all genres except screenplays. Due to the volume of queries we receive, we may not be able to respond to your query. If we are interested in reading more, we will respond within two months. By submitting to InkWell Management, you agree to these terms. No phone calls, please. Guidelines & Details Vital Info @mariarwhelan Linkedin Website
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