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Sam Hiyate
The Rights Factory
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About
Sam Hiyate is the founder and president of The Rights Factory, a Toronto-based literary agency established in 2007. He has worked across multiple areas of publishing and represents a broad range of fiction and non-fiction. He is also known for his work in comics and graphic novels.
Currently Looking For
Hiyate has expressed interest in literary fiction, commercial fiction, graphic novels, and non-fiction with strong narrative hooks. He has also shown interest in work that crosses genre boundaries and stories with distinctive voices.
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