LITERARY AGENT: Phyllis Westberg Accepts queries AGENCY: Harold Ober Associates, Inc. 425 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 FICTION GENRES:  Literary NONFICTION GENRES:  Self-Help/Self-Improvement

LITERARY AGENT: Yfat Reiss Gendell Accepts queries, email AGENCY: Foundry Literary & Media 33 West 17th Street, PH New York, NY 10011 FICTION GENRES:  Commercial, Historical, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction NONFICTION GENRES:  Action/Adventure, Gift Books, Health/Fitness, How To, Memoirs, Science, Travel

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