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Pam Ahearn
The Ahearn Agency, Inc.
 Born
in Cincinnati and raised on Long Island, Pamela
Ahearn holds an MA from University of Chicago in
Comparative Literature, and an AB from Brown
University in Comp. Lit/German. She worked at Bantam
Books, Dell Books and Richard Curtis Agency before
moving to New Orleans, where she was with Southern
Writers Agency for eight years. In 1992 she founded
The Ahearn Agency, Inc., which currently represents
between 30-35 authors working in romance and
suspense. She has represented several New York
Times, USA-Today and Walden’s Bestselling authors as
well as RITA, Anthony and Agatha Award
winners/nominees, including Steve Berry, Grant
Blackwood, Carla Buckley, Julie Compton, Julia
Heaberlin, S.W. Hubbard, Sabrina Jeffries, Deb
Marlowe, Meagan McKinney, Laura Joh Rowland, Carlene
Thompson and Allan Topol. She is the author of one
historical romance, and lives with her husband Barry
and son Thomas in New Orleans.
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Kim Lionetti
BookEnds, LLC
 After
eight years at Berkley Publishing, Kim Lionetti left
her position as Senior Editor to join BookEnds in
March 2004. In her editorial work, Kim enjoyed
overseeing an eclectic list comprised of mysteries,
romances, westerns, young adult, nonfiction, and
general fiction. While she brings some of that
variety to her agenting life, she primarily
represents authors in the areas of mystery (mostly
amateur sleuth), true crime, young adult fiction,
romance and women's fiction. With her background in
editorial, Kim likes to be a "hands-on" agent and
loves helping her clients bring out their projects'
potentials. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, she's
now a Jersey girl and resides there with her
husband, two children and Winston the cat.
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Jill Marr
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
 Jill
is an associate agent at the Sandra Dijkstra
Literary Agency. Before joining the publishing
industry in 2001, Jill worked in radio and
television and has a strong Internet and media
background. She wrote features and ads for Pages,
the literary magazine for people who love books, and
continues to write book ads for publishing houses
and promotional features for television. After
writing ad copy and features for published books for
years, she knows how to find the “hook” and sell it.
Jill is interested in commercial fiction, with an
emphasis on mysteries and thrillers, commercial and
historical fiction. She is also looking for
non-fiction in the areas of self-help,
inspirational, cookbooks, memoir (she especially
loves travel and foodie memoirs), parenting,
history, current events, health & nutrition, pop
culture, humor and music. |
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Nicole Resciniti
The Seymour Agency
 Nicole
Resciniti is an associate agent at The Seymour
Agency. In addition to working with Mary Sue to
negotiate clients’ rights, Nicole divides her time
between NJ and Naples, where she has established The
Seymour Agency’s Southwest Florida Office. She is
currently accepting submissions and actively
building her client list. She represents romance
(all genres), YA, women's fiction, mysteries,
commercial thrillers, Inspirational, and
sci-fi/fantasy. In nonfiction, she prefers medical,
scientific, and political material, as well as
how-to proposals from qualified professionals.
Nicole is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson
University and holds degrees in biology, psychology,
and behavioral neuroscience. She is a member of AAR,
RWA, ACFW, and Mensa. |
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EDITORS |
Deni Dietz
Senior Editor, Five Star, an imprint of Gale
 Deni
Dietz has been in the publishing business for over
20 years and has been reading fiction for longer
than that. When she was in grade school, she tried
to hide her mom's hardcover Gone with the Wind
inside her Dick and Jane reader. She got caught,
learned her lesson, and hid her mom's paperbacks
instead. Deni still feels the same sense of joy and
discovery when she reads a non-clichéd,
well-written, character-driven novel. She says she
wants to BE THERE, in the scene. For example, she
doesn't want to know that General Santa Anna was
captured in 1836. She prefers to know that he was
naked except for his underpants. Deni says when she
offers an author a contract, she does a Snoopy
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Robert Gussin
Oceanview Publishing
 Robert
Gussin spent many years as a medical researcher,
including fourteen years as the Chief Scientific
Officer of Johnson and Johnson. This experience
served him well as he founded Oceanview Publishing
and is presently the CEO. Oceanview publishes works
of adult fiction in the mystery, thriller, and
suspense genre. Gussin is a graduate of Duquesne
University and has a doctorate from the University
of Michigan Medical School. He lives in Longboat
Key, Florida, and East Hampton, New York. |
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Annette Rogers
Editor, Poisoned Pen Press
 Annette
became addicted to reading during childhood winters
in Juneau, Alaska, where she read the city library
from one side to the other. Now, as acquisitions
editor of the Poisoned Pen Press, she searches for
new, unpublished mystery writers. Recent successes
include Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall, Murder On
Mykonos by Jeffrey Siger and Lone Star by Edward
Ifkovic. Rogers is also the author of her own
bestselling travel book, Egypt: New Complete Guide
of Egypt, which has been translated into six
languages. In addition, she has written for O, The
Oprah Magazine, and covered court hearings on the
Mormon Bomber case for Time/Life. When time permits,
she evaluates and edits manuscripts, corresponds
with writers and agents, and fends off Facebook
friend requests. She has a master’s degree in
History and English. |
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Pat Van Wie
Mystery & Suspense Editor, Bell Bridge Books
 Pat
Van Wie, Senior Editor, Mystery and Suspense - Bell
Bridge Books, is an author, editor, and writing
teacher. She has been immersed in the publishing
world for over twenty years. As an author, she’s
published eleven novels for three major publishers,
including: Ballantine, Bantam, and Harlequin. Her
last three books were hardcover suspense novels
released under the pseudonym Patricia Lewin.
Last year Pat crossed to the other side of
publishing when she took a position as senior editor
for Bell Bridge Books to build their mystery and
suspense list. However, she reads and acquires for
all the genres BBB publishes. In particular, she
enjoys all forms of fantasy, from urban to sword and
sorcery, and the great YA books surfacing in the
market.
Pat has taught writing workshops and classes in
various formats and lengths around the country and
is currently teaching creative writing at Collin
Community College in Frisco, Texas. |
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Abby Zidle
Senior Editor, Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon &
Schuster
 Abby
Zidle is a senior editor for Pocket Books at Simon &
Schuster, acquiring primarily commercial fiction,
including romance, suspense, women's fiction, and
historical fiction. Prior to working at Pocket, she
was an editor at HQN, Harlequin's single-title
romance line, where she worked with a number of
bestselling romance authors. She began her career in
publishing at Bantam Dell, after abandoning the
glamorous life of a Ph.D. student (the only job that
pays worse than editorial assistant). When not
reading manuscripts, she enjoys horseback riding and
indulging her reality TV addiction. |
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