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  Faith Hamlin

Faith's eclectic list includes mysteries and narrative and practical nonfiction by well-known experts in medicine, health, psychology, psychiatry, science, journalism and parenting, as well as in biographies, sports, business and the arts. In addition to mystery writers, including Katherine Hall Page, Cynthia Baxter, and Sara Rosett, she handles a select group of children's books--bestselling illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser, illustrator/author David McPhail, illustrator Aaron Blecha, and writers Doreen Rappaport and Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman. She does not handle religious titles or screenplays. An agent for more than 20 years, she began her publishing career managing bookstores, and worked as a sales rep for a number of publishers before becoming sales manager of Macmillan Publishing Company, which included Scribner, Free Press, and Atheneum, as well as a large children's publishing group.

Her 2011 releases include New York Times bestselling author Daniel G. Amen, M.D.’s THE AMEN SOLUTION (Crown Archetype), Holly Tucker’s BLOOD WORK: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution (W.W. Norton), New York Times bestselling author Thomas C. Foster’s TWENTY-FIVE BOOKS THAT SHAPED AMERICA (HarperCollins), and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser’s  numerous FANCY NANCY titles, written by Jane O’Connor, including ASPIRING ARTIST, (HarperCollins Children’s Books).  

At this time, Faith is looking for only established authors and illustrators with major platforms. She prefers to receive submissions via e-mail at fhamlin [at] sjga [dot] com. Due to the email volume, she will respond only if she is considering the submission. 

 
     
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Dan Agin
MORE THAN GENES (Oxford University Press)

Daniel Amen, M.D.
THE AMEN SOLUTION (Crown Archetype)
CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY (Crown)
MAGNIFICENT MIND AT ANY AGE (Crown)
THE BRAIN IN LOVE (Crown)
CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFE (Random House) 
HEALING ADD (Putnam) 
MAKING A GOOD BRAIN GREAT (Crown) 
HEALING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION (with Lisa Routh, M.D.) (Putnam) 
PREVENTING ALZHEIMER'S (with William Shankle, M.D.) (Putnam)


Anthony Aveni, Ph.D. 
AMERICA’S FIRST CITIES (Roaring Brook Press)
THE END OF TIME: THE MAYA MYSTERY OF 2012 (University Press of Colorado)
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR (Oxford University Press) 
BETWEEN THE LINES: The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nazca, Peru (University of Texas Press) 
BEHIND THE CRYSTAL BALL (University Press of Colorado) 
EMPIRES OF TIME (University Press of Colorado) 
CONVERSING WITH THE PLANETS (University Press of Colorado) 
THE FIRST AMERICANS (Scholastic)

Cynthia Baxter
TOO RICH AND TOO DEAD (Bantam)
MURDER PACKS A SUITCASE (Bantam)
CROSSING THE LION (Bantam)
MURDER HAD A LITTLE LAMB (Bantam)
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DIE (Bantam)
WHO’S KITTEN WHO? (Bantam)
RIGHT FROM THE GECKO (Bantam)
DEAD CANARIES DON'T SING (Bantam) 
PUTTING ON THE DOG (Bantam) 
LEAD A HORSE TO MURDER (Bantam)

Aaron Blecha, Illustrator 
GEORGE BROWN CLASS CLOWN (series) (Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin)
THE ROTTEN ADVENTURES OF ZACHARY RUTHLESS (series) HarperCollins

Kevin Bolger 
SIR FARTSALOT HUNTS THE BOOGER (Razorbill/Penguin Books for Young Readers)
ZOMBIEKINS (Razorbill/Penguin Books for Young Readers)
  (with Aaron Blecha Illustrations)

Janet Brill, Ph.D.
PREVENT A SECOND HEART ATTACK: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease (Random House)
CHOLESTEROL DOWN (Random House)


Dr. Helen Caldicott
THE NEW NUCLEAR DANGER (The New Press) 
NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE ANSWER (The New Press) 
WAR IN HEAVEN (with Craig Eisendrath) (The New Press)

Debra Chwast and Seth Chwast
AN UNEXPECTED LIFE (Sterling)

Robert Cooke
DR. FOLKMAN'S WAR: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer (Random House)


Meredith Cole
POSED FOR MURDER (St. Martin’s Press)
DEAD IN THE WATER (St. Martin’s Press)

James Dowd, M.D. and Diane Stafford
THE VITAMIN D CURE (John Wiley & Sons)

Thomas C. Foster, Ph.D.
TWENTY-FIVE BOOKS THAT SHAPED AMERICA (HarperCollins)
HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR (HarperCollins) 
HOW TO READ NOVELS LIKE A PROFESSOR (HarperCollins)

Robin Preiss Glasser, illustrator
FANCY NANCY (by Jane O'Connor) (HarperCollins) 
FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY (HarperCollins)
FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR, BUTTERFLY! (HarperCollins)
FANCY NANCY’S SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS (HarperCollins)
FANCY NANCY POET EXTRAORDINAIRE (HarperCollins)
FANCY NANCY ASPIRING ARTIST (HarperCollins)

OUR FIFTY STATES (by Lynne Cheney) (Simon & Schuster) 
AMERICA: A PATRIOTIC PRIMER (Simon & Schuster) 
A IS FOR ABIGAIL (Simon & Schuster) 

ALEXANDER WHO IS NOT (DO YOU HEAR ME? I MEAN IT!) GOING TO MOVE (by Judith Viorst)  (Simon & Schuster)

TEA FOR RUBY (by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York) (Simon & Schuster)

DADDY'S GIRL (by Garrison Keillor) (Hyperion)

Robin Preiss Glasser and Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
YOU CAN'T TAKE A BALLOON INTO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (Dial Books)
Peter Green, M.D. and Rory Jones
CELIAC DISEASE (Harper Collins)

Gotham Writers’ Workshop
WRITING MOVIES (Bloomsbury USA)
WRITING FICTION (Bloomsbury USA) 
FICTION GALLERY (Bloomsbury USA)

Wendy Harpham, M.D.
HAPPINESS IN A STORM: MEDICINE, HOPE, AND HEALTHY SURVIVORSHIP (W.W. Norton)

Hal Hellman
GREAT FEUDS IN TECHNOLOGY (John Wiley & Sons) 
GREAT FEUDS IN SCIENCE (John Wiley & Sons) 
GREAT FEUDS IN MEDICINE (John Wiley & Sons) 
GREAT FEUDS IN MATHEMATICS (John Wiley & Sons)

Elliott Hester
PLANE INSANITY (St. Martin's Press) 
ADVENTURES OF A CONTINENTAL DRIFTER (St. Martin's Press) 

Allegra Kent
ONCE A DANCER, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (University Press of Florida/St. Martin's Press) 

Chuck Kinder
HONEYMOONERS (Carnegie Mellon) 
LAST MOUNTAIN DANCER (Carroll & Graf)

Wayne Koestenbaum, Ph.D.
THE QUEEN'S THROAT: OPERA, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND THE MYSTERY OF DESIRE (Da Capo) 

Aleta Koman, M.Ed. with Edward Myers
How to Mend a Broken Heart (McGraw Hill)

Sherryll Kraizer, Ph.D. 
10 DAYS TO A BULLY-PROOF CHILD (Da Capo Press)

Margaret McNamara
APPLE ABC (Scholastic)


David McPhail, author and illustrator
DAVID MCPHAIL’S NURSERY TALES (Roaring Brook Press)
THE TREE (Henry Holt & Co.)
PIG PIG ALL OVER (Charlesbridge)
PIG PIG RETURNS (Charlesbridge)
WEEZER CHANGES THE WORLD (Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster)

David McPhail, illustrator
ALL THE AWAKE ANIMALS (ARE ALMOST ASLEEP) (Little, Brown and Company)
MAMA’S RIGHT HERE (Scholastic)
WHO LOVES THE LITTLE LAMB? (Hyperion)

David McPhail and John O’Connor
THE FERRET BROTHERS (Charlesbridge)

David McPhail and Albert Lamb 
THE ABANDONED LIGHTHOUSE (Roaring Brook Press)
TELL ME THE DAY BACKWARDS (Candlewick Press)

Julie Morgenstern 
WHEN ORGANIZING ISN’T ENOUGH (Simon and Schuster)
ORGANIZING FROM THE INSIDE OUT (Henry Holt) 
TIME MANAGEMENT FROM THE INSIDE OUT (Henry Holt) 
NEVER CHECK E-MAIL IN THE MORNING (Simon and Schuster) 
ORGANIZING FOR TEENS FROM THE INSIDE OUT (Henry Holt)

Thylias Moss
SLAVE MOTH (Persea Books) 
TOKYO BUTTER (Poems) (Persea) 


Mike Mullane 
RIDING ROCKETS: OUTRAGEOUS TALES OF A SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT (Scribner) 
DO YOUR EARS POP IN SPACE? (John Wiley & Sons)
Jeff Neuman and Lorne Rubenstein
A DISORDERLY COMPENDIUM OF GOLF (Workman) 

Fred Newman 
MOUTHSOUNDS (Workman) 

Katherine Hall Page 
19 titles in “Body” series including: 
THE BODY IN THE GAZEBO (William Morrow)
THE BODY IN THE SLEIGH (William Morrow)
THE BODY IN THE GALLERY (William Morrow)
THE BODY IN THE ATTIC (William Morrow) 
THE BODY IN THE SNOWDRIFT (William Morrow) 

David Perkins, Ph.D.
MAKING LEARNING WHOLE (Jossey-Bass)
THE EUREKA EFFECT (W.W. Norton) 
KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE (John Wiley & Sons) 

Terry Pluto 
LOOSE BALLS (Simon & Schuster) 
FALSE START (Gray & Co.)
DEALING (Gray & Co.)
THE VIEW FROM PLUTO (Gray & Co.) 
EVERYDAY FAITH (Gray & Co.) 
PLUTO ON THE CLEVELAND BROWNS (Gray & Co.) 
WHEN ALL THE WORLD WAS BROWNS TOWN (Gray & Co.) 
TALL TALES (Simon & Schuster) 
THE FRANCHISE (Gray & Co.) with Brian Windhorst
LEBRON JAMES: THE MAKING OF AN MVP (Gray & Co.) with Brian Windhorst

Ashley Davis Prend, A.C.S.W.
TRANSCENDING LOSS (Berkley)

Doreen Rappaport
JFK (Hyperion)
JEFFERSON (Hyperion)
MARTIN'S BIG WORDS (Hyperion) 
ABE’S HONEST WORDS (Hyperion)
FREDERICK’S JOURNEY (Hyperion)
JOHN'S SECRET WORDS: THE LIFE OF JOHN LENNON (Hyperion) 
THE SCHOOL IS NOT WHITE (Hyperion) 
FREEDOM RIVER (Hyperion) 
NOBODY GONNA TURN ME ‘ROUND (Candlewick) 
LADY LIBERTY (Hyperion) 
ELEANOR'S BIG WORDS (Hyperion) 
THE SECRET SEDER (Hyperion) 
BEYOND COURAGE: Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust (Candlewick)

John Rubino
CLEANING UP WITH GREEN (John Wiley and Sons)
HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING REAL ESTATE BUST (Rodale) 
THE COLLAPSE OF THE DOLLAR AND HOW TO PROFIT FROM IT with James Turk (Doubleday/Currency)

Bruce Rosenblum, Ph.D. and Fred Kuttner, Ph.D. 
THE QUANTUM ENIGMA (Oxford University Press) 

Sara Rosett 
MISTLETOE, MISGIVINGS AND MURDER (Kensington)
SPANISH MOSS, MALICE AND MURDER (Kensington)
MAGNOLIAS, MOONLIGHT AND MURDER (Kensington)
GETTING AWAY IS DEADLY (Kensington)
STAYING AT HOME IS A KILLER (Kensington)
MOVING IS MURDER (Kensington)

Lorne Rubenstein
MOE AND ME (ECW Press)

Joseph Sebarenzi with Laura Ann Mullane
GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA (Atria Books)

Richard Shames, M.D. and Karilee Shames, Ph.D., R.N.
THE THYROID/MIND CONNECTION (Rodale) 
THYROID POWER (HarperCollins) 
FEELING FAT, FUZZY AND FRAZZLED (Hudson Street Press)

Elaine F. Shimberg
BLENDING FAMILIES (Berkley)
COPING WITH COPD (St. Martin's Press)
THE COMPLETE SINGLE FATHER (Adams) with Michael Shimberg

Keri Smith 
WRECK THIS JOURNAL (Perigee)
HOW TO BE AN EXPLORER OF THE WORLD (Perigee)
THIS IS NOT A BOOK (Perigee)
FINISH THIS BOOK! (Perigee)
MESS (Perigee)

Holly Tucker, Ph.D.
BLOOD WORK: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution (W.W. Norton)

Union of Concerned Scientists
A SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO TALKING WITH THE MEDIA (Rutgers University Press) 
Richard Hayes and Daniel Grossman and the Union of Concerned Scientists 
THE CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICES (Three Rivers) 
Warren Leon and Michael Brower and the Union of Concerned Scientists 
IS OUR FOOD SAFE? 
Warren Leon and Caroline Smith DeWaal

Edward Villella and Larry Kaplan 
PRODIGAL SON (University of Pittsburgh Press) 

Steve Weinberg 
TAKING ON THE TRUST: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller (W.W. Norton)

Jacqueline Weitzman
SUPER HERO JOE I and II, (Simon & Schuster, Paula Wiseman Books)