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Literary Agency International, Inc.

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Jenoyne Adams, Principal Agent

In September 2003, Jenoyne Adams joined Levine/Greenberg Literary Agency, New York where she headed their Los Angeles office until January 2008. She had major success developing their young adult and ethnic fiction divisions and contributed such award-winning titles as American Book Award winner Reyna Grande's Across a Hundred Mountains (Atria/Simon & Schuster) and Stegner Fellow Nora Pierce's Insufficiency of Maps (Atria) to the literary fiction category.

A member of the Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR), Adams's publishing career started in early 2001 when her nationally bestselling, critically-acclaimed novel Resurrecting Mingus was published by The Free Press, followed by her second book, Selah's Bed (The Free Press).

From preparing a manuscript or proposal for submission to closing the deal and vetting the publishing contract, Adams enjoys the entire publishing process. Because Adams has worked as both an agent and an author, she is especially able to understand the lives and needs of her clients and she utilizes her personal experience in her agenting approach. Her interest include strong YA/middle grade projects, literary/commercial fiction, and nonfiction (for more detail, please visit the What We Are Looking For page).

Book sales to her credit include:

Reyna Grande's ACROSS A HUNDRED MOUNTAINS (Atria/Simon & Schuster)

Cherlyn Michaels's COUNTING RAINDROPS THROUGH A STAINED GLASS WINDOW (Hyperion)

Cherlyn Michaels's First Friday's (Hyperion)

L. Divine's debut YA novel DRAMA HIGH: Volume 1, The Fight (Amistad/Harper, reassigned to Kensington Publishing)

L. Divine's second YA novel DRAMA HIGH: Volume 2, Second Chance (Amistad/Harper, reassigned to Kensington Publishing)

L. Divine's third YA novel DRAMA HIGH: Volume 3, Jayd's Legacy (Amistad/Harper, reassigned to Kensington Publishing)

Sherry Ellis's WRITE NOW: Writing Exercises by Today's Best Writers and Teachers (Tarcher/Penguin)

Sherry Ellis's ILLUMINATING FICTION (Red Hen)

Nora Pierce's THE INSUFFICIENCY OF MAPS (Atria)

Margo Candela's UNDERNEATH IT ALL (Kensington Publishing)

Margo Candela's LIFE OVER EASY (Kensington Publishing)

Margo Candela's MORE THAN THIS (Touchstone)

Margo Candela's Untitled (Touchstone)

Jeff Rivera's FOREVER MY LADY (Warner/Grand Central)

Joel McIver's THE PRICE OF FOREVER (Harlequin)

Joel McIver's Untitled (Harlequin)

Linda Nieves-Powell's FREESTYLE (Atria)

Malina Saval's THE SECRET LIVES OF BOYS: What They Don't Tell You (Basic Books)

Diana Rodriguez Wallach's debut YA novel AMOR & SUMMER SECRETS (Kensington)

Diana Rodriguez Wallach's second YA novel Untitled (Kensington)

Diana Rodriguez Wallach's third YA novel Untitled (Kensington)

Ivan Sanchez's NEXT STOP (Touchstone)

Kristina Springer's debut YA novel, THE ESPRESSOLOGIST (Farrar, Straus)

Kristina Springer's second YA novel, UNTITLED (Farrar, Straus)

Linda Sivertsen's and son Tosh Sivertsen's nonfiction YA book, GENERATION GREEN (Simon Pulse)

Linda Sivertsen's writing deal for James Ray's HARMONIC WEALTH (Hyperion)

Jackson Pearce's debut YA novel, AS YOU WISH (Harper)

Heather Duffy-Stone's debut YA novel, Permanent Ink (Llewellyn FLUX)

Reyna Grande's second novel, DANCING WITH BUTTERFLIES (Atria/Simon & Schuster)

Hannah Moskowitz's debut YA novel, BREAK (Simon Pulse)

Traci E. Alexander's NOW THAT I KNOW: CELEBRITY AND OTHER AMAZING AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON THE JOURNEY OF MOTHERHOOD (TOUCHSTONE)

Naomi Carrington, Associate

Naomi Carrington joined Bliss Literary Agency in February 2008 and began working as an associate in July 2008. From acquiring and reviewing manuscripts to editing proposals and entire works, Carrington has an immense passion for all aspects of publishing and types of literature. Her main interests are young adult fiction, psychological and conspiracy thrillers, philosophical fiction, fantasy and literary adult fiction.

As well as agenting, Carrington has been playing classical piano since the age of ten.

Carrington has spent the past few years in various cities in California and New York and now resides in Los Angeles.