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Genres and Categories We Represent

Fiction:

• Commercial
• Mainstream
• Multicultural
• Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
• Women’s Fiction & Chick Lit
• Romance (all genres)
• Paranormal
• Young Adult

Non-Fiction:

• Biography
• Business/Economics/Investing/Finance
• Diet, Fitness & Health
• History/Politics/Current Events
• Investigative Journalism
• Lifestyle
• Memoirs
• Narrative Non-fiction
• Parenting
• Pets/Animals
• Pop Culture & Music
• Psychology
• Relationships/Advice
• Science & Nature
• Self-Help
• Sports
• Women’s Issues

Submissions

For electronic submissions, please send a query letter to Jill@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com or Kevan@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com or Kathleen@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com and write "QUERY" in the subject line of the email.

For hard copy submissions, please send the following:

• Fiction Query: please include a cover letter, 1 page synopsis of your work, and the first 10 pages of your manuscript.
• Non-fiction Query: please include either (a) the cover letter or (b) the cover letter and your complete proposal. What goes into a non-fiction proposal?

Our address is:

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency LLC
PMB 121
665 San Rodolfo Dr. 124
Solana Beach, CA 92075

Phone: (858) 492-8009

In all submissions, please include a contact phone number as well as your email address. If we are interested in your work, we will call or email you. If not, we will respond via email. (Accordingly, please do not send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and do not send any pages or materials you want returned to you). Our response time is generally 1-4 weeks for queries and 4-8 weeks for sample pages and manuscripts. We welcome unsolicited materials and look forward to reading your work.