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What Mona is looking for
Mona is seeking smart, resonating projects including literary fiction, memoirs that read like fiction, & non-fiction for adults that speaks to today's cultural currents. She's closed to non-referral writers-for-children queries and will be open, via Query Manager, for one month (TBA) for exceptionally well-crafted adult literary fiction, and provocative adult narrative non-fiction. (no memoirs, please). Authenticity/own voices always essential.
Notable sales & clients
- Red Clay Suzie by Jeffrey Dale Lofton
- Addie and the Amazing Acrobats by Shauna Cagan
- Bigger than Me by Erica Simon Turnipseed
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mona Kanin open to queries right now?
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What genres does Mona Kanin represent?
Mona Kanin represents Literary Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction.
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