If you are lucky enough to actually have a book agent (and actually get a book published) you also maybe unlucky enough to fall error to common author complaints about their agents. Mary has no such complaints as she is represented by the Regal Literary Inc. of New York and London.
What do book agents do to earn their percent?
They work when no one else is working. Before the publication party, before the book jacket conference and before the royalties (IF ANY) there is enormous amount of work the agent does with the manuscript, with the publisher and in positioning the book in the marketplace both domestic and international.
Mary is finishing her second book with Simon and Schuster --the first Oscar Season was a terrific debut novel which cracked the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List. Titled The Starlet-- it is scheduled for publication in early 2010--but the agent is already at work :
(From the Regal Literary, Inc. rights catalog)
THE STARLET is an insider’s account of life on a film set,
complete with an aging rockstar rehab guru, a sexy young
producer capable of anything, a desperate screenwriter,
locals clamoring to meet the stars, and one very, very
messed‐up actress. Throw murder and a massive drug
operation into the mix, and you have every tabloid’s dream
come true. Mary McNamara delivers a delicious read, but
this is no chick lit – it’s a smart, thoughtful look at a brutal
industry famous for devouring its young talent.
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