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Marly Rusoff Literary Agency

Our literary agency represents a select group of quality fiction and non-fiction writers. Our clients include award-winning and best-selling authors, and while we take delight in discovering new talent, we are particularly interested in helping established writers expand readership and develop their careers.
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Simon Tolkien's THE INHERITANCE receives a Booklist Starred review (January 15, 2010)

Arthur Phillips' THE SONG IS YOU is one of the 100 Notable Books of 2009 selection by The New York Times Book Review (December 6, 2009)

Pat Conroy's SOUTH OF BROAD is #1 on New York Times bestseller fiction list. Also #1 on various lists from LA Times to Publishers Weekly and Independent Bookstores  (August 30, 2009)

Pat Conroy's SOUTH OF BROAD receives a Kirkus Starred review (June 15, 2009)

Meg Waite Clayton's THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS is a Target chain-wide Summer Book Group selection, a year long promotion beginning June 14, 2009

John Pipkin's WOODSBURNER is a recommended reading of San Francisco Chronicle (May 31, 2009)

John Pipkin's WOODSBURNER, a debut novel, was selected as one of the best books of May 2009 by Amazon's editors (May 1, 2009)

Kwei Quartey's WIFE OF THE GODS receives a Booklist Starred review (May 1, 2009)

Arthur Phillips' THE SONG IS YOU was selected as one of the best books of April 2009 by Amazon's editors (April 1, 2009)

John Pipkin's WOODSBURNER receives a Starred Kirkus review (April 1, 2009) and a Starred Library Journal review (May 15, 2009)

Jacqueline Novogratz's THE BLUE SWEATER receives a Starred Kirkus review (January 15, 2009)

Thrity Umrigar's THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN receives  a Publishers Weekly Starred Review (December 1, 2008) and a Library Journal Starred review (February 1, 2009)
Thrity Umrigar's THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN has been selected as one of the Best Fiction Books of 2009 by the Christian Science Monitor (December 3, 2009)

John Pipkin's WOODSBURNER  has been selected as one of the Best Fiction Books of 2009 by the Christian Science Monitor (December 3, 2009)

John Pipkin's WOODSBURNER  won the Center for Fiction’s 2009 First Novel Prize (November 10, 2009)

Ron Rash’s SERENA has won the fiction category of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Awards. The SIBA Book Awards were created by independent booksellers of the South to recognize great books of Southern origin (July 6, 2009)

Michael Stanley's THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU receives a Booklist Starred review (May 1, 2009)

Michael Stanley's A CARRION DEATH makes Los Angeles Times 2008 Crime Fiction Favorites and is also one of five finalists for The Strand Magazine 2008 Critics Awards for Best First Mystery Novel. (April 1, 2009)

Arthur Phillips' THE SONG IS YOU receives a Publishers Weekly Starred Review (December 1, 2008) and it is an Editor's Choice of The New York Times Book Review (April 19, 2009)

New York Times - November 28, 2008 - SERENA by Ron Rash
makes New York Times' Janet Maslin 10 Favorite Books of 2008 list. It also has been selected one of the Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly in the fiction category (November 3, 2008) and it is #7 on Amazon's 100 Best Books of 2008. Christian Science Monitor selects Ron Rash's SERENE on its Best Books of 2008 (December 3, 2008) SERENA makes Washington Post Book World  Best of 2008 Fiction list (December 7, 2008) , San Francisco Chronicle 50 Best Fiction and Poetry Books of 2008 list (December 21, 08)

SERENA by Ron Rash has been optioned for film by Nick Wechsler of 2929 Production.
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