March 12, 2010
Taryn Fagerness Agency celebrates its one year anniversary!
March 5, 2010
Russian rights to PROPHECY OF DAYS BOOK 1: The DayKeeper’s Grimoire by Christy Raedeke sold to AST by Synopsis Agency in a TWO-BOOK deal, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
March 1, 2010
Portuguese rights to SECOND HAND HEART by Catherine Ryan Hyde sold to Publicaçoes Europa-América by Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
February 22, 2010
Czech rights to ARK OF FIRE and the sequel THE TEMPLAR’S CODE by C.M. Palov sold to Metafora Publishers by Kristin Olson Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
February 19, 2010
German rights to A CRUEL HARVEST by Paul Reid sold to Goldmann by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency through a license arrangement originating with AmazonEncore.
February 18, 2010
Italian rights to SWEET FARTS sold to Il Castoro by Bernabo Associates, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
February 12, 2010
Turkish rights to I KISSED A ZOMBIE…AND I LIKED IT by Adam Selzer sold to Alf/Artemis by ONK Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
German rights to RAZORLAND and a SEQUEL sold to Blanvalet by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Bradford Literary Agency.
February 8, 2010
German rights to A LONG, LONG SLEEP by Anna Sheehan sold to Goldmann by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Kelly Sonnack of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Polish rights to NOTES LEFT BEHIND by Brooke and Keith Desserich sold to Wydawnictwo Papierowy Księżyc by Graal Ltd. on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
Thai rights to SECOND HAND HEART by Catherine Ryan Hyde sold to The Post Publishing by Tuttle-Mori Thailand, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Hungarian rights to LEGACY by Cayla Kluver sold to Athenaeum Kiado by Lex Copyright Office on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
February 5, 2010
Polish rights to PROPHECY OF DAYS: The DayKeeper's Grimoire by Christy Raedeke sold to Vik Grazyna Piekutowska by Graal Ltd. in a TWO-BOOK deal, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
January 26, 2010
Hungarian rights to THE OUT-OF-SYNC CHILD: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz. a Skylight Press Book, sold to Studio Nagy Bt. by Lex Copyright Office on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Lynn Sonberg.
January 19, 2010
Korean rights to SWEET FARTS by Raymond Bean sold to Truebooks by Eric Yang Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
January 15, 2010
Thai rights to SAVING CINNAMON: The Amazing True Story of a Missing Puppy and the Desperate Mission to Bring Her Home by Christine Sullivan sold to Pet & Home by Tuttle-Mori Thailand, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
January 5, 2010
I HATE EVERYTHING by Matthew DiBenedetti spins hate into humor by finding a way to hate nearly everything-- from technology to Star Wars to sunsets-- and cleverly grouping hates for maximum laughs, sold to Brendan O’Neill at Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, Inc. by Taryn Fagerness of Taryn Fagerness Agency (world).
Japanese rights to FROZEN: My Journey into the World of Cyronics, Deception, and Death by Larry Johnson with Scott Baldyga sold to Kodansha by English Agency of Japan, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management. Film rights are handled by Jody Hotchkiss and Associates.
December 28, 2009
German rights to debut chic lit novel PERFECT ON PAPER by Maria Murnane sold to Heyne by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency through a license arrangement originating with AmazonEncore.
December 18, 2009
Portugal rights to BURN by Suzanne Phillips sold to Estrofes & Versos, by Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
December 16, 2009
German rights to the first three books in Ann Aguirre’s Sirantha Jax series, GRIMSPACE, WANDERLUST and DOUBLEBLIND sold to Blanvalet by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Bradford Literary Agency.
December 14, 2009
Russian rights to HALFWAY TO EACH OTHER: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home by Susan Pohlman sold to Ripol by Synopsis Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Judith Riven Agency.
English language Nigeria rights to WHY SMART COMPANIES DO DUMB THINGS: Avoiding Eight Common Mistakes in New Product Development by Calvin Hodock sold to Beulahland Publications by Taryn Fagerness Agency, on behalf of Martin Literary Management.
December 9, 2009
Dutch rights to LEGACY by Cayla Kluver sold to The House of Books by Mo Literary Services, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Taiwan rights to THE OUT-OF-SYNC CHILD: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz, a Skylight Press Book, sold to IG Publishing by Big Apple Tuttle-Mori, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Lynn Sonberg.
Estonian rights to NOTES LEFT BEHIND by Keith and Brooke Desserich sold to Eesti Ekspressi by Synopsis Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
December 7, 2009
German rights to UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO by Matthew Dicks sold to option publisher Blanvalet by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
December 5, 2009
Simplified Chinese character rights (China) to THE HUMBLE LITTLE CONDOM by Aine Collier sold to Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House by Big Apple Tuttle-Mori, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
December 4, 2009
Polish rights to FAT CAT by Robin Brande sold to Wydawnictwo Otwarte by Graal Ltd., on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
November 16, 2009
Russian rights to NOTES LEFT BEHIND by Keith and Brooke Desserich sold to Ripol by Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
British rights to NOTES LEFT BEHIND by Keith and Brooke Desserich sold Gibson Square Books by Taryn Fagerness Agency, on behalf of Martin Literary Management.
November 12, 2009
Portuguese audio rights to NOTES LEFT BEHIND by Keith and Brooke Desserich sold to Audiolivro Editora by Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
November 11, 2009
Turkish rights to ARK OF FIRE by Chloe Palov sold to Pegasus by ONK Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Indonesian rights to THE NO GOSSIP ZONE by Sam Chapman with Bridget Sharkey sold to Gramedia by Maxima Creative Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
November 6, 2009
Japanese rights to THE OUT-OF-SYNC CHILD: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz, a Skylight Press Book, sold to Subaru-sha by Tuttle-Mori Japan, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Lynn Sonberg.
November 5, 2009
Portugal rights to SAVING CINNAMON: The Amazing True Story of a Missing Puppy and the Desperate Mission to Bring Her Home by Christine Sullivan sold to Estrofes & Versos, by Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
October 29, 2009
German rights to THEY NEVER DIE QUIETLY, a chilling serial killer thriller by Daniel Annechino, sold on pre-empt to Ullstein by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency through a license arrangement originating with AmazonEncore.
Thai rights to THEY NEVER DIE QUIETLY by Daniel Annechino sold to Post Publishing by Tuttle-Mori Thailand, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency through a license arrangement originating with AmazonEncore.
October 21, 2009
Portugal rights to LEGACY, ALLEGIANCE and REDEMPTION by Cayla Kluver sold to Planeta Portugal by Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
October 1, 2009
British rights to Chloe Palov's next two suspense novels THE HERETIC'S TALE and THE ISIS AGENDA sold to option publisher Michael Joseph/Penguin by the Abner Stein Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
September 28, 2009
French rights to LEGACY and ALLEGIANCE by Cayla Kluver sold to Editions Lattès/Le Masque for their MSK imprint by La Nouvelle Agence, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
September 28, 2009
What the Americans, and the British, are bringing to the fair
By Rachel Deahl, Liz Thomson and Nicholas Clee -- Publishers Weekly, 9/28/2009
Taryn Fagerness Agency
The California agency has Kathryn Johnson's The Gentleman Poet (Avon, summer 2010), a novel that works off the notion that Shakespeare's The Tempest was inspired by a real shipwreck. The agency also has Matthew Dicks's Unexpectedly Milo (Broadway, summer 2010), about a husband in a failing marriage who's trying to figure out what went wrong. There's also the debut title in Amazon's fiction program, AmazonEncore, Cayla Kluver's Legacy: A Novel. The book, which the e-tailer published in August, was originally self-published by Kluver, a Wisconsin teenager, and is primarily repped by the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency; rights sold in a number of countries including Australia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan and Spain.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6699042.html
September 23, 2009
Complex Chinese character rights to LEGACY, ALLEGIANCE and REDEMPTION by Cayla Kluver sold to InStar Multimedia by Bardon-Chinese Media Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
September 21, 2009
German rights to FAT CAT by Robin Brande sold to dtv junior by Agence Hoffman on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Agency.
September 15, 2009
Turkish rights to LEGACY by Cayla Kluver sold to Pegasus by ONK Agency on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
September 8, 2009
North American audio rights to SAVING CINNAMON: The Amazing True Story of a Missing Puppy and the Desperate Mission to Bring Her Home by Christine Sullivan sold to Tantor Media by Taryn Fagerness Agency.
September 2, 2009
Vietnamese rights to Cayla Kluver's LEGACY sold to Hagiang Comcul, Jsc. by Tuttle-Mori Thailand on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
August 28, 2009
Japanese rights to Cayla Kluver’s LEGACY and the sequel ALLEGIANCE sold to Wave Publishers by English Agency of Japan on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
July 31, 2009:
THE HUMBLE LITTLE CONDOM by Aine Collier sold to Odoya, Italy by Bernabo Associates on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
July 22, 2009
German rights to Brooke and Keith Desserich's NOTES LEFT BEHIND sold to Weltbild by Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
July 13, 2009
World Spanish and Catalan rights to Cayla Kluver’s LEGACY and the sequel ALLEGIANCE sold to Roca by Sandra Bruna on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Thai language rights to THE NO GOSSIP ZONE by Samuel Chapman with Bridget Sharkey sold to Matichon Publishing House by Tuttle-Mori Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
July 6, 2009
North American rights to Matthew Dicks’ next novel titled UNEXEPECTLY, MILO, the quirky, heartwarming story of a man plagued by strange, un-ignorable needs (the need to bowl a strike, the need to sing 99 Luftballons at karaoke, and more) and a failing marriage, who finds a video camera and tapes on a park bench which lead him on a life-changing journey, sold to Melissa Danaczko in a good deal for Broadway by Taryn Fagerness, Taryn Fagerness Agency.
June 15, 2009
Italian rights to THE ROAD OUT OF HELL: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders by Anthony Flacco with Jerry Clark sold to option publisher Piemme by Luigi Bernabo Associates, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
Vietnamese rights to Brooke Desserich and Keith Desserich's NOTES LEFT BEHIND sold to Kim Dong Publishing House by Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
Japanese rights to to Brooke Desserich and Keith Desserich's NOTES LEFT BEHIND sold to Hayakawa by English Agency of Japan, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
June 4, 2009
German rights to the YA fantasy LEGACY and the sequel ALLEGIANCE by 16-year-old author Cayla Kluver sold to Piper, by Claudia Licht of Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Piper will make LEGACY a lead title in fall 2010!
Italian rights to the YA fantasy LEGACY, the sequel ALLEGIANCE, and the untitled THIRD BOOK by 16-year-old author Cayla Kluver sold to Sperling, by Luigi Bernabo, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Greek rights to the YA fantasy LEGACY and the sequel ALLEGIANCE by 16-year-old author Cayla Kluver sold to Psichogios, by Nike Davarinou of Read n' Right Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
May 21, 2009
Italian rights to Brooke Desserich and Keith Desserich's NOTES LEFT BEHIND sold to Piemme, by Luigi Bernabo, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
Korean rights to Brooke Desserich and Keith Desserich's NOTES LEFT BEHIND sold to Woongjin, by Duran Kim, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
First sale! April 1, 2009
Brazilian rights to Brooke Desserich and Keith Desserich's NOTES LEFT BEHIND, to Editora Planeta, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Martin Literary Management.
Fagerness Plunges Into Foreign Territory Solo
Galley Cat, March 24, 2009
"I've been involved with helping people get published at, what seems like, all stages of my life," Taryn Fagerness emailed us yesterday. "High school newspaper editor. College literary magazine editor. Various publishing related internships. Agenting has long been my dream job." Five years ago, she got her break in the mail room (okay, we suspect it's probably more like a desk) of San Diego-based über-agent Sandra Dijkstra, and was soon promoted to subsidiary rights manager chair. "I love being a link in what I call the 'chain of enthusiasm,'" Fagerness continued. "An author must get an agent enthusiastic about her manuscript. The agent gets an editor excited. The editor gets the marketing department on board. All the way down to the bookseller and reader. Selling foreign rights is the ultimate link in that chain—the branching out point. I get people in Holland, Japan, Estonia, etc. excited about books."
And she's gotten good enough at creating that excitement that she's ready to start her own agency, where she's already picked up a fair amount of work handling foreign rights for other literary agents (and, in a few cases, audiobook and film rights, too). According to her website, Fagerness takes on "nearly all genres, including literary fiction, thriller/suspense, commercial fiction, romance, history, self-help, business, and children's," and her clients include the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and Martin Literary Management. She also has a handful of authors as clients for domestic book deals, but is not accepting any unsolicited submissions.
Fagerness Launches Agency
By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 3/17/2009 8:02:00 AM
Taryn Fagerness, former subrights manager at the California-based Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, is setting off on her own and has founded her own eponymous agency. Fagerness, who will represent a handful of American authors, will focus on handling subsidiary rights--largely foreign, but also some audio and film--on behalf of other agents and publishers. Fagerness said that over the years she's met a number of agents who seemed to need help on the subsidiary rights side. The Taryn Fagerness Agency currently has five clients, among them the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and the newly-formed Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
