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Alexander Field

An agent with The Bindery Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Alex Field launched The Bindery in 2017 after 18 years working in book publishing and journalism. Prior to starting The Bindery, he served as Vice President and Publisher for two imprints of Penguin Random House, largest publisher of trade books in the English-speaking world. After college he began his career at Los Angeles Times, assisting in the Calendar section, and writing dozens of freelance pieces and news reports. Since then, he's worked in journalism and book publishing for nearly two decades, writing, editing, acquiring books, and managing teams including editorial, marketing, publicity, design, production, subsidiary rights, and contract departments. He has written for many outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Relevant Magazine, and Writer’s Digest, among many others. He has published a number of New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly bestsellers and many award-winning books, with beloved authors, celebrities, leaders, and media luminaries. Field grew up on the beaches of Southern California. Today he and his family live along the front range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

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Country & Year Established

United States
Agent since 2017

Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General.
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres.
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres.

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Business/Finance.
History: Biographies.
Memoir.
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity, Spirituality, See guidelines.
Society/Culture: Pop culture.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Accuracy:
We have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Pending
2 responses are pending (73 min | 116.0 mean avg | 116.0 median | 159 max days waiting | 695.7 std dev) from 2 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 84 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 84 days.)
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.

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Dates

Last Updated: 19 Feb 2025
Last Audited: 13 Jan 2025
Date Added: 19 Aug 2019

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