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Dean Krystek

An agent with WordLink Incorporated (see other agents at this agency).

About

Dean, a Pittsburgh native, holds a BA in English from the University of South Carolina. After a successful career in the Army that took him from the sizzling heat of Vietnam to the cool interior of Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, Dean retired as a Sergeant Major. Afterward, he held numerous positions in the private sector and state & federal government, including participating in Operation Enduring Freedom as a Department of Defense subject matter expert training the Afghanistan national army for several years. When he finally turned his attention from wars to words, he brought WordLink, an agency begun in New Zealand by a college friend, to Pennsylvania.

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Dean is looking for authors with distinctive voices whose narratives invoke a strong sense of time and place and whose stories create a memorable reading experience. He’d like to see mysteries (whodunit, cozy); sci-fi (space opera, dystopian, alternate history, time travel); psychological suspense; thrillers; military fiction (character-driven pieces; favoring post-WWII, Vietnam). In YA he would like to see mysteries, paranormal, sci-fi, coming-of-age, and suspense with writing that stirs the imagination and caters to the young reader’s sense of wonder and adventure.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Middle grades, Young adults.

Genres:

General
Fantasy Subgenre: Paranormal
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cozy, Police Procedural
Science Fiction Subgenres: Alternate History, Dystopian, Space Opera, Time Travel
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Psychological

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Society/Culture: War/Military issues.

Submissions:

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

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Dates

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2026

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