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Melissa Flashman

An agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates (see other agents at this agency).

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A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Melissa Flashman majored in English at Wesleyan University. After stints in the English Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins, commercial and indie radio, the advertising world and something called cool-hunting (it was the late ‘90s), she got her first job in publishing working as an assistant in the literary department of ICM before moving to Trident Media Group where she was a literary agent for over ten years before joining Janklow & Nesbit Associates in 2017. Melissa represents award-winning and best-selling fiction and nonfiction. Melissa’s authors have won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critic Circle Award, the Whiting Award, the Rona Jaffe Award, the Hugo Award, n + 1 writer’s fellowship, The Nation’s Ridenhour Prize and the American Book Award among others. A former first serial and magazine agent, she enjoys helping her writers place journalism, essays and fiction in a range of publications including The New Yorker, Harper’s, the New York Times, Vogue, The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, the Paris Review, n + 1, Tin House, the Baffler and Jacobin.

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Country

United States

Fiction Open

She is drawn to a range of literary and commercial fiction and is particularly excited about stories that touch on the deeper meaning of life, family, identity and love. A good page-turner is always welcome.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Novel Novel
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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


Nonfiction Open

In nonfiction, she is particularly interested in conversation-changing books including journalism, science, technology, business/finance/economics, memoir/narrative, essays and cultural criticism.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Nonfiction Collection Nonfiction Collection
Book Book
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Business/Finance, Economics, Memoir, Science, Society/Culture, Technology.

Submissions:

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


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Dates

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024
Last Audited: 09 Oct 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 11 May 2018

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