Dado Derviskadic 7

An agent with Folio Literary Management (see other agents at this agency).

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About

Dado Derviskadic is a Vice President and Literary Agent at Folio. His authors include Dr. Nicole LePera (How to Do The Work), Dr. Cate Shanahan (Deep Nutrition), Kelly and Juliet Starrett (Built to Move), Matt Alt (Pure Invention), Hiroko Yoda (Eight Million Ways to Happiness), John Birdsall (The Man Who Ate Too Much), Esteban Castillo (Chicano Eats), Naz Deravian (Bottom of the Pot), and many others. After interning with the New York Times in New York and China, he started his career in publishing as a Foreign Rights Director in Beijing, China, in 2009. In this role he acquired English language non-fiction for the growing Chinese market, including major works by Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs), George W. Bush (Decision Points), Henry Kissinger (On China), and many more. Dado reads Chinese, Japanese and Bosnian, and holds a degree from Middlebury College in Chinese film history and Japanese literature. He loves working with writers who have a deep and singular insight into their chosen world.

Country

United States

Fiction Open

In fiction, my tastes lean towards to the gritty, introspective and serious. Plot is less important than mood and thought, and I’d rather be taken on an intellectual roller coaster than to a heart-warming, neatly-wrapped ending.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Types/Lengths:

Novel

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Nonfiction Open

In non-fiction, I am primarily interested in: cultural history; biography; art history; film; religion and spirituality; psychology; philosophy; pop science and motivational self-help; health and nutrition; pop culture and subcultures; fashion; and food narrative and cookbooks.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Styles:

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

Topics:

History (General, Biographies), Lifestyle (Cooking, Fitness, Food and Drink, Mind-body-spirit, Self-help), Memoir, Science, Society/Culture (Pop culture, See guidelines).

Types/Lengths:

Book

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Electronic	Postal	Simultaneous
OK	No	OK

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Dates

Last Updated: 11 May 2023
Last Checked: 18 May 2023 We check each active listing's guidelines page for changes once a month (if compliant).
Last Audited: 02 May 2023 We audit each active listing twice a year.
Date Added: 11 May 2018

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