About Our Literary Agency...
 The Company
Founded in 1991, our agency's purpose has remained steadfast—to work creatively and
honestly with writers to maximize the potential of their book ideas and aspiring careers. We work primarily with non-fiction writers.
Our current bestsellers include When Giants Fall by Michael Panzner, In Pursuit of Elegance by Matthew May and Aqua Shock by Susan Marks. For more on our newsworthy books and authors, please visit our New Books section.
To achieve
significant results for our clients, we work closely with them in shaping their
ideas into appealing proposals and books. Our agency's services
include:
 author representation |
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contract reviews |
| project evaluations |
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special project management |
Editors can now review a listing and descriptions of new proposals by visiting our
New Proposals page. They can also receive
e-mail notification of new proposals by signing up to our
Literary Services Inc. New Proposal Alert.
Successful publishing today demands the talents of many experienced professionals.
Our Recommended Resources section provides descriptions and links to
highly respected individuals and firms who work with writers to achieve their goals.
John Willig, President and Literary Agent
 Celebrating his 33rd year in publishing,
John often kids with clients
that his career began as a Newsday paperboy growing up on Long Island, N.Y.
He was fortunate to be raised in a family whose passions included books, basketball,
and gatherings at the beach.
After graduating from Brown University in 1976, his first job was as a sales representative in academic publishing. He soon began work as a marketing manager and then editor
for HarperCollins. As his interests moved to trade publishing, he became an executive
editor at Prentice Hall for business books. While at P-Hall, John enjoyed working with such authors as Henry Mintzberg,
Philip Kotler and Jim Collins and acquired Mr.Collins' first book Beyond Entrepreneurship.
In 1991, he decided to become a literary agent and work exclusively for writers.
John is a member of The Author's Guild and participates at industry
events including Writer's Digest conferences and the Author101 University Program. John is the proud father of two sons (Ben and Josh) both of whom were All-Shore Academic All Stars.
E-mail: John@LiteraryServicesInc.com
Cynthia Zigmund, Literary Agent
 Cynthia Zigmund began her career in publishing more than 30 years ago when she walked into John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and was promptly hired as an editorial assistant. After falling in love with publishing and spending seven years with Wiley, she moved on to Van Nostrand Reinhold (VNR), a technical and reference publisher and began acquiring books. She joined Irwin Professional Publishing (now McGraw-Hill) as senior editor where she focused on acquiring business titles.
In 1996, Cynthia departed McGraw-Hill to join Dearborn Trade Publishing (now Kaplan Publishing) as executive editor. Six months after joining Dearborn she was promoted to editorial director, and was named vice president and publisher in 2000. During her ten years with Kaplan, Cynthia expanded the organization's program beyond real estate and finance to include management, general business, sales, marketing and architecture. Under her leadership, the organization published several business bestsellers and became a leading publisher of business books.
Cynthia holds a business degree from Monmouth University where she graduated summa cum laude.
Email: Cindy@LiteraryServicesInc.com
Joel Margulis, Western Regional Agent
Joel Margulis holds a B.A. degree in history and a M.A. in English from the University
of Missouri at Columbia. He is the author and co-author of a number of books on a variety
of subjects. He teaches writing at San Francisco State University in California.
E-mail: Joel@LiteraryServicesInc.com
Shane Bowlin, Administrative Director
With seven years experience specializing in virtual assistance to authors, Shane provides
administrative support from her office in South Florida. She is the
Virtual Assistant expert at iVillage.com.
E-mail: Shane@LiteraryServicesInc.com
Sylvia Tooker, Web Manager
Sylvia Tooker designed her first website in 1996 when her handwriting analysis teacher mentioned his desire to sell his books and courses on the newly expanding Internet. Studying computer programming at the time, she turned what began as a fun web site design experiment into a new career. Having previously worked in administration and office management for small businesses, she decided that designing websites for them was a natural fit for her skills and experience. Based in Dallas, TX, Sylvia provides virtual web design services to small businesses, non-profit organizations and private practice professionals nationwide.
E-mail: Sylvia@BearData.com
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