Contacting the Agency

IMPORTANT NEWS:  On October 12, the Agency relocated from Berkeley to Los Angeles, California. Our new mailing address appears at the bottom of this page.  Regular post office mail has been forwarded from Berkeley in most cases; mail sent by other means during the transition (e.g. FedEx or UPS) has not. Email has been arriving normally during the transition. Please bear with us as we settle into our new home; replies may take a bit longer than usual, but we look forward to reading your submission. Thank you for your understanding during the move!

 

QUERIES BY EMAIL

We look forward to hearing from you! We're happy to receive queries by email, but please do not attach any documents unless we ask that you do so. Unsolicited attachments will be deleted unread. Ideally, your query will be the equivalent of one to two pages in length. Our email address will not be changing, and there will be no interruption in email service during the move. Email address: mail@shepardagency.com.

 

QUERIES BY REGULAR MAIL

You may also send queries by regular mail. (please see the note above). One- to two-page query letters will always be read and answered more quickly than full proposals that we have not already requested. Please do not send a complete manuscript. We do not handle queries by phone or fax.

If you send a query or proposal by regular mail, please make sure to enclose a return envelope capable of holding anything you want returned, without which it will not be sent back. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for a reply. Be sure to affix proper return postage to your return envelope, and note that U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail generally requires more postage when you use your own packaging than when you use a USPS Flat-Rate Envelope. Your post office can help you determine the correct postage for your return envelope.

Please note, also, that the Agency really, truly does not represent fiction, poetry, children's books, or screenplays.

We've posted more information on writing book proposals and queries; please take a look!

 

The Agency's NEW mailing address is:

The Robert E. Shepard Agency

4804 Laurel Canyon Boulevard

Box 592

Valley Village, California 91607-3717

USA

 

Queries and proposals are not accepted by phone or fax. For your reference, however, our new phone number is:

(818) 508-0056

 

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