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