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LITERARY REPRESENTATION

I love to work with writers who dare to innovate, take risks, express something meaningful about our world. I bring conviction and passion to everything I do: from developing concepts and ideas to strategizing long-term career goals, selling foreign, film and other subsidiary rights, brainstorming marketing and publicity plans; and advocating for our authors. I am especially passionate about discovering and nurturing talented new writers, for whom I work hard to procure and negotiate contracts and guide them through the bewildering publication process. I also consult with clients on creating an effective online media platform and advocate for their interests with the publishing companies. I believe good writing is everything and so I work closely with my clients to edit and polish their work before I submit it to publishers. I provide every client with personal attention and because of this I limit the number of clients I take on. My interests include literary as well as popular fiction, including young adult, women’s, African-American and international fiction. I am also seeking authors of nonfiction, including biography, history, economics, popular culture, cultural commentary, memoir, graphic novels, and humor.

FOREIGN AND SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS

See my full list of co-agents:

co-agents

RECENT RIGHTS DEALS INCLUDE

Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan to Einaudi/Italy; Aschehoug/Norway; Fourth Estate/UK; HarperCollins/Australia; HarperCollins/India; Gyldendal/Denmark; Kinneret/Israel; Suma de las Letras/Spain; Ullstein/Germany; Arena/Holland; Rocco/Brazil; Edicions 62/Catalan; Actes Sud/France.

Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim to Rizzoli/Italy; Tilden/Sweden; Carlsen/Denmark; Penguin/India.

Finny by Justin Kramon to Ediciones Destino/Spain.

Film rights for Rock Bottom by Michael Shilling to Clift Street Productions.

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda to Karakter/Netherlands; Gallimard/France; Cicero/Denmark; Simanim/Israel; Corbaccio/Italy; Record/Brazil; Pegasus/Turkey; IP Jovan/Serbia, Proszynski Media/Poland; Profil Multimedija/Croatia; Forum/Sweden; Alma Littera/Lithuania; Beijing Booky Company/simple Chinese; Han Shian Culture Publishing/complex Chinese; Juritzen Forlag/Norway; Kiepenheuer & Witsch/Germany; Prah/Czech Republic; Planeta/Spain; Hermes/Bulgaria

THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION

I believe that the publishing industry is in a period of profound transition and plan to be on the forefront of the new business models that are emerging. I strive to be part of the digital revolution. I embrace technology and social media and urge my clients to become proficient in using these to promote their work. I believe online marketing and publicity are becoming increasingly important elements in publishing a book effectively. I appreciate the growing importance of digital publishing and am establishing contacts with the key players in this exciting new realm of publishing.

ABOUT AYESHA PANDE
Ayesha Pande has worked in the publishing industry for twenty years. Before becoming an agent Ayesha was a senior editor at Farrar Straus & Giroux. She has also held editorial positions at HarperCollins and Crown Publishers. She is a member of AAR (Association of Author’s Representatives), PEN, the Asian American Writer’s Workshop, and sits on the advisory board of the German Book Office. She has attended numerous writing conferences including Muse and the Marketplace, Aspen Summer Words and the Miami Writer’s Institute. She has taught college level courses in editing. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University.