Agent Spotlight: Chris Bucci of The McDermid Agency
Agent Spotlights (with this spotlight featuring Chris Bucci of The McDermid Agency) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.
Reminder: Agent Spotlights (with this spotlight featuring Chris Bucci of The McDermid Agency) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list. While Chris is not a new agent, a spotlight like this resembles a New Agent Alert in that the agent has put out a public call for more submissions.
About Chris: Chris Bucci is a literary agent, director, and full partner at The McDermid Agency. He represents bestselling authors such as Bob Rae, Timothy Caulfield, Susan Delacourt, Jowita Bydlowska, James Grainger, and Kerri Sakamoto. Most recently senior editor at McClelland & Stewart, he worked primarily with nonfiction, bringing to the M&S catalogue the likes of Alain de Botton, Christopher Hitchens, Paul Watson and Sir Martin Gilbert. He began his career at the University of Toronto Press and soon became an acquisitions editor in social sciences and cultural studies. Bucci joined HarperCollins Canada in 2003 as a nonfiction editor. Moving to M&S in 2004, Bucci helped revitalize the McClelland & Stewart nonfiction program, establishing relationships with international authors, agents and publishers.
He is seeking: literary fiction, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction, commercial literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. For nonfiction, he seeks popular science, sports, popular culture, politics, essays, and history.
Chris is not the agent for picture books, poetry, erotica, or inspirational fiction.
Upcoming writers conferences: The Toronto Writing Workshop on Aug. 20, 2016.
How to submit: Please email info [at] mcdermidagency.com with a query letter, which should include a brief description of yourself and your project. You are welcome to include the first 10-15 pages of your manuscript pasted into the body of the email. Please do not send any further material unless invited to do so.
Chuck Sambuchino is a former editor with the Writer's Digest writing community and author of several books, including How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack and Create Your Writer Platform.
