Newish agent Colleen Lindsay reports signing a new client for FinePrint Literary Management. Kelly Gay is a debut novelist and urban fantasy writer.
Gay was nominated for the 2005 RWA Golden Heart in the paranormal category, and won the 2005 Laurie for best single title romance novel. She was a recipient of a 2005/2006 North Carolina Arts Council grant fellowship in writing.
Lindsay also says of her new client: “An important thing to note about Kelly: She very nearly sold me on the strength of her query letter alone; it was one of the most tightly-constructed and concise queries I’ve read, with a great one-sentence first-paragraph hook that drew me in from the moment I opened her email. She’d obviously put a great deal of thought into it, and not one word was wasted. Once we get her book sold, I may actually ask Kelly for permission to post her query online; I really think a lot of aspiring authors would benefit from seeing how carefully she constructed those six short paragraphs.”