Bucking the publishing recession, FinePrint Literary Management announced three new hires today. Agents Laura Wood and Ward Calhoun will join the agency along with the newly-hired in-house subsidiary rights director, Jacqueline Murphy.
Wood has twenty years of industry experience, most recently serving as associate publisher at Council Oak Books. She also worked at Crown’s Harmony Books, Duke University Press, and Columbia University Press. At FinePrint, she will focus on “serious nonfiction, in the areas of science and nature, business, history, religion, and other areas by academics, experienced professionals, and journalists as well as commercial fiction with a fantastical twist and high-concept science fiction.”
Calhoun most recently served as senior editor at Hylas Publishing. He also worked at John Boswell Associates and Bishop Books. At FinePrint, Calhoun will focus on: “nonfiction titles in the areas of sports, humor, and pop culture.”