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Agent Profile: Felice Gums

Felice Gums pursued her Bachelor of Arts in English from Georgia State University and graduated with a focus on Creative Writing. She is originally from Austin, Texas and writes African American women's fiction. Her client list reflects her interest in works which straddle the line between commercial and literary genres. She is most interested in works of a multicultural nature, novels that speak to deep cultural roots and experiences of any ethnicity such as Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth or Junot Diaz's The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao as well as mature works of African American fiction such as Bebe Moore Campbell's Brothers and Sisters. She also seeks commercial, women's, urban and African American fiction, and is a huge fan of chick lit.
Felice is looking for:

FICTION:
Multicultural, African American, Chick Lit, Commercial, Literary, Suspense/Thrillers, Women's Fiction, Urban

NONFICTION: Memoir

 

Agent-Assistant Profile: Idaliz Seymour

Idaliz Seymour is an army wife and mother with a B.S. in paralegal studies. After being told a thousand times, “Do what you love!” she
decided that what she really loved was books. She will devour any manuscript put in front of her, but her favored genres are adventure,
mystery/thrillers, suspense, romance, and paranormal. She admits that she is both tenacious and unyielding, especially when it comes to the
things she is passionate about, which makes her an excellent fit at About Words Agency.

 

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