Updated! Son of a Pitch: Agents Dawn and Jennie from Red Sofa Lit

Today I have the great privilege of introducing you to our agents who will be perusing the entries! Meet Dawn and Jennie from Red Sofa!


Dawn Michelle Frederick (Bio from Website) is the owner and literary agent of Red Sofa Literary, established at the end of 2008. She brings a broad knowledge of the book business to the table, bringing multiple years of experience as a bookseller in the independent, chain, and specialty stores; sales, marketing, & book development at a YA publisher, and a literary agent at Sebastian Literary Agency. She carries a B.S. in Human Ecology, and a M.S. in Information Sciences from an ALA accredited institution. Dawn is a co-founder of the MN Publishing Tweet Up, the News chair for the Twin Cities Advisory Council for MPR, and a teaching artist at Loft Literary. You can find her on Twitter at@redsofaliterary.

Jennie Goloboy is a Literary Agent at Red Sofa Literary in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has a PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard, and is a published author of both history and fiction. Her book, Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era, will be published by University of Georgia Press in 2016.  Her funny, spec-fic short stories appear under her pen name, Nora Fleischer. 
Representative categories:· Science Fiction/Fantasy, especially with a literary flair. Would love to see more non-traditional settings and characters. I’m always open to optimistic, lighthearted fiction, but also enjoy a good scare.
• History– must have a commercial (non-academic) focus. Strong interest in American history, especially through 1850. Also interested in “history of an idea” books. Absolutely no personal memoirs.
• Romance, primarily with sci-fi and fantasy elements.
• Young Adult and Middle Grade– Mostly Science Fiction/Fantasy. No paranormal romance, dystopias, or “chosen one” stories, please.