KIELE RAYMOND

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Kiele Raymond is a Senior Agent at Thompson Literary Agency. Her list includes critically acclaimed and award winning writers such as Lee Matalone, Ari Braverman, Peace Adzo Medie, Nichole Perkins, Destiny O. Birdsong, and Candice Wuehle. Kiele received her B.A. in Anthropology and English Literature from Johns Hopkins University and her M.A. in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. She began her publishing career as an editor at Simon & Schuster and continues treat each project with great editorial care. Kiele lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

I particularly enjoy literary fiction with a strong sense of place and new cultural lexicons and narrative non-fiction at the intersection of many disciplines.

SAMPLE TITLES OR AUTHORS

HIS ONLY WIFE by Peace Adzo Medie

MONARCH by Candice Wuehle

NOBODY'S MAGIC by Destiny O. Birdsong

Specializes In

FICTION: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections, Multi-Cultural, Upmarket Women's Fiction

NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues, History, Narrative

Considers

FICTION: Literary Fiction, Short Story Collections, Multi-Cultural, Upmarket Women's Fiction

NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues, History, Narrative