Malaga Baldi
Malaga Baldi has worked as an independent literary agent since 1986. The Baldi Agency is an eclectic agency specializing in literary fiction, memoir and cultural history. She worked as a cashier at Gotham Book Mart, in the Ballantine Books Publicity Department, as an associate at Candida Donadio & Associates and the Elaine Markson Agency before going out on her own. Baldi believes the strength of the author’s voice and the heart of the story to be key when considering new work. Baldi graduated from Hampshire College and lives in NYC.
What I’m Looking For
Intelligent, well-crafted completed fiction. Well thought out nonfiction proposals that might change your mind about a particular topic.
Sample Titles or Authors
THREE MINUTES IN POLAND: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film by Glenn Kurtz
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN RACIST by Blanche McCrary Boyd
YES, I CAN SAY THAT: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble by Judy Gold
Specializes In
FICTION: Historical Fiction, GLBT, Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural
NONFICTION: GLBT, History, Memoir, Music, Narrative, Nature/Ecology, Pop Culture
Considers
FICTION: Commercial Fiction, Crime, Graphic Novel
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Investigative Journalism, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Science, Sports