Marisa Corvisiero

Marisa A. Corvisiero, Esq., is a literary agent and the founder of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. She is also an author coach, literary consultant, speaker, author, and attorney with more than 18 years of experience in corporate law and trusts and estates in New York City. She holds a J.D. from the Pace University School of Law with a focus in corporate and international law. She also received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Hofstra University. Marisa began her publishing career as an agent at L. Perkins Associates before founding her own agency, which now has nine agents, two apprentices, and several interns. She has attended more than 60 writing conferences, and hosted or participated in numerous boot camps, workshops, webinars, and tutorials on the craft, mindset, and business of writing at many of those events, as well as hosted her agency’s AuthorPreneur Workshops.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

For Adults she will consider Romance, Thrillers, Adventure, Paranormal, Fantasy and Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, or any combination thereof.

In Romance she is specifically looking for Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Romantic Comedies, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal Romance with angsty and sexy plots where both characters are very well formed with their own issues or shortcomings, and an overall creative obstacle they need to overcome to reach that happily ever after. Heat level can vary from Hallmark Sweet to Chocolate Havanero Pepper Hot. However, the language, details, and plot must be suitable for each heat level and the market the story is targeting. I.e. Hallmark sweet will need toned down language and situations; whereas a super hot story can use more crude and direct language; and have explicit or graphic situations.

For Middle Grade and Young Adult she likes character driven stories with humor or grit, and very unique concepts in Fantasy, Adventure, and Science Fiction in any time period and setting with authentic and standout voices. Issue and event driven stories, still need well formed and relatable or redeemable characters. Looking for intimate character driven plots with unique voices a la Thorne of Glass (YA) and Jed and the Junkyard War (MG).

She seeks Picture Books with special stories to deliver a subtle non didactic message, with unforgettable characters that have special value. (Illustrations not needed.)

She especially enjoys Christmas, time travel, space, science, magic, superpowers, handicaps, conspiracies, and special relationships themed stories. She is a fan of heavy science and high concept, high stakes, out of the box plots. Marisa likes to be surprised by unexpected twists (as they should be). She enjoys the challenge of figuring out villains who have logical motives that give them a good reason for being who they are and seeking what they seek, and when the morality line is blurred enough to make the reader wonder who is actually in the right.

In non-fiction, she seeks well focused books in spiritualism, self-improvement, science, business and cookbooks. This includes non fiction books especially science, finance and cookbooks for kids! Although these are her interests, her acquisitions are not limited to these topics. Marisa is always looking for new and amazing concepts that will add new and unique information, visions, levels or other value to their respective fields. Significant platforms preferred.

Specializes In

FICTION: Chick Lit, Children's, Christian, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Young Adult

NONFICTION: Health & Fitness, Multi-Cultural, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Pets, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, Spirituality, Travel

Considers

FICTION: GLBT, Horror, Humor/Satire, Multi-Cultural, Mystery

NONFICTION: Adventure/True Story, Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, Gift Books, History, Humor, Juvenile, Memoir, Men's Concerns, Military/War, Music, Religion, Technology, True Crime, Women's Concerns

MARISA CORVISIERO

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