Andrea Somberg, previously an agent at Vigliano Associates and the Don Maass Agency, joined Harvey Klinger Inc. in the spring of 2005. She handles both fiction and non-fiction, including literary, commercial, young adult, genre (romance, mystery, sf/fantasy) memoir, pop-culture, how-to, self-help, humor, interior design, cookbooks, and health & fitness.

Harvey Klinger, Inc. began as a one-man, one office literary agency in October, 1977. Over the years, it has grown and expanded, and is widely recognized as among the top boutique literary agencies in the publishing industry.

Recent deals include:
NONFICTION:
Lena Katz's Travel Temptation series: Sip, Sun, and Snow (Globe Pequot/Lyons, fc)
Winston Guthrie's untitled Absinthe book, featuring recipes for this notorious drink (Clarkson Potter/Random House, fc)
Shari Storm's Actually, I AM the Boss of You: And Other Things You Can Say at Work (Thomas Dunne, fc)
Diane Kress's The Metabolism Miracle: A Revolutionary, Proven Diet Program to Overcome Insulin Resistance and Lose Weight Permanently (Da Capo)
Eva Nagorski's The Down & Dirty Dish on Revenge (Thomas Dunne)
Marcelle Karp and Pauline Wall's Knitchicks (F&W)
Celebrity Dog Trainer and top Dog Stunt Team, Kyra Sundance's The Dog Rules: 14 Secrets to Shaping A Well-Behaved and Loving Dog (Touchstone/Fireside, )
Bestselling humor authors Kathryn and Ross Petras' B is for Botox: An Alphabet Book for the Middle-Aged (Andrews McMeel)
Micaela Preston's Practically Green: Simple Steps for Sustainable Living (F&W, fc)
Devin and Cameron Lazerine's Unrapped: The Rap-Up Guide to Hip-Hop and R&B (Grand Central/Warner)
Founder of Little Laureate and BabyGizmo.com, Heather Maclean's The Baby Gizmo Buying Guide - Rutledge Hill/Thomas Nelson
Studmuffins: Luscious, Delectable, Yummy - and Good Muffin Recipes, Too! (Lyons/GlobePequot)
Jim Thompson's The Cubicle Survival Guide (Random House)
Kent Sayre's Unstoppable Confidence (McGraw Hill)
Meaghan Mountford's Cookie Sensations: Creative Design for Every Occasion (Rutledge Hill)
Cecil Hayes' 9 Steps to Beautiful Living (Watson-Guptill)

Memoirs
Clarissa McNair's Detectives Don't Wear Seatbelts (Center Street/Grand Central, fc)
Lyla Ward's How to Succeed In Aging Without Really Dying (Arcade, fc)
Josh Dasal's The Utopia Book: A Curious Outsider's Misadventures in American Shangri-La (Tarcher/Penguin, fc)
McSweeney's writer Scott Douglas's Quiet Please, a memoir chronicling the humorous, touching, and bizarre adventures of a 20-something year old public librarian (Da Capo)
Claire Lewis's Exposed: Confessions of a Wedding Photographer (Thomas Dunne)
Troy Johnson's Family Outing (Arcade)
Carly Milne's Sexography (Phoenix)

FICTION
Rachel Keener's debut, The Killing Tree (Center Street/Grand Central)
Paula Quinn's Scottish historical romance series, Dreams of Dawn (Warner/Grand Central, fc)
Paula Jolin's young adult novel, In the Name of God (Roaring Brook, March '07) and Three Witches (Roaring Brook, Fall of '08)
Sarah Beth Durst's young adult novels, Ice and Ivy (Margaret McElderry Books/S&S, fc), and middle grade novels, Into the Wild and Out of the Wild (Razorbill/Penguin)
Jessica Warman's young adult debut, Breathless (Walker, fc)
Justine Musk's urban fantasy BloodAngel (ROC/Penguin) and YA thriller, Uninvited (Pocket/MTV Books)
Mitchell Bartoy's noir mystery, The Devil's Own Ragdoll (St. Martins)
Jennifer Lewis's Hardcastle Series (Silhouette, fc)

Andrea Somberg
Harvey Klinger Inc.
300 W. 55th St. Suite 11V
New York, NY 10019
andrea@harveyklinger.com

I'm always on the look out for new clients. E-queries are preferred and will get you the quickest response. Please send along your query letter along with the first five pages of the project to andrea@harveyklinger.com.