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Marisa A. CorvisieroMarisa A. Corvisiero is the founder and CEO of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, an attorney, and our Senior Literary Agent. During the few years prior to starting her own agency, Marisa worked with another well known New York City Literary Agency, where she learned invaluable lessons and made a name for herself in the industry. She is also a Literary Consultant, Speaker, Author and continues to practice law in New York City with specialties in Publishing, Corporate, and Trust & Estates.
As an attorney she has published several articles in her practice areas, is a member of the New York Bar Association, and has experience in Top Global Firms and Fortune 500 companies where she practiced Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Banking and Compliance before starting her own Practice and Literary Agency. She has attended over 100 conferences and workshops, and continues to present on webinars, tutorials, and bootcamps for Writer's Digest among other reputable sources, as well as hosting her own Author Preneur Workshops, where she teaches and coaches authors on writing, mindset, and publishing as a business. Ms. Corvisiero received her Bachelors in Business Administration in International Business and Marketing from Hofstra University in 1995, where she was the President of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Chapter, and the President of the Pre Law Society during her last year. Ms. Corvisiero received her Juris Doctorate from Pace University School of Law in 2000, and earned Pace University School of Law's prestigious International Law Certificate for her studies in International Law. During her legal studies, she held several Board positions on the Student Bar Association, the Environmental Law Society, the Chair of special committees, and the Co-Editor of the Pace University School of Law Year Book in 1999 and 2000. |
**Marisa will be closed to queries beginning December 1st until early January.
Submissions
All submission packages should be submitted through our QueryManager database by clicking the button below. Emailed submissions will not be considered. Your materials should include a strong and clear query letter, a one to two page synopsis and the first five pages of your manuscript. For picture books upload your full manuscript. Illustrations are not necessary. For Non-Fiction, upload your proposal.
For tips on how to draft a good query letter go to Marisa's blog at Thoughts from a Literary Agent.
For tips on how to draft a strong proposal go to Marisa's article, "10 Key Elements to Writing a Winning Non-Fiction Proposal" published with Writer's Digest.
Manuscript Wish List
(#MSWL)
Marisa will judge each story not just on the writing, but also with an eye toward finding creative stories with well developed plots and rich characters with unique voices. She is always hoping for stories with standout #ownvoices from under-represented authors and those with special circumstances or experiences that make the story truly theirs and unique.
For Adults, she will consider Romance, Women's Fiction, 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, and Inspirational Romance with angsty and/or 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 Ghost 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. Some of my favorite comps are work by Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, Tomi Adeyemi, Sarah Holland, Claire Lagrand, Holly Black, Scott Westerfeld, Tracy Banghart, Laura Sebastian, Victoria Aveyard, Brigid Kemmener, Kendare Blake, Sabaa Tahir, James Dashner, Suzanne Collins, Kevin Emerson, Kiera Cass, Brandon Sanderson, Stephen Bohls, Veronica Roth, Orson Scott Card, and many more.
For picture books and childrens, Marisa is looking for STEAM books and stories that show growth, have a positive message, and have strong commercial characters that will easily resonate with kids.
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, mainstream science, legal issues, and environmental issues. This includes non fiction books for kids, especially science, finance, and cookbooks! Among her many interests Marisa is currently looking for nonfiction books about growth mindset and manifesting, channeling, remote viewing, occult mysteries, conspiracy theories, and aliens! Although these are her interests, her acquisitions are not limited to these topics. Marisa is always looking for new and amazing concepts that will offer novel and unique information, visions, levels, or other value to their respective fields. Significant platforms preferred but not needed especially if unique experience, knowhow, or skills are demonstrated.
Submissions
All submission packages should be submitted through our QueryManager database by clicking the button below. Emailed submissions will not be considered. Your materials should include a strong and clear query letter, a one to two page synopsis and the first five pages of your manuscript. For picture books upload your full manuscript. Illustrations are not necessary. For Non-Fiction, upload your proposal.
For tips on how to draft a good query letter go to Marisa's blog at Thoughts from a Literary Agent.
For tips on how to draft a strong proposal go to Marisa's article, "10 Key Elements to Writing a Winning Non-Fiction Proposal" published with Writer's Digest.
Manuscript Wish List
(#MSWL)
Marisa will judge each story not just on the writing, but also with an eye toward finding creative stories with well developed plots and rich characters with unique voices. She is always hoping for stories with standout #ownvoices from under-represented authors and those with special circumstances or experiences that make the story truly theirs and unique.
For Adults, she will consider Romance, Women's Fiction, 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, and Inspirational Romance with angsty and/or 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 Ghost 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. Some of my favorite comps are work by Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, Tomi Adeyemi, Sarah Holland, Claire Lagrand, Holly Black, Scott Westerfeld, Tracy Banghart, Laura Sebastian, Victoria Aveyard, Brigid Kemmener, Kendare Blake, Sabaa Tahir, James Dashner, Suzanne Collins, Kevin Emerson, Kiera Cass, Brandon Sanderson, Stephen Bohls, Veronica Roth, Orson Scott Card, and many more.
For picture books and childrens, Marisa is looking for STEAM books and stories that show growth, have a positive message, and have strong commercial characters that will easily resonate with kids.
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, mainstream science, legal issues, and environmental issues. This includes non fiction books for kids, especially science, finance, and cookbooks! Among her many interests Marisa is currently looking for nonfiction books about growth mindset and manifesting, channeling, remote viewing, occult mysteries, conspiracy theories, and aliens! Although these are her interests, her acquisitions are not limited to these topics. Marisa is always looking for new and amazing concepts that will offer novel and unique information, visions, levels, or other value to their respective fields. Significant platforms preferred but not needed especially if unique experience, knowhow, or skills are demonstrated.
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