 ABOUT THE AGENT: Beniamino Ambrosi (he/him) is the Foreign Rights Director and an Agent with The Cheney Agency, a premier literary agency founded in 2006. Beniamino is from Bari, southern Italy, and has a master’s degree in Languages and Literature from the University of Florence. He graduated from the PhD program in English Language Literature at the University of Florence. During and after graduate school, he worked as a literary translator, translating Paul Murray and Salvatore Scibona into Italian, among others. He moved to New York in 2009, and worked as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates for over a decade, advising international book publishers in over 20 countries, as well as film/TV clients such as Warner Bros. and Netflix. BENIAMINO IS SEEKING: “He made the switch to agenting at the end of 2021, joining The Cheney Agency as foreign rights director, and starting his list as agent, representing English-language nonfiction and literary fiction, and authors in translation. A Zev Birger Jerusalem Fellow, Beniamino currently serves on the Young Professional’s Committee of Words Without Borders.” HOW TO SUBMIT: Please note: When we post a New Agent Spotlight, we try to make sure the agent is open to submissions at the time of posting. But as time goes by, an agent can close and open to submissions at any time. If some time has passed since this spotlight was posted, you will want to check their agency website and/or QueryManager before submitting, to be sure. “Please send a query letter briefly describing your project and professional background, along with up to three chapters of sample material. We ask that you not query more than one agent. Queries may be sent by email to [email protected]. Due to the volume of inquiries we receive, we regret that we cannot respond to all queries.”  Attend a Writers Conference in 2026:
 This post by Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and lead director of Writing Day Workshops. Chuck is a former longtime staffer with Writer's Digest, editing the Guide to Literary Agents. He is the author of the writing guides CREATE YOUR WRITER PLATFORM and GET A LITERARY AGENT, as well as the bestselling humor book HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK. His most recent books are all about pickleball -- daily tear-off calendars as well as the picture book GOODNIGHT, PICKLEBALL. He is a proud #GirlDad, movie geek, and guitar/piano player. Connect with him through WDW's Instagram and Twitter,
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