Judith Ramsey Ehrlich, Principal
A former award-winning journalist, Judith is the co-author of The New Crowd: The Changing of the Jewish Guard on Wall Street (Little, Brown, 1989). She shifted gears in l998 and worked as a senior associate of the Linda Chester Agency for five years before launching her own agency in 2002. Judith is a member of the Author’s Guild and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She is on the Council of Conservators of the New York Public Library and formerly served on the board of directors of The Shakespeare Society. For many years she was on the advisory board of The Partisan Review.

Judith has sold a wide range of nonfiction and fiction and looks for that special quality that makes a book compelling. Among her strongest interests are narrative nonfiction that combines fascinating original material with superb writing, topical business books by industry leaders, and prescriptive women’s books with a strong platform. Prescriptive books should offer fresh information and advice, and most authors must have ongoing experience with national workshops and lectures or strong newspaper, radio or TV presence, depending on the work. In fiction, she looks for novels that have a strong opportunity for print review or appeal to book club readers. She is drawn to stories that pull you in and won’t let you go. In upmarket, literary, and quality commercial fiction, she looks for novels that have sympathetic characters, original plots with surprising twists, and strong descriptive writing.

Judith's fiction authors include Laura Pedersen (Beginner’s Luck; Last Call) and Yona Zeldis McDonough (Jackpot). Her nonfiction authors include former CEO of Kroll Michael Cherkasky (Forewarned: Why the Government Is Failing to Protect Us—And What Can We Do to Protect Ourselves), ad executive and management consultant Steve McKee (When Growth Stalls), Sam Weller (The Bradbury Chronicles: The Authorized Biography of Sam Weller), and television and stage director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, whose long-awaited memoir is nearly complete.

jehrlich@judithehrlichliterary.com

Emmanuelle Alspaugh, Literary Agent
Emmanuelle Alspaugh joined the agency in August 2008. Previously she was an agent at Wendy Sherman Associates and The Creative Culture, and an editor at Fodor's, the travel division of Random House. She enjoys developing long-term relationships with her clients, helping them to build their literary careers and promote their work. She also offers authors the full breadth of her editorial experience, guiding them in developing their proposals and manuscripts.

Emmanuelle represents women’s fiction, historical fiction, and romance in most subgenres. At the moment she is particularly looking for paranormal and historical romance, and urban fantasy. Her pet peeve in fiction is the "typical" detective story with a dead body in the first chapter, so please no cozy mysteries, FBI/CIA agents, or whodunits. She would, however, be up for a thriller with a female protagonist. She also represents narrative nonfiction, memoir, psychology, business, and how-to.

Her nonfiction authors include food writer and memoirist Adrienne Kane (Cooking and Screaming), family therapist Catherine McCall (When the Piano Stops), self-promotion expert and humor writer David Seaman (Dirty Little Secrets of Buzz), and Marie Claire editor Sarah Wexler (Living Large). In fiction, she represents Danielle Younge-Ullman (Falling Under), Alissa Johnson (As Luck Would Have It), and Jordan LaRousse and Samantha Sade (Oysters and Chocolate).

ealspaugh@judithehrlichliterary.com

Martha Hoffman, Literary Agent
After earning her doctorate at Yale, Martha Hoffman taught college-level history for several years before moving into publishing and freelance writing and editing. At the moment, she is taking on very few new clients and looking only at proposals in history and historical fiction.

mhoffman@judithehrlichliterary.com

Sophia Seidner, Literary Agent
Sophia Seidner works with Judith Ehrlich Literary Management as a satellite agent, managing her own select list of clients. She is currently considering prospective new clients for both fiction and non-fiction by referral only.

sseidner@judithehrlichliterary.com

Subagent

Whitney Lee, The Fielding Agency
The Fielding Agency handles foreign rights for JELM.

wlee@fieldingagency.com