Robin Straus Agency Inc.

xiaotien · Mar 10, 2008

the only info i can wrangle up
is from agent query :

http://agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=309

does anyone else have any tidbits
or has queried her?

thanks!

Appalachian Writer · Mar 11, 2008

Robin Straus Agency shows sales on P&E, and they're a member of AAR. Seems legit. I don't know who they represent, but I'm checking. Will get back to you.

Appalachian Writer · Mar 11, 2008

Although I can't wrangle much more, at least two of her deals have been described as "nice" and she does represent debut novels.

victoriastrauss · Mar 11, 2008

Adding link, though there's almost nothing there: http://www.robinstrausagency.com/

- Victoria

CaoPaux · Mar 11, 2008

She also acts as U.S. agent for Andrew Nurnberg & Associates.

FWIW, here're some older and more recent deals than those listed on AQ.

Julie Worth · Mar 11, 2008

Appalachian Writer said:
Although I can't wrangle much more, at least two of her deals have been described as "nice" and she does represent debut novels.

A nice deal is the lowest category, except for those with no advance.

victoriastrauss · Mar 11, 2008

Julie Worth said:
A nice deal is the lowest category, except for those with no advance.

According to Publishers Lunch, a "nice deal" is $1-$49,000. So not necessarily pocket change, either.

- Victoria

Julie Worth · Mar 11, 2008

The ranges:

nice deal: $1 - $49,000
very nice deal: $50,000 - $99,000
good deal: $100,000 - $250,000
significant deal: $251,000 - $499,000
major deal: $500,000 and up

xiaotien · Mar 11, 2008

thanks guys for finding all this
for me. y'all are great!

CaoPaux · Mar 11, 2008

Ms. Straus has made deals up to and including "significant", if anyone is concerned about that.

revolocard · Dec 10, 2008

She represents the Alexander McCall Smith of "The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency," which is pretty big. It's a very small agency and they say they can't take on more than a few clients per year, so they're going to be a really hard sell. They do 60% nonfiction, 40% fiction. Want to work with clients for careers rather than just one book.

Basically, seems picky, but good if you could get them.

WendyNYC · Dec 11, 2008

revolocard said:
She represents the Alexander McCall Smith of "The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency," which is pretty big. It's a very small agency and they say they can't take on more than a few clients per year, so they're going to be a really hard sell. They do 60% nonfiction, 40% fiction. Want to work with clients for careers rather than just one book.

Basically, seems picky, but good if you could get them.

It must be a *very* small agency, because her address is a residential apartment building.

Although if she's making good sales, I wouldn't care if my agent was working out of a shoe.

DaveKuzminski · Dec 11, 2008

It is not unusual for some agents to work out of their homes, particularly if their agency is small.

alias octavia · Jan 21, 2009

Has anyone dealt with Erika Recordon at this agency? The website indicates she is building her client list.

Dear Author · Dec 29, 2010

It's been a while, and I'm hoping for info on recent interactions with Robin Straus?

Fwiw, Erika Recordon appears to have left - not listed on the website (she's still in QT, but the entry hasn't been updated in a long time). Meanwhile, I came across this: http://www.wordbywordink.com/pages/about.html

Erika Recordon is a writer and editor with experience in New York’s book publishing industry. She began her career as an intern at Writers House Literary Agency. In the spring of 2006, she joined The Robin Straus Agency as an assistant, and later an associate agent…Erika currently lives and writes in Portland, Oregon…"

Night_Writer · Jul 3, 2017

Most recent link to her site.

http://www.robinstrausagency.com/

On the Submissions page, she asks for a "submission history." What does she mean by that? Does she really want a list of all the agents I've queried up till now? (That sure would make for a long list.) Or is it something else that I don't know about?

Filigree · Jul 3, 2017

She might mean a list of publishers to which the mms has already been submitted.

Robin Straus Agency Inc.

xiaotien

bedazzled /bootay shaker!!

Appalachian Writer

Somewhere in the hills....

Appalachian Writer

Somewhere in the hills....

victoriastrauss

Writer Beware Goddess

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

Julie Worth

What? I have a title?

victoriastrauss

Writer Beware Goddess

Julie Worth

What? I have a title?

xiaotien

bedazzled /bootay shaker!!

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

revolocard

WendyNYC

fiddle-dee-dee

DaveKuzminski

Preditors & Editors

alias octavia

smooshed

Dear Author

Yep, still at it.

Night_Writer

It's all symbolic.

Filigree

Mildly Disturbing