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Official website of christian literary agent steve laube. The biggest book agencies in texas with the most publishing agents are bradford literary agency and full circle literary. We create effective book buzz as well as author recognition that will increase book sales. Literary agents texas list of texas literary agencies. The dallas area writers groups 2020 anthology of short stories, texas shorts, vol. Writing groups can be useful tools for writers looking to gain constructive feedback on their work and improve their craft. Working with brown books authors, as well as nonaffiliated authors, established writers, entrepreneurs, ceos, and. Keith carrollchristian literary agent put a professional. Important book fairs, festivals, and conferences coming in. Max lucado born january 11, 1955 is a bestselling christian author and pastor at oak hills church formerly the oak hills church of christ in san antonio, texas. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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