InkWell Management·US
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Michael V. Carlisle is a literary agent at InkWell Management based in US. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually Within two months if interested. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.
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Usually responds Within two months if interested
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Former William Morris Agency vice-president who started Carlisle and Company. Graduated with honors from Yale College and holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Heads the non-fiction program at the Community of Writers and serves on its Board of Directors.
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