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Mr. Donald Maass

Donald Maass Literary Agency

1000 Dean Street, Suite 252

Brooklyn, NY 11238



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Website: www.maassagency.com

AAR Member: Yes

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E-Mail: Yes

Online Form: No

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Sep 21, 2016 11:55 am


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from Patrick (admin)
Aug 23, 2016 10:35 am


Profile Update: Open to queries.

from batsojopo
Jan 10, 2016 5:25 pm


EQ: 11/14
CNR: 1/10/16
from Patrick (admin)
Nov 26, 2015 6:12 pm


Profile Update: Closed to queries.

from Patrick (admin)
Nov 15, 2015 10:37 am


Profile Update: New email address.

from Berkvase
Oct 26, 2015 7:47 pm


EQ: 10/3/15
ER: 10/26/15
Polite, but seems to be a form letter.
from Dklein
Oct 26, 2015 4:11 pm


Took two weeks to get responce. Not what I wanted. Better then nothing
from slsaboviec
Jun 27, 2015 11:40 am


EQ: 5/18/15
ER: 6/20/15
Adult Paranormal Thriller, 86K
from tsigone
Jun 22, 2015 5:27 pm


Memoir query June 4th, nice decline for representation June 18th. I look at the positive and appreciate the reply
from Dragonman
May 26, 2015 4:58 pm


EQ 02/15
ER 05/26

SF / Thriller, 83k
from lkasten
Jan 13, 2015 4:32 pm


He teaches several workshops a year and I had the opportunity to sit on a couple. He is very passionate about the writing world and has high expectations, but his agency sells the highest number of novels per year than any other. He is a busy man and must find it difficult to check his numerous queries.
from TahaniNelson
Aug 01, 2014 3:17 pm


EQ: 07/05
ER: 08/01

Blunt form rejection. Particularly depressing based on the personalized query I sent him. After making The Dresden Files a possibility, the Maass Agency is next to godlike to me, and I would have loved to be represented by it. Oh well, moving on.

Edit: Oh, dear. I didn't realize that I'd sent another query to someone else in the same agency. :S I haven't heard back from her, so maybe it's still a possibility. Or I might have shot myself in the foot by querying them both by accident. I guess we'll see.
from DogCatMouse
Jul 07, 2014 7:24 am


EQ: 7/7/2014

YA Sci-Fi
from Jennifer13
Jun 10, 2014 6:35 am


AndreaClimbing & wtrimrob, I had the same thing happen to me. EQ 1/22/14 and no response despite a nudge in March. I hope that he's just behind, but fearing the worst, have gone ahead and closed this one out.
from wtrimrob
Jun 04, 2014 2:58 pm


Yeah, I was wondering the same thing, Andrea. I sent a query on 4 January and haven't heard anything, either. I've written it off as CRN. Maybe he'll catch up someday.

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