Celeste Fine

Celeste is interested in women’s nonfiction, from prescriptive and practical to narrative and popular. She is particularly looking for expert clients with strong platforms or the potential to build strong platforms. Some of her recent deals include:

• THE RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT GAME PLAN: Playing with your food has never been so good for you, by Joanna Dolgoff, MD, a family nutrition and weight loss program, which enjoys a 96% success rate and categorizes foods by the colors of the traffic light (Rodale, February 2010).
• THE DIVVIES COOKBOOK by Lori Sandler, Founder and Owner of Divvies, an irresistible fun-foods company devoted to baking safe-to-eat, tasty treats for people with life-threatening allergies (St. Martin’s Press, Fall 2010)
• Diet program THE METABOLIC EFFECT by Jade and Keoni Teta, ND, CSCS (HarperCollins, 2010);
• Emmy-Nominated Stylist David Zyla's ZYLASTYLE: Or, How Periwinkle Blue Can Change Your Life (Dutton, 2010);
• Canyon Ranch Fitness Director Randy Raugh’s PRIME FOR LIFE: Functional Fitness for Ageless Living (Rodale, June 2009); and
• Manhattan nutritionist Esther Blum's second book SECRETS OF GORGEOUS (Chronicle, January 2009).

Celeste also manages the foreign rights for all Folio clients. Having dealt directly in all major foreign territories and having attended regularly international book fairs, she has made foreign deals for commercial bestsellers and literary award winners alike.

Before joining Folio, Celeste worked at Trident Media Group and Vigliano Associates. She managed rights for clients ranging from Bob Greene, Courtney Love, Scott Weiland, and Anthony Keidis, to Marilynn Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Dean Koontz, and Janet Evanovich.

Celeste graduated magna cum laude in Government from Harvard University. She is proficient in Italian, Spanish, and French and has lived and worked in Italy and the Netherlands. Celeste is from Southern California.

How to submit your queries:

Celeste only accepts green queries, which means email only. She will not respond to hard copy queries. Her response time is usually within 4 weeks.