Celeste Fine

Before joining Folio, Celeste worked as a foreign rights agent at Trident Media Group and a domestic agent and Foreign Rights Manager at Vigliano Associates.

Some of Celeste's domestic deals include Canyon Ranch Fitness Director Randy Raugh’s PRIME FOR LIFE with Rodale; Manhattan nutritionist Esther Blum's EAT, DRINK, AND BE GORGEOUS and SECRETS OF GORGEOUS with Chronicle; bestselling humor writers Kathy and Ross Petras' UNUSUALLY STUPID CELEBRITIES and UNUSUALLY STUPID POLITICIANS to Villard; Fark.com founder Drew Curtis' IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK to Gotham; Blue Collar Comedian Bill Engvall's JUST A GUY to St. Martin's Press; Rayda Jacobs' Sunday Times fiction award winner CONFESSIONS OF A GAMBLER to Overlook; bestselling author Karen Salmansohn's THE BOUNCE BACK BOOK to Workman; and Ciji Ware's RIGHTSIZING to Springboard Press.

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. She has represented rights for: Courtney Love, Scott Weiland, Anthony Keidis, Gary Zukav, Deepak Chopra, Cindy Sheehan, Michael Schiavo, Rosemary Altea, Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynn Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Dean Koontz, Janet Evanovich, and Kat Martin among others.

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

What I'm looking for (and what I'm not looking for.)

My interests include popular nonfiction, humor, lifestyle, health, serious nonfiction, how-to, gift books, smart fiction, historical fiction, satire, and YA. I am particularly looking for clients with strong platforms or the potential to build strong platforms.

How to submit to me

I am currently not accepting unsolicited submissions.

My response time

I am not currently accepting unsolicited queries. If you send me any unsolicited material, I will not respond.

If I’ve asked to see something from you, you should hear back from me within six to eight weeks.