User:Kenzy2012

My name is Mckenzy Suhr, I am a senior at UW-Madison. I am majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing. I grew up in northwest Wisconsin in a town called Rice Lake. My hometown is just an hour north of Eau Claire. It's really hard to narrow down what aspects of my UW education will contribute to my internship, but I can honestly say what has been contributing to my internship so far. Being a student at UW has taught me to always be curious, and also to become accepting of the fact that you are not going to know everything going into a job or an internship--and that's ok. I thought I knew a great deal about publishing--or at least I had the general concept of what it entailed. However, working for James (he likes to be called Jim--he hates being called James)--I mean, Jim--has been an enlightening and tremendous experience so far. It was really made me curious about the publishing industry and has made me want to become more and more involved with it. There are an abundance of things that I have learned already working for a semester with this firm that I didn't know was a part of the publishing business. I will say, it kind of takes the magic out of how books get published--but I am getting used to being in the no-how of publishing. So far, I really like working for Jim. He's a great boss, and really encourages me as an intern and as a writer (which I am 50 percent of the time). I've been interning for James Frenkel & Associates since June of 2015 and will continue my internship into the summer months as well. I did some work online over the summer, reading manuscripts and writing reports on them. I also do a lot of clerical work, which is not something that I have done working for another person. However, me--along with other interns, we are here for the long hull, and will not rest until we have learned the ins and outs of publishing!

James Frenkel & Associates

Location: Madison, WI

History and Purpose/Mission: Founded by James Frenkel (a long time editor for Tor (an imprint of Macmilin), and Dell Books) and Joan Vinge (an award winning author) in 1987, James Frenkel & Associates is a literary agency who also provides editoral services. They have represented authors in domestic and foreign publishing markets for many decades. They work with agents within the major publishing markets throughout the world, to bring their author's work to reader's outside of the United States. However, foreign affairs is not their only mission. They help authors, up and coming, or published to bring their world to publishers in the United States, to give their stories an opportunity to shine. They have represented award winning authors such as: John Wright, Jo Walton, Emma Bull, Cherry Wilder and many others.

Audience: James Frenkel & Associates represent clients of both fiction and nonfiction backgrounds which include: literary fiction, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, thrillers and mysteries to science fiction, fantasy, and horror; from sports to science and biography, to inspirational and self-help.