Kimberley Cameron began her literary career as an agent trainee at the Marjel de Lauer Agency in association with Jay Garon in New York. She worked for several years at MGM developing books for motion pictures. She was the co-founder of Knightsbridge Publishing Company with offices in New York and Los Angeles. In 1993 she became partners with Dorris Halsey of The Reece Halsey Agency, founded in 1957. Dorris Halsey passed away in October, 2006, but Kimberley plans to carry on the legacy of The Reece Halsey Agency, which was a small agency specializing in excellent writing. Among its clients have been Aldous Huxley, William Faulkner, Upton Sinclair, and Henry Miller. Cameron opened Reece Halsey North in 1995 and Reece Halsey Paris 2006. She resides in Tiburon, California and Paris, France.
Education: Marlborough School, Humboldt University, and Mount St. Mary's College.
Personal Interests: Reading for the sheer pleasure of it.
Writer's Conferences: Reece Halsey North is invited to numerous conferences that change every year. Some of the conferences we have attended are Maui Writer's Conference, Aspen, Book Passage Mystery, Cape Cod, Kentucky Writer's Retreat, Boise, Left Coast Crime, Bouchercon, BEA, others.
Enthusiastic About: Literary Fiction, exceptional writing in any field, and writing that touches the heart.
Not Enthusiastic About: Children's fiction, poetry, and cookbooks.
Reading Fee Policy: No reading fee.
Category Representation: It depends completely on the material we decide to represent. It changes often. The most accurate breakdown is: Nonfiction - 50%, Fiction - 50%.
Submissions: Please see our Contact page for information about submissions.
Commission: 15% domestic, 20% foreign.
Approximate Percentage of Submissions That Are Rejected: 98%
Do's and Don'ts: Do: Please show patience, understanding, politeness, and trust. Don't: Be impatient or use too many rhetorical adjectives to describe your own work.
Dream Client: A patient author who understands the publishing business and knows what it takes to get a book sold. We are always impressed by politeness, in a well-written letter, or otherwise.
Client from Hell: One who calls too often and asks "What's new?"
"This business, especially today, is all uphill. We work extremely hard at what we're doing, and the love of books is what keeps us going. I don't think many agents do what they do for the money. We feel an exceptional amount of responsibility for our authors, and I just wish that they could see and hear what we do for them. We have the highest regard for the process of writing and we do the best we can with the material in our hands. What more can one do?"