Amy Collins

Talcott Notch Literary Services – Senior Literary Agent

Amy Collins is an agent with the Talcott Notch Literary Services agency. She has more than 30 years in the publishing industry as a book buyer, Sales Director for a large non-fiction publisher, and the founder and President of New Shelves Books, one of the largest book sales and marketing companies in the US. Collins is a USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author and has spent her career working with Barnes & Noble, Target, Costco, Books-A-Million, Wal-Mart, as well as bookstores and libraries. As well as an agent, Collins is a trusted expert, speaker, and recommended publishing consultant for some of the largest book and library retailers and wholesalers in the publishing industry. In her agent role, Collins focuses on romantasy, romance, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, pop culture and cookbooks/lifestyle books. Amy Collins has taught and spoken at many of the publishing industry’s top festivals and conferences including Publisher’s Weekly’s BookCon, Kauai Writers Confernece, Keynoting at Scottish Writer’s Conference, Hampton Roads Writer’s Conference, SCWA Conference, Oklahoma Writer’s Conference, Author U, AAPS, Dublin Writers Conference, BAIPA, IBPA’s Publishing University, Dallas Book Con, NY PitchFest, PALA, St. Louis Writer’s Conference, Writers Digest Annual and Novel Conferences, Las Vegas Writers Conference, and many others. When not in the office, her focus is on the working poor and poverty elimination, and she spends a great deal of time personally and professionally working with women from disadvantaged backgrounds.  A member of several charitable and political organizations, she donates not only her time but a portion of her company’s profits to grant-based charities that work to alleviate the cycle of poverty. Amy is currently working while traveling and living in a 40′ motorhome with two dogs and a husband; she is a singer in a Celtic blues band on the weekends and is saving for a faster motorcycle.