"Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide." — Sara Paretsky

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.