Welcome

Founded by Nicholas Croce, The Croce Agency works one-on-one with authors to position their projects for the marketplace, develop their proposals, negotiate their contracts and manage the full spectrum of their intellectual property rights, including foreign language, merchandising and movie rights, among others. Once a project is sold, we then act as liaison between author and publisher to help our clients most effectively market their books as well as keep close account of their earnings. Foremost, we believe in helping our authors strategize their long-term writing careers.

Interests

Areas we represent include character-driven upmarket fiction, plot-driven commercial fiction (mystery, thriller, suspense, and chick lit to name a few) and narrative nonfiction including memoir, biography, history, science and travel. Most of all, we look for strong, unique writing with commercial appeal, so feel free to contact us even if your project falls outside any of these categories.

Agent Bio

Prior to founding the agency, Nicholas Croce was an editor at the literary journals Conceptions Southwest and Blue Mesa Review, which was co-founded by award-winning novelist Rudolfo Anaya. Nicholas went on to work as a journalist for The Bergen News and later in the editorial department at John Wiley & Sons. After several years, he took the position of Managing Editor at Rosen in Manhattan's Chelsea district. With his industry experience, Nicholas subsequently founded Croce Publishing, LLC, which was named by Writers Digest as one of the top 50 publishers for first-time authors because of its commitment to strong relationships with writers. Throughout it all he has worked with hundreds of authors whose books have appeared through media outlets such as The Bob Grant Show, Men’s Health magazine, Inc. magazine, ABC and CNN, among many others.

Nicholas is the author of three books for young adults. His writing has also appeared in Conceptions Southwest and, in a letter to the editor defending innovation in book publishing, The New York Times. He holds a BA in creative writing from the University of New Mexico and a certification in book publishing from New York University.