Celeste Fine

Celeste represents nonfiction, from prescriptive and practical to narrative and popular. She is particularly looking for expert clients with strong platforms or the potential to build strong platforms. Some of her recent deals include:

• RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT, EAT RIGHT: The Food Solution That Lets Kids Be Kids, by Joanna Dolgoff, MD, a family nutrition and weight loss program, which enjoys a 96% success rate and categorizes foods by the colors of the traffic light (Rodale, February 2010).
• THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK by Lori Sandler, Founder and Owner of Divvies, an irresistible fun-foods company devoted to baking safe-to-eat, tasty treats for people with life-threatening allergies (St. Martin’s Press, Fall 2010)
• Diet program THE NEW ME DIET: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest by Jade and Keoni Teta, ND, CSCS (HarperCollins, 2010);
• Emmy-Nominated Stylist David Zyla's THE COLOR OF STYLE (Dutton, 2010);
• Canyon Ranch Fitness Director Randy Raugh’s PRIME FOR LIFE: Functional Fitness for Ageless Living (Rodale, June 2009); and
• Manhattan nutritionist Esther Blum's second book SECRETS OF GORGEOUS (Chronicle, January 2009).
• HOME MADE SIMPLE (St. Martin’s, November 2010), based on the TLC show, which offers viewers easy solutions to everyday domestic challenges, and the P&G consumer relationship marketing brand, which reaches over 12.5 million subscribers.
• ONCE A WARRIOR, ALWAYS A WARRIOR: A Post-Combat Guide to Sanity (GPP Life, March 2010), LAND NAV skills for veterans and family members dealing with Combat PTSD by recently retired Director of the Division of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Charles W. Hoge, M.D., Colonel, U.S. Army

Celeste also manages the foreign rights for all Folio clients. Having dealt directly in all major foreign territories and having attended regularly international book fairs, she has made foreign deals for commercial bestsellers and literary award winners alike.

Before joining Folio, Celeste worked at Trident Media Group and Vigliano Associates. She managed rights for clients ranging from Bob Greene, Courtney Love, Scott Weiland, and Anthony Keidis, to Marilynn Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Dean Koontz, and Janet Evanovich.

Celeste graduated magna cum laude in Government from Harvard University. She is proficient in Italian, Spanish, and French and has lived and worked in Italy and the Netherlands. Celeste is from Southern California.

How to submit your queries:

Celeste only accepts green queries, which means email only. She will not respond to hard copy queries. Her response time is usually within 4 weeks.