About the Swivet

The Swivet is maintained - for good or for ill - by Colleen Lindsay.

Colleen is an unrepentant nerd who spent most of her formative years hiding beneath the blankets with a flashlight and a book. Sadly, this did not bode well for the development of her future social skills. As a consequence, Colleen has now worked in the book and publishing industry for more than twenty-three years. (This means, of course, that she has been on intimate terms with Top Ramen and boxed mac & cheese since 1984.)

More things to bear in mind about Colleen: She does not believe in clothes that need dry cleaning. She owns seven pairs of Converse All-Stars in varying colors. She has an irrational fear of gelatinous foods. And she can be bribed with Scharffenberger Extra Dark Chocolate, a pound of Peets Coffee or a choice single malt. Colleen once got locked inside the Sistine Chapel quite by mistake (which Vatican security did not think was nearly as funny as she did). Her reading tastes tend to run toward the skiffy and criminal and the literary and the queer, with the occasional baffling foray into history. (Go figure.)

Currently Colleen is a literary agent with FinePrint Literary Management. For her query submission guidelines and to learn more about Colleen's background in publishing, click here.

The Swivet is sometimes about (but not limited to) the following things (in no particular order): books, the book biz, agenting, words, reading, writing, SF/F, cats (her own), babies (not her own), food, drink, snark, friendship, queer stuff, women, ridiculousnss and New York City. Occasionally La Gringa interviews authors (but only because she finds it difficult to interview cats).

She lives in New York City with her cat, Stinkyboy, and Stinkyboy’s cat, Buddy.

The first two months of The Swivet can be found here. And you can reach her by email here.