CARL ALASKO, Ph.D has been a practicing psychotherapist for more than two decades. For the past thirteen years he has written the popular weekly advice column “On Relationships for the Monterey County Herald. His first book, Emotional Bullshit, was published by Jeremy Tarcher last year. His debut novel, Five Italian Words, is a mystery set in Rome where Carl opened the first Indian restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

Anita Diamant's fiction career was launched with the publication of her bestseller, The Red Tent, by St. Martin's Press and Picador, which has sold close to 3 million copies to date and been published in fourteen countries. This property is actively represented by Carolyn Jenks Agency.


 


 

 

 

Tom Foley took a leave of absence from his law practice in Boston to research his book in Bosnia about the genocide in Bosnia.  His fiction career launched with this debut novel. He lives in Beverly, Massachusetts with his wife and child.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greg Lewbart, a veterinarian and assistant professor of aquatic medicine at North Carolina State University, writes page-turning scientific mysteries (Ivory Hunters and Pavillion Key) that raise important issues about man's exploitation of the environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Murray Mednick, One of the most shocking and compelling playwrights of the Theatre Genesis group in NYC.  After establishing a following in New York he relocated to the West Coast where his plays continued to attract a dedicated audience and he established a theatre center. The Hunter, The Hawk, and The Sandbox were all published in NYC. Later plays received critical acclaim.

 

 

 

 

 

David Scott Milton's debut novel, The Quarterback launched his fiction career while he was a member of the core group of playwrights at the Theatre Genesis in New York city. Heading for the West Coast, David established a vibrant and award winning career in film, theatre and television on both coasts.

 

 

 

 


 

Claire Robson is a British born writer who relocated to the United States in 1989.  She financed her creative endeavors by starting a successful window cleaning service. She has been published in numerous journals and literary reviews. She is a church deacon, a court appointed advocate for abused children and an avid gardner. She now lives with her partner in British Columbia.


 

 

 

Tom Sankey, balladeer, playwright, songwriter and creator of the successful off-Broadway musical, The Golden Screw, which debuted at the Theatre Genesis at St. Mark's Church in the Bouwerie in 1967. The original cast album produced by legendary Ahmed Ertigan has become a collectors' item.


 

Patrick Sullivan's love of animals, especially his dachsunds, has resulted in a book which will become a classic like The Cat Who Came for Christmas. Bottle Cap Sundaes, the story of his three lovable dogs, is his debut book after a distinguised career with a Fortune 500 company. He lives in Maryland with his wife Dianna and their dachsunds.

 

 

 

 

 

Erika Verillo was first represented by the Carolyn Jenks Agency as co-author for a book on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Quadrangle Books). Her fiction debut was launched with a young adult trilogy, Elissa's Quest (Random House.)

 

 

Note: A review of Carolyn’s clients would be incomplete if those dramatists and novelists she handled while working in the 2 person office of Kurt Hellmer, who immigrated from Vienna where he spent a life in the theatre, were not mentioned here

Together they placed the Broadway rights to Arthur Miller’s After The Fall, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead, Rolf Hochhuth’s The Deputy,
Shelagh Delaney’s The Lion in Love, Max Frisch’s The Firebugs, and Friedrich Duerrenmatt’s The Visit.

Subagenting for William Morris’ foreign rights division she handled the work of Alison  Lurie, Iris Murdoch, Maria Piers, Hugo Portisch, and many others.

Persevering in her interest in new theatre, Ms Jenks represented many of the playwrights
who debuted at the Theatre Genesis at the St. Mark’s Church in the Bouwerie. She placed a collection of their works with Bobbs Merrill published as The New Underground Theatre.  Several of these playwrights became established in the mainstream including David Scott Milton, Sam Shepherd, Murray Mednick, and Tony Barsha.