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Kimberly Whalen joined Trident Media Group in 2002 after over a decade in the publishing industry.
She began her publishing career at Jutta Klein Associates. Kimberly joined St. Martin’s Press as a Foreign Rights Assistant and was promoted to Director of Foreign Rights in less than seven years. While at St. Martin’s Press, she gained her some of her greatest experience and stellar reputation. Kimberly’s intuitive sense of talent and extensive knowledge of the world publishing market led to her appointment to the St. Martin’s Editorial Board, a position that required her to assess the domestic and international viability of potential book projects.
She later served as Rights Director at the Jane Rotrosen Agency, where she was responsible for foreign, film, audio, and serial rights for all the Agency’s clients. In addition, Kimberly began to build her own domestic client list, representing both fiction and non-fiction writers.
She was Trident's Managing Director of Foreign Rights for five years, during which time she sold foreign rights for all of Trident’s major authors, while also representing her own clients. A regular attendee of the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs, Kimberly further developed strong business relationships with many international publishers through face-to-face visits in their home countries. She has negotiated deals across the globe, in places all over Eastern and Western Europe, including the UK, Germany, Scandinavia, and Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.
Since April 2006 she has devoted all her time and efforts to her dynamic domestic client list. Kimberly’s interests are diverse and include commercial fiction and commercial nonfiction, women’s fiction, suspense, paranormal, YA, and pop culture. Her clients include New York Times bestselling authors Cherry Adair, Maya Banks, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, Patti Callahan Henry, Kat Martin, Mary Alice Monroe, Christy Reece, Shannon Stacey and Stephanie Tyler. Her other bestselling clients include Stephanie Bond, Julie Kenner, H.P. Mallory, Mitzi Miller and Sunny.
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