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OPEN DOOR PUBLISHING GROUP

Specializing in Fiction, Non-Fiction, & Poetry by East Texas Authors

Harry Hedgehog

Editor in Chief of Fiction Division (He/Him)

Main interests: Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction, Crime novels, & Historical Fiction

Five Most Recently Published Books include:
- Who Fileted Mr. Fox?: a Wild Murder Mystery
- Painting Distant Skies: an exploration of grief and the stars
- Greg the Grouse Guides George Washington: the Mostly true tale of the American Revolution
- Dappled Fur Flying Free: Romance among the Redwood Trees
- The Copse of Stumps and Ivy: a Forest Fantasy
 
Two Recent Articles:
- Why Readers Love Reading About Taking Animals (and Why All of Your Books Should Have One) 
- Indie Book Review: Bear Bond: Double Oh Honey, Tropey, Funny, Four Stars
 
Looking For:

- Accepting Unagented Submissions
- Completed manuscripts between 40,000 - 100,000 words
- Please send a Query Letter, Synopsis, First 50 pages

Penny Peacock

Editor in Chief of Nonfiction Division (She/Her)

Main interests: Poetry books, Memoirs, Narrative Non-Fiction, Local History Guides, Essay Collections

Five Most Recently Published Books include:
- The Sound of a Silent Tree: Poetry about finding silence in a Noisy World
- Haunted Hawthorns: The cryptids and creepers of East Texas
- Mother of Nine Lives: Essays for Raising Kittens into Cats for all of their Lives
- Top 10 Places To Howl at the East Texas Moon: A comprehensive guide for wolves including lunar tables, echoing ratings, and nearby attractions.
- Living with Leprosy: An Armadillo's Journey to Acceptance and Beyond

Two Recent Articles
- Forest Writer's Con Recap! Books, Bites, and the Food Was Good Too.
- Helping Honeybees Write was an Interesting Experience . . . 

Looking For
- Completed manuscripts between 10,000 - 100,000 words
- Book Proposals
- Poetry Collections between 30 - 40 poems
- Please send a Query Letter, the first chapter, and either a Synopsis (memoir/narrative non-fiction), a list of the poem titles (poetry books), or a Book Proposal (everything else).
 

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