About Us

Chip MacGregor

One day when he was in first grade, Chip hurried home and announced to his mother, “When I grow up, I’m going to be a book guy!” And he has been a book guy—from high school literary magazine to bestselling books, from conference speaker to an unbeatable track record of representing renowned writers. Creating MacGregor Literary was a natural step for a book guy.

Chip has a comprehensive knowledge of the industry—from book development to writing, acquisition to production, marketing to sales. He has secured more than 1,000 book deals for authors with all of the major publishers in both CBA and ABA, including Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, Integrity, Baker, Tyndale, Broadman & Holman, Crossway, Multnomah, Revell, Harvest House, Waterbrook, NavPress, Cook, Howard, Random House, Ballantine, Crown, Doubleday, Broadway, Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Fireside, Warner Book Group, HarperCollins, Avon, Viking, Penguin, Berkley, and Jossey-Bass, among others. Continue reading…

Sandra Bishop

Sandra Bishop was invited in 2009 to join MacGregor Literary, an agency consistently listed among the top five dealmakers on Publishers Marketplace. Prior to agenting, Sandra worked in the marketing department of a major CBA publishing company, and made a living as a freelance writer for nearly a decade.

In her second full year as an agent, Sandra defied the lingering cries of the falling economic sky and placed 30 books for publication. In 2010, Sandra enjoyed the honor of being named “Agent of the Year” by ACFW, a national association of authors who specialize in inspirational fiction.

Sandra represents fiction and nonfiction authors in multiple genres and with varying levels of publication background. She is as hard working as she is likeable, and is proud to have helped several of her authors reach milestones early in their literary partnership. Sandra is awaiting membership status in the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR).

Sandra is only open to new clients by referral, and unpublished authors via writers conferences.

Amanda Luedeke

Amanda wrote her first book—a picture book entitled A Cat—when she was 5 years old. Though the scintillating masterpiece never made it to bookstore shelves, it solidified her dream to one day work in the book industry.

Amanda was a 2006 graduate of the acclaimed Professional Writing program at Taylor University Fort Wayne. Since college, she’s made her living as a writer, working as a freelancer for local newspapers and marketing companies, while operating her own writing business.

Her love for writing and ability to think strategically landed her a full time job in marketing at an agency in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since starting there in 2008, Amanda has written web and print copy for Vera Bradley, Baekgaard, Brecks and Peg Perego. She’s also assisted in marketing strategy for these companies, conducting research, launching social media sites and proposing and working on major projects targeted at the online consumer.

Yes, she knows … she’s one of those people. Continue reading…

Erin Buterbaugh

Erin was the kind of child parents wanted their kids to be friends with, in hopes that her extensive vocabulary and love of books would be a good influence. Consequently, she was also the kind of child whose friends called her a nerd and ridiculed her for reading at slumber parties.

Despite her less-than-literary-minded peer group, Erin grew up to embrace the “word nerd” persona, graduating from the renowned Professional Writing program at Taylor University. Upon graduation, she completed an internship under the great agents at Alive Communications and entertained the idea of a career in literary representation.

Erin spent several years working as a freelance writer and editor (as well as dance teacher, choreographer, actress, director, and bluegrass band member) before becoming the in-house writer and editor for an up-and-coming curriculum publisher in her home state of Colorado.

In 2012, Erin was invited to join the MacGregor Literary team as an agent, which pretty much amounts to her dream job, minus an office in Disneyland. Her areas of interest include children’s, middle-grade, and YA fiction, as well as women’s fiction, suspense, and non-fiction.

Shannon Potelicki

Shannon’s career at the agency began with serving as Chip’s Assistant—going through the slush pile, helping out with research, and handling other small projects. After several months, she was invited to join the MacGregor Literary team as an agent. In addition to this responsibility, she continues to serve as Chip’s Assistant and pursues her own writing projects (including ghostwriting, writing ministry marketing and donor relations copy, and freelancing articles for online and print publications).

Another graduate of Taylor University’s acclaimed Professional Writing program, Shannon earned the Jerry B. Jenkins Annual Writing Scholarship, had her byline published in a variety of magazines and newspapers, and completed an editorial internship with Focus on the Family’s book publishing department during her college years.

Marie Prys

Marie loves books and all that goes into their making. Formerly an editor at Harvest House Publishers, Marie also served as assistant director of the University of Idaho Press for a year before beginning a successful freelance editing business. In her twelve years of freelancing, she provided editorial assistance to a wide range of individual authors and publishing houses. Between 2001-2006, Marie co-authored five books.

In 2010, with her husband and four children cheering, she opted to join MacGregor Literary and leave tight deadlines and those three-hundred page novels in need of editing to someone else. Marie offers critical support to MacGregor Literary’s agents as well as overseeing contracts.

Holly Lorincz

Holly Lorincz met Chip MacGregor when he became the agent for her first novel. Now she works for MacGregor Literary as an editing and publishing consultant, and Chip’s assistant. Holly has a degree in journalism and a Masters of Arts in secondary education with a focus in language arts and a minor in communications.

Before Mac Lit, Holly was the editor of a literary magazine and then a nationally recognized instructor, teaching literature, journalism, speech and writing at the high school and college level.  What she really likes to brag about, though, is that she created a speech and debate team at her tiny rural school, giving fringe kids an opportunity to use their voices.  In her fifteen years helping youth write persuasive arguments, she coached seven individuals to the status of State Champion. Her team never placed less than fifth in the state, and twice brought home the State Championship title for Oregon Speech and Debate. Yes, she’s a nerd but she really knows what an audience wants.

Now you can find Holly huddled over the heater, reading manuscripts, editing proposals, helping authors get their books online, and drinking copious amounts of Chip’s coffee. She loves her job.