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Sandra is only open to new clients by referral, and unpublished authors via writers conferences.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…
Marie Prys
Marie Prys loves books and all that goes into their making. Formerly an editor at Harvest House Publishers (where she met Chip), 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 with Chip: 1001 Surprising Things You Should Know about Christianity, 1001 Surprising Things You Should Know about God, 1001 Surprising Things You Should Know about the Bible, Prayers of Our Presidents and Faith of the First Ladies.
In 2010, with her husband and four young children cheering, she opted to join MacGregor Literary in an administrative role 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 three agents as well as overseeing contracts, information databases, and the ever-present folder of queries waiting to be answered.