April 9, 2018—Colorado Springs, CO—Popular TV stars Roma Downey and Ted McGinley will lead in “Karen Kingsbury’s The Baxters,” a scripted family drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s book series, announced Rick Christian, Founder and CEO of Alive Literary Agency, noting ...
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Same Kind of Different As Me Opens Nationwide
October 20, 2017--After years in the making, Alive Literary Agency is delighted to announce Same Kind of Different As Me opens today in theaters nationwide. Alive agent Lee Hough, despite many rejections, tirelessly championed the remarkable true story of a homeless man and an international art dealer ...
Liberty University Announces Karen Kingsbury Center for Creative Writing
In a bold expansion of its ongoing partnership with #1 New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury, Liberty University has announced the opening of its new Karen Kingsbury Center for Creative Writing, according to Rick Christian, Founder and CEO of Alive Literary Agency, who negotiated ...
Behind the Scenes: Same Kind of Different As Me
By Rick Christian, Founder and President of Alive Literary Agency Same Kind of Different as Me, which spent nearly two years on the New York Times trade paper bestseller list, would have never seen the light of day apart from Alive’s agent extraordinaire, Lee Hough, who died ...
Ask Rick Christian: A Book Manifesto
This is our regular column of frequently (and not-so-frequently) asked questions with Alive’s Founder and CEO, Rick Christian. Over the weeks, we’ll cover everything from negotiation strategy and all things literary, lying, his manliest possession and most terrifying moment, his own ultimate demise … and ...
Producers Named for Kingsbury ‘The Baxters’ Drama Series
January 29, 2018—Colorado Springs, CO—Veteran Hollywood producers Roma Downey and Emmy-nominated Will Packer (Girls Trip, Straight Outta Compton, Ride Along, Roots) have teamed to produce Karen Kingsbury’s long-awaited “The Baxters” drama series, based on her Baxter family novels about the ups and downs of a large ...
Live Alive: Open the Door
Every intern wants to gain experience, but very few internships want to give it to them – interns have to grab bagels, shred a thousand papers, and sell their souls to get into meetings and shake hands with important people. When I came to Colorado Springs ...
Eugene Peterson Issues Revised Statement Following Religion News Service Interview
Dear friends and supporters of Eugene Peterson, Eugene is a long-time client of Alive Literary Agency who is best-known as the translator of THE MESSAGE Bible, and the author of the recent AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE and numerous works on spiritual theology. You may be aware ...
Alive Author Karen Kingsbury Appears Again on Today Show
Alive Literary and NYT bestselling author Karen Kingsbury promotes her new release Love Story on NBC's the Today show. In an interview with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, Kingsbury tells of a romantic marriage proposal she helped orchestrate...and her new Baxter family book, Love Story, played an ...
Alive Internships Provide Real-world Experience
A summer internship with Alive Literary Agency has meant a real-world experience in both publishing and literary agency that has leant itself to applicable skills and experience for my future. You won’t experience anything else like working at Alive. You won’t find agents in the ...
Intern Reflection: Sarah Colley
I came to Alive Literary Agency this summer with little understanding of publishing or the work of agents, and while I know that there is much left to be discovered, I leave Alive very familiar with the publishing world. At the beginning of the summer ...
Behind the Scenes: The Message
By Rick Christian, Founder and CEO of Alive Literary Agency I first encountered Eugene Peterson’s work in a January 1991 article he’d written for Christianity Today, entitled “Listen, Yahweh.” It included some sidebar translations he’d done on a couple of Psalms, and his words rattled around my ...