Joe Monti
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Literary Agent |
| Location | Nearby a former capitol of the U.S., NJ, United States |
| Introduction | Literary Agent, Bookseller, and publishing wonk. Joe has managed several bookstores, worked as a buyer for Barnes & Noble, been a sales manager for a Houghton Mifflin, and an editor for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Now he's an agent, a position which suits his experience. He's also really happy about being a dad. |
| Interests | Being a dad and husband, reading, publishing, comics, sword fighting, kayaking, explorers (they're still out there!), cooking, the oddest thing on the menu, orange things. |
| Favorite Movies | The Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rear Window, The Muppet Movie, The Last Picture Show, Hero, The Three Musketeers (70's), The Empire Strikes Back, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Blade Runner (no voice-over, pick whichever), The LoTR Trilogy, Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Spirited Away, Smoke Signals, Touch of Evil, Fight Club, Princess Bride, In the Mood for Love, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Edward Scissorhands, The Big Lebowski, Dead Man, Once Upon Time in China I & II, Once Upon a Time in the West, From Russia with Love, Gamers, Excalibur, Sleepy Hollow, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Hunger...And that's just off the top of my head. |
| Favorite Music | I can't go here's it's worst that movies, maybe. But I like to think and work to soundtracks or instrumental pieces. |
| Favorite Books | How about the most influential authors when i was growing up? Otherwise we both don't have the time for this list: Ray Bradbury, Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frank Herbert, Toni Morrison, Vladimir Nabokov, Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow, Jonathan Carroll. There from 16 - 18/19 Those are the ones that influenced me the most. |