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About Us Attorneys Mike Farris and Susan Morgan Farris man Farris Literary Agency, Inc., which represents fiction and non-fiction works. They are actively seeking fiction projects (thrillers, suspense, mysteries, romance, mainstream, horror, action/adventure, literary, Christian, westerns) as well as non-fiction (how-to, self-help, law, true crime, current affairs, popular culture, women's issues, biography, history, travel, sports, politics, entertainment, spiritual and inspirational). On the screenplay side, they are associate managers of AEI/Atchity Entertainment International in Beverly Hills, California. The Farrises are regular presenters at writers’ conferences, including Pike’s Peak Writers Conference, The Screenwriting Conference at Santa Fe, State Bar of Texas Entertainment Law Seminar, Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc., Black Hills Writers Conference, DFW Writers Workshop, and Heart of Denver Romance Writers. MIKE FARRIS has been a practicing
attorney in Dallas, Texas, since graduating cum laude from Texas Tech University
School of Law in 1983. Upon graduating in the top 10 percent of his class, and having
served
His screenplays have consistently placed well in national competitions: He reached the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in successive years; he also reached the semifinals and finals of the Chesterfield Film Company's Writers Film Project in successive years; and he reached the semifinals of the Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition three times.
SUSAN MORGAN FARRIS earned a cum laude English degree, with a
Communications minor, from
Stephen F. Austin State University in
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as an associate editor on the school's Law Review, he was inducted into
the prestigious Order of the Coif. He then practiced law for fifteen years with
one of the largest law firms in Dallas and was named a partner after six years.
Specializing in commercial litigation, he focused on
contract surety bonds, financial institution and commercial dishonesty bonds, antitrust, and state and federal securities laws. 
Texas. She also served as an editor and
staff writer on the campus
newspaper. She then obtained a law degree from Texas Tech University School of
Law in 1983. Since graduating, she has had a general, mainly civil, law practice
in Dallas County. Her practice has included litigation, appellate practice,
family law, corporate law, probate and estate planning.
In addition to her law practice, Susan has, in the past, edited several non-fiction
publications and consulted to screenwriters, novelists, and non-fiction
authors. She has also taught college-level English and served as judge for a
screenwriting competition. As an attorney, she has submitted manuscripts to
publishers and screenplays to production companies. These submissions are the
genesis of Farris Literary Agency, Inc. And she once rode an elephant, which you
don't hear other agents claiming.