FEATURED AGENT: Nicole Resciniti of The Seymour Agency

Excerpt from http://www.theseymouragency.com/About-Us.html   Nicole has been listed by Publisher’s Marketplace as a top dealmaker in the country, and named ACFW’s 2012 Agent of the Year. She loves discovering new talent and helping established authors to take their career to the next level. Do you have the next project to feed her book addiction? A smart, …

Featured Agent: Tamar Rydzinski of Laura Dail Literary Agency

Excerpt from http://www.ldlainc.com Tamar Rydzinski interests: Middle-grade and young adult fiction and non-fiction of all types; adult commercial fiction (political espionage is not a good fit); adult narrative non-fiction. Her manuscript wish list: Tamar Rydzinski   My Manuscript Wish List Favorite The most important thing for me when reading a manuscript is connecting to the …

FEATURED AGENT – LAURA BRADFORD, BRADFORD LITERARY AGENCY

I am a huge fan of this agent!  Laura has an amazing sense of humor and a keen eye for a promising story, so I hope I can appeal to both when I am ready to query her.  That is, if she’s open to submissions by the time my baby is ready to go out …

Featured Agent: Daniel Lazar, Writer’s House, LLC

Actively seeking new clients Excerpt from http://www.writershouse.com Writers House is one of the largest literary agencies in the industry. We represent a wide range of adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction. I’m always on the lookout for distinct fiction and great, lively non-fiction. I represent adult and children’s books (for children’s books, I focus mainly …

Featured Agent: Quressa Robinson of Nelson Literary

Literary Agent Quressa Robinson Excerpt from: Quressa Robinson I’ve been an avid reader as long as I can remember. My oldest grudge stems from third grade, when the librarian’s daughter beat me out of a first-place gold medal in the summer reading challenge by two books. I was robbed! Needless to say, my competitiveness and …

Featured Agent: Emily Van Beek of Folio Jr.

Excerpt from https://www.foliojr.com/emily-van-beek/ Emily Van Beek About Me: I moved to New York City from Toronto armed with dual citizenship, a dream to work in children’s publishing, and inspiration from my favorite (if clichéd) Zen magnet, “Leap and the net will appear”. I became an editor at Hyperion Books for Children before deciding to explore …

YA Agent, Patty Carothers of Metamorphosis Literary

Patty Carothers – Agent excerpt from https://www.metamorphosisliteraryagency.com/about ​ Patty Carothers has been in love with stories for as long as she can remember. She is a certified copy editor and an Oxford comma fangirl. Her adoration of all things comic book related and YA has morphed into her co-writing the Texting Prince Charming series. Engaging …

Agent spotlight: Kaitlyn Johnson of Corvisiero Literary Agency

This excerpt from https://www.corvisieroagency.com/kaitlyn-johnson.html Kaitlyn Johnson – Literary Agent Apprentice Kaitlyn is currently OPEN to queries. After receiving a BA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College, Kaitlyn refused to leave the concept of nightly homework behind. As well as being an apprentice agent for Corvisiero Literary Agency, she is also a freelance editor …

Agent spotlight: Justin Wells of Corvisiero Literary

This excerpt was taken from https://www.corvisieroagency.com/justin-wells.html Justin Wells – Jr. Literary Agent  Justin is currently OPEN to queries. Justin started his journey six years ago when he started his blog which grew far beyond what he had originally thought it ever would. If you had asked him then, he would have never imagined just how …

Agent Spotlight: Eric Smith, P.S. Literary

Thursdays are all about the agents.  The first one to grace my long list, excerpt taken from the P.S. Literary website: Eric Smith – Literary Agent Eric Smith is a literary agent at P.S. Literary, with a love for young adult books, sci-fi, fantasy, and non-fiction. He began his publishing career at Quirk Books in …