![]() Please follow the link to my Query Manager and follow the prompts. I am no longer accepting queries through my email. I am currently open to middle-grade and YA queries. ![]() For YA, I'm only interested in contemporary, historical, and thriller/suspense. Mekisha Telfer at Roaring Brook has acquired, in a preempt, We Deserve Monuments by Lambda Literary and MacDowell Fellow Jas Hammonds. I'm open to all genres in middle-grade, including contemporary, SFF, historical, and mystery. Since I also work in the adult space, I am also looking for books that can cross over from both middle-grade and YA. I'm interested in books like The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, which transcend the moment. I'm never looking for what is currently trendy because it will soon be gone. My clients include Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestseller Jacqueline Kelly among others. Asked whether she sees a broader assortment of viewpoints in the projects that are coming her way, Emily Van Beek, partner and agent at Folio Literary Management/Folio Jr., says. During that process, I’m able to bring to bear all the institutional memory I possess, knowing which editors and which publishing houses have a penchant for a certain subject, or a different voice, or a particular kind of author. When I work with my authors, I’ll focus editorially on how to make the book as strong as it could be. At-Large Sydney Meve Clients Illustration Films Services News Folio Lit. Editorial skill and a deep knowledge of the publishing industry sets me apart from many of my colleagues. Back Emily Van Beek Jennifer Chen Tran John Cusick Erin Harris Marcy Posner Quressa Robinson Melissa Sarver White Lauren Spieller Adriann Ranta Zurhellen Estelle Laure. After fifteen years on the editorial side of the business, I made the jump to agenting, and I have been at Folio for seven years. I started out with a brief stint as a children’s librarian, but found it a bit too staid, so moved on to publishing.
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