About Emily: I grew up in the Midwest, came east for college, and stayed. I was supposed to be a teacher, and went as far as getting an MSEd in secondary English education, but I fell into a job in children’s publishing and got hooked on...
About Kira: Kira Watson is ESA Rights Manager. She began working at ESA as an intern in 2014 and now oversees subsidiary rights in addition to building her own YA and MG list. She graduated from Hunter College with a BA in English (with a focus...
About Lauren: Lauren Spieller is an Associate Literary Agent at TriadaUS. She has a sharp editorial eye, and is passionate about author advocacy. Lauren is seeking Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction, as well as select Adult fiction and non-fiction. Whatever the age category or genre, Lauren is passionate about finding diverse and underrepresented voices....
About John: John Cusick is an agent with Folio Jr. / Folio Literary Management, representing picture books, middle-grade, and young adult novels. He is also the author of GIRL PARTS and CHERRY MONEY BABY (Candlewick Press), as well as a regular speaker at writers’ conferences. His client list...
As owner and President at BookEnds Literary Agency, Jessica Faust takes great joy in helping both her clients/authors and her agents achieve their dreams. In the nearly 20 years since opening BookEnds, Jessica has worked with a number of bestselling and award-winning authors. She has represented authors writing mystery, suspense, thrillers,...
About Melissa: Melissa Edwards joined Stonesong as a literary agent in August 2016. Previously, she was a literary agent at the Aaron Priest Literary Agency, where she managed the foreign rights for a 40-year backlist. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt...
Before joining the L. Perkins Agency, Ben worked all over the publishing industry. He started out at a small publishing company in Salt Lake City and proceeded to do internships at three literary agencies before his most recent position as the assistant at JABberwocky Literary...
About Tracy: Tracy Marchini is a Literary Agent at BookEnds Literary, where she represents both debut and award-winning authors and illustrators of fiction and non-fiction for children and teens. To get a sense of what she’s looking for, you can follow her Twitter #MSWL, see her...