Senior Vice President
WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR:
I’m seeking unique voices in middle-grade, young adult and YA/adult-crossover fiction, as well as adult sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I want stories that move readers, moments that make me look up and say “Wow, yes. I’ve felt that.”
I want compelling page-turners that create life-long readers, stories that will inspire fandoms, characters readers will cosplay as, obsess over, and never forget. I want #ownvoices stories of all styles and genres, and am particularly interested in sci-fi, fantasy, and genre fiction from under-represented voices. I love the strange, iconoclastic, and unusual. Send me the books kids will sneak / steal / borrow in secret. Those intimate, dangerous, life-saving stories.
I love proactive protagonists, kids and teens chasing a dream or a hero who swings in with a song in her heart and a knife in her teeth.
WHAT I’M NOT LOOKING FOR: I am not seeking picture book authors or illustrators, or non-fiction, at this time.
ABOUT ME: I'm a literary agent and Vice President at Folio Literary Management, where I represent a diverse list of voices in young adult, middle-grade, picture books, and everything in between.
IN MY FIFTH-GRADE BACKPACK: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar, The Indispensable Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson, chewing gum, a notebook filled with drawings of robots.
ON MY NIGHT STAND TODAY: We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds, Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, an empty tea cup, a notebook filled with slightly-less-bad drawings of robots.
HOW I WORK: As a writer myself, I bring both a creative and commercial sensibility to my agenting style. I’m an editorial agent who works closely with my clients, whether it’s developing a debut project or helping a seasoned author take their next step. My goal is to match writers with their dream editor, secure the best deals possible, facilitate the exploitation of dramatic (film and TV) rights in my clients’ work, and grow authors’ readership over long careers.
Genres represented
YA
Middle Grade
Children's Picture Book
Graphic Novels
Key Clients
Julie Murphy
Christian McKay Heidicker
Laura Sebastian
Joan He
Abdi Nazemian
James Kennedy
Linda Cheng
Anna Carey
Caitlin Schneiderhan
Josephine Cameron
Jorge and Megan Lacera
Jeramey Kraatz
Don Zolidis
Wasabi Entertainment
