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Jennifer comes from a theatrical background, and began her career in agenting after working as a long-time children's bookseller and buyer. She joined the Andrea Brown Literary Agency in 2007. Jenn loves quirky, warm illustration, and projects for all ages that have illustrated elements. Always on the lookout for sparkling YA and middle grade fiction with unusual and unforgettable characters and vivid settings, she is drawn to nearly all kinds of books, whether realistic comedies or richly imagined magical adventures. However, the common thread in her favorite stories is an offbeat world-view. Jennifer loves funny books, thrilling books, romantic books, books that make her cry, and all-around un-put-downable books ... and her true favorites are all of the above.
She spends most of her free time ... well, reading, what else?!
Jennifer is currently seeking:
Middle Grade and YA fiction from perspectives that may often feel left out of publishing, including stories from LGBTQIA and BIPOC creators
Kids/teen Graphic Novel and Picture Book illustrators and author-illustrators whose art has wit, heart, style and flair—art may BE digital, but doesn't LOOK digital
Great writing is a must, high concept is a plus, and diversity in all ways is welcome.
Jenn prefers upbeat stories. Bring her your queer, weird, funny, heartfelt, beautiful, nerdy SHENANIGANS.
She is not the best fit for:
Unrelentingly sad or traumatic stories.
Dramatic and complicated High Fantasy.
Gore or intense horror.
RECENT DEALS
Four-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay's THE SNIPS graphic novel series, about a humorous crew of scissor-wielding hairdressers saving the city from evildoers bent on tonsorial destruction, to Little, Brown Children's, in a three-book, six-figure deal.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall's YA graphic novel THE WORST RONIN, about two women samurai, one running from the grief of her past and the other hoping for glory, illustrated by Faith Schaffer, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's.
Lindsey Leavitt's NORTH OF SUPERNOVA, which follows a 12-year-old Virgo who devotes her summer to learning astrology, fortune-telling, and crystals so she can bust up her new blended family and take control of her destiny, to Godwin Books, in a two-book deal.
Author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl's PHOEBE'S DIARY, a highly illustrated YA novel in journal format based on the author's own teenage diaries, illuminating the glorious turmoil and ecstasy of adolescence, woven with themes of body and sex positivity, to Little, Brown Children's, for publication in fall 2023.
Caldecott Honoree Cindy Derby's picture book OH, PANDA, a story about perseverance featuring the cutest panda you ever saw, to Knopf/Random House for publication in Fall 2023.
Marti Dumas's middle grade THE WILDSEED WITCH, about a YouTuber who inadvertently unleashes magic powerful enough to draw the attention of witches, who recruit her into an ultra-exclusive charm school where she will find there are things about witchcraft that can never be taught in a classroom, to Abrams Children's in a two book, six-figure deal.
THINGS I LOVE:
Bookstores
Classic movies
Musical Theater
Drag queens
Witty banter
Year-round iced coffee
I host a podcast about Children’s Publishing. Find the Literaticast on Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.
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