McIntosh & Otis,
Inc.
353 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Established in 1928, McIntosh & Otis is an elder
statesmen among American literary agencies. It’s a full-service literary agency,
representing a broad range of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction.
Christa Heschke is the newest member of the team and is actively looking
for new authors. Christa graduated from Binghamton University with a major in
English and a minor in Anthropology. She started in publishing as an intern at
both Writers House and Sterling Lord Literistic, where she fell in love with
the agency side of publishing. Christa has been at McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
in the Children’s Literature Department since 2009. Find her on Twitter:
@ChristaHeschke
Christa is seeking picture books, middle grade, young
adult and new adult projects.
She is a fan of new adult and young
adult novels with a romantic angle and strong, quirky protagonists. In young
and new adult, Christa is especially interested in contemporary fiction, horror
and thrillers/mysteries. She’d also like to see steampunk and fantasy
(urban and high), that pushes the boundaries of what’s currently on the
shelves, perhaps a new take on these genres that has yet to be seen.
As for middle grade, Christa enjoys
humorous contemporary, adventure and magical realism for boys and girls. For
picture books, she’s drawn to cute, character driven stories.
Paste a synopsis and the first three
consecutive chapters (not to exceed 25 pages) of the manuscript into the email.
No attachments. Full submission guidelines here.
Brian Henry will host “From the Horse’s Mouth: Getting published or self-published” at Ryerson University on
June 15 with Stacey
Donaghy of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, Greg Ioannou
of Iguana Books, and Patrick Crean of HarperCollins Canada (details here). To register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Brian will also be leading “How to Build Your Story” workshops in Brampton on June 22 (see here), in Kingston on July 20 (see here),
in Peterborough on July 21 (see here),
in Woodstock on July 27 (see here),
in Barrie on Sept 21 (see here),
and in Sudbury on Sept 22. To register, emailbrianhenry@sympatico.ca
However, before you submit, though, the best way to get your
manuscript into shape is with a weekly course. This summer, Brian will be
leading an Intensive Creative Writing course on Thursday evenings in Mississauga
(see here) and an Exploring
Creative Writing course on Thursday afternoons in Burlington (see here). To
register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
See Brian's full schedule here, including writing workshops
and creative writing courses in Kingston, Peterborough, Toronto, Mississauga,
Brampton, Georgetown, Milton, Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, Hamilton,
Dundas, Kitchener, Guelph, London, Woodstock, Orangeville, Newmarket,
Barrie, Orillia, Bracebridge, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the
GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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