The Greenhouse Literary Agency (http://www.greenhouseliterary.com/) specializes in fiction
for children: picture book texts of less than 1000 words; high-concept, character-led
young series; middle grade novels; young-adult/crossover novels. Very
occasionally, a nonfiction proposal will be considered
Sarah Davies founded the Greenhouse and is head of the
agency. She created the business after moving to the USA from England in
2007, following a long career as a senior UK children’s publisher.
As a publisher, Sarah worked with many high-profile
writers on both sides of the Atlantic. As an agent she has shepherded many
debut authors to success.
Sarah is seeking fiction by North America authors, from Middle Grade through Young Adult
and across all genres (note: she is currently closed to debut Picture books but
does rep PBs by clients whom she’s initially taken on for older fiction). She
loves strong, hooky plots, writing that has literary quality but is also
commercial, a strong or special voice, emotional heart. She loves both
adventurous and classic Middle Grade, especially for girls. Currently, she is
particularly keen to see unique contemporary Young Adult, sexy historical
(French Revolution?!), and voice-driven or exciting Middle Grade, maybe with
potential for illustrative components.
John Cusick joined Greenhouse in January 2013 after several
years with a small New York agency, where he began as an assistant and rose to
be an agent with a fast-developing client list. John is a Young Adult author in
his own right.
John is seeking fiction by North American authors, from Picture books and Middle Grade
through Young Adult. Particularly keen to see Middle Grade (and maybe Young
Adult) for boys. He wants fast-paced/thrilling/heart-breaking stories, contemporary
realism, historicals, speculative fiction, sci-fi and fresh fantasy, villains
with vulnerability, bad decisions with best intentions, boldly imagined
worlds, striking imagery, characters with histories, stories about siblings and
about middle America.
Polly Nolan joined Greenhouse in June 2013 and is based in the
UK. Polly began in children’s publishing in the 1990s and has worked at a
number of major London houses, including several years as Editorial Director of
Fiction at Scholastic and latterly as Associate Publishing Director (Fiction)
at Macmillan Children’s Books.
Polly is seeking fiction by UK, Irish, and Commonwealth authors (including Australia, NZ
and India – if you’re in Canada, query Sarah or John, not Polly). She’s looking
at everything from picture books to young fiction series, through Middle Grade
and Young Adult. She is open to all genres, but is particularly looking for an
arresting voice, strong concepts, and stories that have heart and engage the
emotions – in short, stories with true child and teen appeal.
Submissions
Email your query to: submissions@greenhouseliterary.com
Include the name of the agent you’re querying in the subject line. For a
novel, paste the first five pages into the query; for a picture book, paste the
entire manuscript into the query.
Full submission guidelines here.
Brian Henry will lead a “How to Get Published" workshop with
guest speaker Martha Magor Webb of the Anne
McDermid literary agency in Oakville on Feb 22, 2014 (see here).
Also,
Brian will lead a “Writing for
Children & for Young Adults” workshop
in Caledon at the Bolton Library on Jan 18 (here).
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| Martha Magor Webb of the Anne McDermid literary agency |
Brian also has a number of weekly
courses coming up in January. He'll lead a “Writing your life & other true stories” on
Tuesday afternoons in Burlington (see here) and a “Welcome
to Creative Writing” course on Tuesday evenings in
Burlington (here).
Brian will lead “Next Step” courses on Tuesday mornings in Burlington
(see here), Thursday afternoons in Mississauga (here) and Thursday evenings in Georgetown (here); and he'll lead “Intensive” courses
for more experienced writers on Wednesday afternoons in Burlington (here) and Wednesday evenings in Mississauga (see here).
See Brian’s full schedule here, including writing
workshops and creative writing courses in Ottawa, Kingston, Peterborough,
Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Bolton, Caledon, Georgetown,
Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Cambridge, Guelph, London, Newmarket, Stouffville, Barrie, Midland, Orillia, Sudbury, Thessalon, Algoma, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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