New Leaf
Literary & Media
110 West 40th Street, Suite 410
New York, NY 10018
New York, NY 10018
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Jaida Temperly is the newest member of the team at New Leaf
Literary, and like all new agents, she needs new authors. Until
recently, she was a literary assistant to senior agent Joanna Volpe, but is now excited to be building her client
list. Current clients include Kody Keplinger, Kirsten Hubbard, Eric Telchin, Amber
McRee Turner, and Maggie Heinze. She also represents illustrators Betsy Bauer,
James Lipnickas, and Genevieve Santos.
After a brief stint in medical school at University Wisconsin–Madison,
Jaida moved from Wisconsin to New York City for an internship at Writer’sHouse. After five months, Jaida joined New Leaf Literary & Media, where she
has been assisting Joanna Volpe for the past three years.
Jaida is seeking middle
grade and young adult titles. She has a particular love for quirky, dark
stories (The Mysterious Benedict Society, Coraline, Escape from Mr.
Lemoncello’s Library). She’s
also open to picture books by author-illustrators with completed dummies.
For Adult Fiction, she loves manuscripts with strong mystery,
high fantasy, or religious undertones (The Westing Game, A Discovery
of Witches, A Game of Thrones, The Da Vinci Code).
Query Jaida at: query@newleafliterary.com
The word "Query" must be in the
subject line, plus the agent's name; e.g., Subject: Query, Jaida Temperly. Include up to 5 double-spaced pages. No
attachments.
New
Leaf is a young agency and the other five agents involved are all taking on new
clients:
New Leaf is led by Joanna
Volpe who was
previously with Nancy
Coffey Literary. Joanna represents all kinds of fiction, from picture books to
adult.
Joanna’s picture book taste is the most eclectic,
ranging from sweet to fun to smart to quirky. For other fiction (both adult and
children's) she has an affinity for stories that have a darker element to them,
whether they be horror, drama or comedy. She's not the kind of reader that
needs a romance in her novels, though she does appreciate a good one.
On the nonfiction side her tastes are much more
specific. For children she looks for topics that captivate kids:
biographies, animal-related stories, all sciences and history, etc. Joanna also
has an affinity for morbid, weird or offbeat topics. In her adult nonfiction
tastes she tends toward all things geek-related, foodie books, travel books,
and general pop-culture and pop-science. Overall, she's looking for anything that highlights
under-represented characters. More diversity, please!
Read 20 Questions with Joanna here.
Include up to 5 double-spaced sample pages within the body of
the email. Please include "Query – Joanna Volpe" in the subject. No
attachments.
Peter
Knapp joined
the agency July 6, 2015, and as with all new agents, Pete is hungry for new
authors Peter represents authors of middle grade
and young adult fiction across all genres, and he's also seeking out smart,
high-concept adult fiction. He is genre-agnostic, as long as the writing is
great – meaning a standout voice, complex characters (not just the
protagonist), and plotting that keeps the reader hooked from the first page
through to the very end.
In
middle grade, he likes literary award-contenders, epic adventures (fantastical
or not) and everything in-between. He has a special place in his heart for
middle grade that is spooky, funny, irreverent—or all three.
In YA,
he wants character-driven contemporary, magical realism, epic fantasy (but it
must feel fresh), and realistic stories with some type of twist (speculative,
fantastical or otherwise – such as THE RAVEN BOYS, BONE GAP, WE WERE LIARS,
etc).
For
adult fiction, he wants high concept, voice-driven stories, ranging from the
highly commercial (such as THE MARTIAN or Blake Crouch's books) to the more
literary (THE AGE OF MIRACLES, THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS).
For all
ages, Peter is always on the lookout for character-driven horror and suspense. Visit Pete’s website here.
Query Peter at: query@newleaflitrary.com
Include up to 5 double-spaced sample pages within the body of
the email. Please include "Query - Pete Knapp" in the subject. No
attachments.
Kathleen
Ortiz is
actively seeking to sign more authors and illustrators, specifically fresh, new
voices in YA and animator/illustrator talent. In YA she gravitates more toward
beautiful and exceptional world building as well as contemporary stories whose
main characters stay with the reader far beyond the pages. She would love to
see a beautifully written YA set within other cultures and experiences.
On the
illustration side, she loves animator/illustrators and their unique way of
storytelling.
Include up to 5 double-spaced sample pages within the body of
the email. Please include "Query – Kathleen Ortiz" in the subject. No
attachments.
Suzie Townsend represents all brands of children's and adult
fiction. She is actively looking to build her list. In adult, she's
specifically looking for new adult, romance (all subgenres), fantasy (urban
fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, epic fantasy) and crime fiction (mysteries,
thrillers). In Childrens' she loves YA (all subgenres) and is dying to find
great Middle Grade projects.
Suzie loves strong characters and voice driven stories
that break out of the typical tropes of their genres.
Query Suzie at: query@newleaflitrary.com
Include up to 5 double-spaced sample pages within the body of
the email. Please include "Query – Suzie Townsend" in the subject. No
attachments.
Mackenzie
Brady Watson joined New
Leaf Literary as an agent in 2014. Previously, she'd been an agent at Charlotte
Sheedy Literary Agency and before that an intern at Farrar, Straus & Giroux
and FinePrint
Literary Management.
Mackenzie
was a microbiologist in her pre-publishing life, so she's always on the hunt
for projects that bring new facets of science to light. She is endlessly
fascinated by the human body, especially the heart. Her taste in nonfiction
extends beyond science books to memoirs, lost histories, epic sports
narratives, and gift/lifestyle books. She's looking for nonfiction for all
ages. She is particularly interested in projects with a strong narrative
and a female bend.
If you've
written the next Brain on
Fire, The Power of Habit, Random Family, The Boys in the Boat, The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks, Autobiography of an Execution, or Young
House Love, she wants to see
it.
On the
fiction side, Mackenzie only represents a very select list of upmarket
commercial-literary adult and YA projects. She also represents
illustrators with or without book projects of their own.
Include up to 5 double-spaced sample pages within the body of
the email. Please include "Query -Mackenzie Brady Watson" in the
subject. No attachments.
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| Olga Filina |
Brian Henry will lead How to Get Published workshops
on Saturday, Feb 20, in Kitchener, with literary agent Olga Filina of The
Rights Factory (see here) and on
Saturday, Feb 27, in Brampton with Martha Webb of the McDermid Agency
(see here).
Also, Brian will lead Writing
for Children & for Young Adults workshops on
Saturday, March 5, in Burlington, with Monica Pacheco, literary agent with The
McDermid Agency (see here),
and on Saturday, April 30, in Guelph, with Yasemin Uçar, senior editor, Kids Can Press (see here).
Other
upcoming workshops include Writing Your Life, Saturday,
Dec 5, in Burlington (see here), How to
Build Your Story, Saturday, Jan 16, in Georgetown (see here), and
Saturday, Jan 30 in Toronto (see here), and Writing With Style, Saturday,
March 12, in Oakville (see here).
For more
information or to register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
But
the best way to grow as a writer or to get your manuscript ready for
publication may be with a weekly class. Starting in the new year, Brian
will be offering a full range of courses for both beginning to experienced
writers (details of all five classes here)
Welcome to Creative Writing, Thursday
afternoons, Jan 28 – March 31, (no class March 17), in Burlington. (See
details of this class here.)
Writing Personal Stories, Tuesday
afternoons, Feb 2 – March 29, (no class March 15) in Burlington (see here.)
The Next Step in Creative Writing, Wednesday
evenings, Jan 20 – March 30 (no class March 16), in Burlington (see here)
Intermediate Creative Writing, Thurs
evenings, Jan 21 – March 31, (no class March 17), in Georgetown (see here)
Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday
afternoons, Jan 20 – March 9 (For details, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca)
See details of all five classes here.
Read
reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.
See
Brian's full schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing
courses in Algonquin Park, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton,
Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll,
Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia,
Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB, Sudbury,
Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe,
York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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