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| Sofie & Cecilia by Katherine Ashenburg, represented by Transatlantic |
Transatlantic Agency
2 Bloor Street East
Suite 3500
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Transatlantic Agency is expanding in the US, absorbing Jill Corcoran Literary
Agency. Jill Corcoran, president of JCLA, joins Transatlantic as partner
and senior agent Jodell Sadler joins as senior agent; and Timothy Travaglini
and Elizabeth Benneet join as literary agents. Jill Corcoran clients will move
with their agents and be represented by Transatlantic going forward.
“Jill
Corcoran is a powerhouse and her dynamic agents are well respected for good reason,”
says Samantha Haywood, president of Transatlantic. “Jill, Jodell, Elizabeth and
Tim have terrific industry experience and excellent taste. They will be a great
addition to our group. We are simply delighted to welcome them and their
remarkable author and illustrator clients to Transatlantic, growing our already
successful children’s and YA list, and increasing our presence in the US
market.”
Transatlantic now has 17 agents located across North America, with US
agents in New York, Boston, Chicago, Portland OR, and LA, and Canadian agents
in Toronto, Vancouver and Nova Scotia. Transatlantic represents more than 500
clients, who make regular appearances on notable bestseller lists across North
America and have won major awards such as the Newbery Medal (US), the Giller
Prize (Canada), Michael L. Printz Honor Book (US), and the Governor General’s
Award for both adult and children’s literature (Canada).
Transatlantic agents who are looking for new authors include:
Stephanie Sinclair, is
growing her own author list and simultaneously manages international rights for
Samantha Haywood's client list as well as for Page Two Books, a separate
company owned and operated by Transatlantic agents Jesse Finkelstein and Trena
White.
In fiction, Stephanie represents literary fiction
and upmarket women’s and will consider literary thriller and suspense and YA
crossover.
In nonfiction, Stephanie represents narrative
nonfiction, memoir, investigative journalism and true crime.
Query Stephani at: stephanie@transatlanticagency.com
Note:
Stephanie will be a guest speaker at the How to Get Published workshop, Saturday, Nov 17, in Mississauga.
Details here.
Léonicka Valcius recently joined the Transatlantic Agency as assistant agent. After
completing the publishing program at Centennial College, Léonicka interned at
HarperCollins Canada before working at Scholastic Book Fairs Canada for nearly
4 years as a book buyer and marketer. She then joined the Online and Digital
Sales team at Penguin Random House Canada where she sold ebooks and audio
books. Léonicka is eager to draw from these experiences to return to her
original passion: working with writers.
As the founder of #DiverseCanLit and the Chair of the Board of
the Festival of Literary Diversity, serving readers and writers of colour has
been the core of Léonicka’s career. She brings this same mandate to her work at
Transatlantic. As an Assistant Agent, Léonicka will be working closely with
Samantha Haywood, Stephanie Sinclair and Amy Tompkins with whom she will be
co-agenting new clients.
Léonicka is interested in commercial fiction (especially
fantasy, romance, and historical fiction), general nonfiction, and YA &
children’s books.
In Adult and Young Adult fiction, Léonicka likes fun commercial
fiction, romance that ranges from sweet to steamy, otherworldly fantasy, and
sweeping historical fiction. She does not represent mysteries or thrillers.
In Adult non-fiction, she like narrative nonfiction that
explains complex issues through the lens of a personal story. She is also
seeking books that straddle the self-help/lifestyle line (#selfcare
#liveyourbestlife) and the self-help/business line (#productivityhack
#riseandgrind).
For Middle Grade, she loves humour, adventure, and make believe.
She also enjoys stories about children navigating their changing relationships
with family and friends. She strongly prefers books with at least one human
character.
“I
am eager to work with people of color,” says Léonicka, “including (but not
limited to) trans people, disabled people, religious minorities, and queer
folks.
Include a synopsis and a 20-page excerpt.
If you are comfortable, please include your social and cultural
identities in your bio, especially if you self-identify as a person of color
and/or part of another underrepresented group. If you are submitting a
nonfiction proposal, please include information about your expertise and
platform, as well as a detailed table of contents.
Jesse Finkelstein specializes in upmarket, accessible nonfiction
that challenges current conceptions, whether through a “big ideas” book or
narrative. “I am drawn to entrepreneurs and people who are innovators in their
fields and writing about current affairs, business, culture, politics,
technology, religion, and the environment,” says Jesse. And she is most
interested in authors who have an existing platform.
Authors
are encouraged to attach a maximum 20-page writing sample of their work as a
Word document. See Jesse’s full guidelines here.
Trena White specializes in upmarket, accessible nonfiction that challenges current conceptions,
whether through a “big ideas” book or narrative.
“I am drawn to entrepreneurs
and people who are innovators in their fields and writing about current
affairs, business, culture, politics, technology, and the environment,” says
Trena.
“Journalists who are obsessed with a particular
beat (gangs, climate change, etc.) always welcome. Fascinating, exceptionally
well written life stories, usually with a current affairs hook. I am most
interested in authors who have an existing platform.”
Authors
are encouraged to embed a maximum 20-page writing sample in their email. No
attachments. See Trena’s full guidelines here.
Jodell Sadler is
always looking for outstanding storytellers in children’s lit. She seeks new
talent and artists who have animation or design or graphic novel in their
background, and are looking to launch author-illustrator projects in fiction
and/or nonfiction.
She also
wants awesome author-illustrators working on older genre projects.
In Chapter
Books and Middle Grade she’s looking for illustrated, fresh, and graphic novel,
biographies, narrative nonfiction, and great stories that pull readers in.
For Picture
Books, she looks for humor, well-paced writing with a fresh approach, and
projects with great visual storytelling and emotional depth. “I’m looking for
diverse books, biographies and great topics and concepts.”
For Young
Adult she’s seeking compelling narrative nonfiction and fiction projects. “I
look for a well-paced story and unique project with voice and emotional depth.
I want to feel the heart of your story and immediately connect to character.”
Jodell does
take on adult titles but is highly selective and looks for an awesome voice.
Query Jodell here.
Author-illustrators
please submit a portfolio link or dummy.
Jill Corcoran,
formerly president of the Jill Corcoran Agency and now a partner and senior
agent at Transatlantic, is looking for original, compelling concepts in
children’s, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction.
Query Jill here.
Do not send queries to the Corcoran Agency email addresses; they’ll be
deleted.
Elizabeth Bennett is currently closed for submissions but
will be open again in the fall.
Elizabeth
is generally interested in fiction and nonfiction submissions with series and
franchise potential, board books, novelties, graphic novels, middle grade, and
YA fiction. I tend to be partial to books with humor; books that approach
contemporary issues in a fresh, new way; books that are inspired by pop-culture
and current trends. I’m very interested in finding young chapter books and
early readers, especially illustrated projects. If you are submitting as an
author-illustrator, you must include a link to your online portfolio and/or
dummy as a sample of your work.
Query Elizabeth (when she re-opens) here.
Marilyn Biderman is closed to queries until
Sept 1, 2018. Then Marilyn will be open to literary fiction and sweet-spot
fiction, that is, fiction that’s accessible but literary in intent (often found
at book clubs). She’s also looking for literary crime fiction and women’s
commercial and historical fiction.
“I
love memoir with an utterly unique story and brilliant writing,” says Marilyn.
Plus “narrative non-fiction on compelling and newsworthy topics that anticipate
trends; expert non-fiction of wide appeal from authors with established social
media platforms; and biographies of fascinating lives.”
She
welcomes both debut and established authors and diverse voices.
Attach a brief sample of your work (up to 1,500 words) as a Word
of PDF file. See Marilyn’s full guidelines here.
Andrea Cascardi, who represents both
children’s authors and author-illustrators and adult authors, both for fiction
and nonfiction is temporarily closed to queries. But writers should keep an eye
on her bio page at Transatlantic for when she’s again open to queries.
See here.
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Yasmin Uçar, senior editor,
Kids Can Press |
If
you’re interested in getting published, soon or somewhere down the road, don’t
miss upcoming How to Get Published workshops on Saturday, Aug
18, in Collingwood with literary agent Paige Sisley (see here) and
Saturday, Nov 17, in Mississauga with literary agent Stephanie Sinclair
(see here).
And
if you’re interested in Writing for Children & for
Young Adults, Brian Henry will lead a mini-conference with Yasemin Uçar, senior
editor at Kids Can Press, children’s author Kira Vermond, and YA author Tanaz
Bhathena, Saturday, Sept 22, in Oakville (see here), a Writing
Kid Lit weekly course on Friday afternoons, Oct 5 – Nov 30 in
Toronto (see here), and a Writing for Children & for Young Adults workshop
Saturday, October 12, in Sudbury (see here).
For updated listings of Writing for Children & for Young
adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes, see here (and
scroll down).
And don't miss: How to
Write Great Characters, Saturday, Aug 18, in Guelph (see here), Writing Conflict: Fight scenes, Dialogue scenes & Love scenes, Saturday,
Sept 15, in Toronto (see here),
and Writing and Revising, Saturday,
Sept 29, in St. Catharines (see here).
Come
September, Brian is leading a full roster of courses, Introductory to Intense
(Details of all six courses here):
Welcome to Creative Writing, Thursday,
afternoons, Sept 27 - Nov 9, in Oakville. See here.
And Intensive
Creative Writing, offered in three
locales:
Tuesday
afternoons, Sept 25 – Nov 27 (first readings emailed Sept 18), in Burlington.
See here.
Wednesday
evenings Sept 26 – Dec 5 (first readings emailed Sept 19), in Georgetown.
See here.
Friday
mornings Sept 28 – Nov 30 (first readings emailed Sept 21), in Toronto.
See here. See details of all six courses here.
Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.
See
Brian’s complete current schedule here, including
writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin
Park, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Cambridge,
Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB,
Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York
Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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