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| Whatever After, Sugar and Spice, by Sarah Mlynowski, represented by Laua Dail Agency |
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The Laura Dail Literary Agency has
been around since 1996. It’s a small (4 agents), full-service literary agency,
representing fiction and nonfiction, commercial and literary, for both adults
and children. The agency represents diverse authors, including bestselling
authors of children’s fiction, award-winning journalists, historians, chefs,
and humorists.
Samantha Fabien is the newest member of the team, and like all new agents, she needs authors. Samantha graduated from Seton Hall University in 2015. After
completing the Columbia Publishing Course, Samantha found her passion for
foreign rights and editorial through her internships and part-time work at
three literary agencies: Ayesha Pande Literary, Writers House, and Chalberg
& Sussman.
She joined the LDLA team in May 2018 as their International Rights
Manager, and began her role as a literary agent in April 2019. Samantha's
truest passion – apart from reading and writing – is sharing inclusive,
lasting, and impactful stories with the world.
Specifically, Samantha is looking for Commercial and
high-concept adult fiction; Non-western historical fiction (specifically on the
lookout for stories set in 1600s-1800s or 1920s-1970s); Psychological
thrillers; and Fresh, unique rom-coms.
In Middle Grade and Young Adult, she’s seeking contemporary fiction (especially
re-imaginings of classic tales); Grounded YA fantasy with rich characters and
world building
In general {like everyone else} she wants all things diverse and
#ownvoices.
Find her on Twitter here.
Query Samantha at: queries@ldlainc.com
Along with
your book title, include the name of the agent you’re querying in the subject
field; e.g.: Query: TITLE for Samantha Fabien. Paste the first
5–10 pages of your manuscript into the body of your email. No attachments. Full submission
guidelines here.
Two other
agents at Laura Dail are also seeking authors.
Elana Roth Parker is looking for Commercial and high-concept middle-grade and young adult fiction (all genres, but maybe avoid Christmas, talking animal books, or anything nightmare-inducing; narrative nonfiction for children and teens; and picture books, but from author/illustrators only.
“For fiction, both MG and YA,” says Elana, “my tastes run
more commercial than literary, so I'm mainly looking for high-concept or
commercial-leaning novels. That means good plots and good twists. I like to say
my tastes lie at the intersection of timeless and fresh. For examples, look at The Selection, which draws on fairytales
but updates them in new ways, or Brightly
Burning, which is Jane Eyre in space. Both pull from tradition but spin
them in surprising ways.
“I’m not
picky about genre (sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism, contemporary, historical,
all good) so long as there's a strong plot (make me keep turning pages,
please) told by a strong voice. I want books that I can come back to over and
over again. I read to escape, not to get punched in the face, so take me far
away with an irresistible voice, but don't make me suffer along the way.”
For fiction,
these are Elana’s keywords: imagination, escapism, other-worldiness, nerdy
inspiration, high emotional stakes, diverse, plot-driven, heartfelt.
“For nonfiction:
I'm looking for all age levels. For picture books and middle-grade, I'd love to
see topics kids would find fascinating explained in creative ways and formats,
especially for the younger ages. For MG and YA, I'd also love to see
narrative non-fiction, i.e. great, real-life voices with a rich story to
tell kids.”
Like everyone else, Elana is looking for diversity. “If you have a story that fits my broader tastes above and has brown kids, non-straight kids, or differently-abled kids,
PLEASE send them to me.”
Query Elana at: queries@ldlainc.com
Along with
your book title, include the name of the agent you’re querying in the subject
field; e.g.: Query: TITLE for Agent’s Name. Paste the first 5–10
pages of your manuscript into the body of your email. No attachments. If you are an author/illustrator, provide a link to your online
portfolio. Full submission guidelines here.
Carrie Pestritto is looking for fresh, diverse voices in fiction and
nonfiction for adults and children. She has a fairly full list at the moment
(especially in young adult) so she’s being very selective in taking on new
authors.
In
adult fiction, she represents commercial fiction with a literary twist; fresh
chick-lit; romance; upmarket women's fiction; near-historical fiction (from
about the Gilded Age on); mystery/thrillers for a female audience, as well as
cozies.
In
nonfiction, she represents narrative non-fiction; biography/memoir.
In kid
lit, she represents high-concept young adult fantasy, especially diverse
fantasy; diverse young adult and upper middle grade; middle grade with a quirky
voice; and biographical, educational, or cultural picture books.
Query Carrie at: queries@ldlainc.com
Along with
your book title, include the name of the agent you’re querying in the subject
field; e.g.: Query: TITLE for Agent’s Name. Paste the first 5–10
pages of your manuscript into the body of your email. No attachments. If you are an author/illustrator, provide a link to your online
portfolio. Full submission guidelines here.
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| Laurie Elizabeth Flynn |
If you’re interested in kid lit, don’t miss Writing for Children and for Young Adults. Offered on May 5 and May 11, this
workshop will feature Erin O'Connor, senior editor at Scholastic Books
as a guest speaker.
On Saturday, May 5, in Toronto,
the workshop will also feature young adult author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn (see here), and on
Saturday, May 11, in Brampton the workshop will also
feature young adult author Tanaz Bhathena (see here).
If you’re interested in getting published, soon or somewhere down the
road, don’t miss the How to Get Published workshop, Saturday, June 8, in Waterloo with literary agent
Meg Wheeler (see here).
For updated listings of How to Get Published
workshops see here (and scroll
down).
And don’t miss these other great workshops coming
soon: Plotting
Novels and Writing Short Stories, Saturday, May 25, in Niagara
on the Lake (see here), How to
Write Great Characters, Saturday,
June 22, in Oakville, (see here),
and Finding Your Voice, Saturday, July 13, in London (see here).
But the best way to grow as
a writer may be with a weekly course. Here’s what’s coming this summer:
Oakville Woodside Library: Exploring
Creative Writing, Tuesday
afternoons, July 2 – Aug 13. See here.
Burlington: Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday
afternoons, July 3 – Aug 21; first readings
emailed June 26. See here.
Burlington: Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday
evenings July 3 – Aug 21; first readings emailed June
26. See here.
In the fall, join us at the ...
November at the Briars Writing
Retreat
Friday, November 1 – Monday, November 4;
four days of creativity in a setting that provides the warmth of a country
estate steeped in history while providing all the benefits of an extensive,
modern lakeside resort. Details here.
To reserve a spot in any upcoming weekly course, weekend retreat, or
Saturday workshop, email Brian at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Read reviews of Brian’s courses, retreats, and
workshops here.
See Brian’s complete current
schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and
weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton,
Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Jackson’s
Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth,
Oakville, Ottawa, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton,
Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
Navigation tips: Always check out the Labels
underneath a post; they’ll lead you to various distinct collections of
postings. If you're searching for more interviews with literary agents or a
literary agent who represents a particular type of book, check out this post.
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