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| The Scorpions of Zahir by Christine Brodien-Jones, represented by the Jennifer De Chiara Agency |
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The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency is a New York City-based full-service literary agency founded in
2001 and named one of the top 25 literary agencies in the country by Writer’s
Digest. The agency represents children’s literature for all ages – picture
books and middle-grade and young adult novels – but also represents
high-quality adult fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of genres. JDLA
is proud to represent illustrators, as well as screenwriters for both
television and film.
The De
Chiara agency has 14 agents, including 10
associate agents busily building their lists of authors and also the marvelous
Marie Lamba, interviewed on Quick Brown Fox here.
Like most of the agents at De Chiara, Marie is accepting queries for middle grade and young
adult fiction and nonfiction for adults and children.
Tori is looking from graphic
novels, middle grade and young adult fiction and middle grade nonfiction.
“Please
send me all genres of children’s graphic novels,” says Tori. “I love comics that are heartfelt and gestural, and I tend to like art
styles that look animated and soft, but bright. I would jump at a raw but
playful MG graphic memoir or stories that feel like fairy tales. Some of my
favorite comics are Catboy, Crush, Nimona, Fake Blood, The Prince and the
Dressmaker, On a Sunbeam, and Check, Please!
“See my #MSWL Pinterest board for examples of illustration styles
I’d love to find in my inbox here.
“For
middle-grade and young adult prose, my heart is
in SFF. Please send me witches! I adore magical realism, and I will consider
portal fantasy if it has a strange and fun new take on the genre. Give me
something that feels like a campy D&D game—or a TTRPG campaign that
literally or metaphorically becomes real. I am also looking for contemporary
stories dealing with school struggles, broken homes, mental health,
transactional friendships, creativity, reconciliation, geekery, saying “no,”
and ambition. I would love a cool and clever spy, heist, or mystery story.
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| Where Your Are by J.H. Trumble, represented by Jennifer De Chiara Agency |
Across
all genres, she loves to see humor, hopepunk
stories, chaotic/trickster characters, riddles and lateral thinking problems in
the narrative, diverse #ownvoices, neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ characters, mental
health advocacy, and themes about freedom, boundaries, or overcoming
conditioned fear.
She’s looking broadly, so if you’re not sure whether she represents what
you’re writing, query her. She does not represent adult fiction, horror,
stories of sexual assault, medical dramas, religious fiction or nonfiction, or
comedies of errors.
Her favorite novels include Saffy’s Angel, The School
Story, Eliza and her Monsters, Howl’s Moving Castle, Spinning Silver, Skyward,
Blood Water Paint, and Chaotic Good.
Include “Query” and the title of your project in the subject line and
paste the first twenty pages of your manuscript below your query letter.
Graphic novelists should paste a one-
to two-page synopsis and five to ten finished sample pages in the body of the
email. Please include a full link to your online portfolio in your query.
Please do not use link shorteners like bit.ly. Graphic novelists do not need a
full script or thumbnail draft in order to query, but I recommend having a
thorough synopsis available upon request.
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| Scholastic Books Executive Editor Anne Shone |
If you’re especially interested in writing and publishing Kid Lit, don’t miss Writing for Children and for Young Adults, with Anne Shone, Executive Editor, Scholastic Books, Saturday, September 12, in Mississauga (see here) and the Writing Kid Lit weekly class this fall on Thursday evenings, online (see here).
Beyond that, Brian’s workshop
schedule continues to take shape:
Upcoming workshops
Upcoming workshops
Burlington: Raising the Stakes: How to increase your story's tension,
Saturday, Sept 26. Details here.
Online: How to Write Great Characters, Saturday, Oct 31. Come in costume! Details here.
Saturday, Sept 26. Details here.
Online: How to Write Great Characters, Saturday, Oct 31. Come in costume! Details here.
Writing Retreats:
Algonquin Park: Join me for a magical weekend at Arowhon Pines
Resort, an outpost of luxury in the middle of the wilderness, for a
writing retreat. Two sessions: Friday, Aug 28 – Monday, Aug
31 (Wait list only. See here) and Labour Day
weekend, Friday, Sept 4 – Monday, Sept 7 (Spaces still available. See here).
To reserve a spot, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Weekly Classes {Most classes are almost full or have a wait list}:
Burlington: Intensive Creative Writing, Tuesday mornings, Sept 15 – Dec 15. Spaces still available. See here.
See Brian’s complete current schedule here, including
online and in-person writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend
retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington,
Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point,
Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa,
Peterborough, St. Catharines, Southampton, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor,
Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and
beyond.
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