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Sister Dear
by Hannah Mary McKinnon,
represented by Transatlantic |
Transatlantic Agency
2 Bloor Street East,Suite 3500
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://transatlanticagency.com/
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Transatlantic Agency offers a full spectrum of career representation to authors (Adult, Children’s & YA, and illustrators) and storytellers (Speakers, Industry leaders & Influencers) across all genres and formats for book, content development, speaking and TV & Film. Six agents at Transatlantic are currently open to queries.
Evan Brown is an Associate Agent currently developing his list of authors.
Evan has been in publishing since 2012. Prior to joining Transatlantic in April
2019, he worked at a major trade publisher based in Toronto as a marketing
specialist for adult and YA novels, including multiple New York Times
bestsellers across a wide range of genres; as an acquisitions committee reader;
and in online rights, helping authors combat digital piracy and plagiarism. He
has experience copyediting, proofreading and freelance editing.
Evan holds an MA in 18th Century Studies from the University of
York in the UK and a BA combined honours in Early Modern Studies and English
from Dalhousie and The University of King’s College, where he was
editor-in-chief of the Early Modern Studies programme student journal, Babel, in
2009.
Evan is looking for submissions in the following genres:
Literary fiction, featuring unique voices, intriguing characters,
writing ranging from real to the surreal, and stories that ponder big questions
– even when narrow in scope.
Historical fiction, literary rather than genre, featuring epic
settings, multi-generational legacies, and compelling character drama.
Fantasy fiction written for adult readers, meaning mature themes
more than mature content, laced with intricate lore, tangled politics, and
relatable motivations.
Science fiction set in unique and evocative locations, challenging
elements of contemporary society through a futuristic lens or alternative
reality.
Sports history and memoir, ideally narrative driven and reflecting
to some extent on bigger issues or the wider world beyond sports.
Query Evan at: evan@transatlanticagency.com
Include a synopsis and 20-page sample in Word or PDF.
Note: Evan will be our guest speaker at
the How to Get Published workshop
Saturday, Oct 3, in Toronto. Details here.
Devon Halliday joined Transatlantic as a
Literary Agent in the summer of 2020, with prior experience at Sanford J.
Greenburger Associates, Susanna Lea Associates, Writers House, Maria B.
Campbell Associates, and Folio Literary management in agenting and scouting.
She grew up in Athens, Ohio, and studied Comparative Literature at Brown
University. After years in the New York City publishing scene, she has returned
to Ohio and is excited to build a list at Transatlantic.
Devon represents both
fiction and nonfiction. On the fiction side, Devon leans toward adult fiction,
but will also consider YA and cross-over projects. She is interested in
literary and upmarket fiction with sharp, insightful writing and vivid
characters. She’s partial to speculative fiction, women’s fiction, contemporary
fiction, metafiction, light psychological suspense, and romcoms. She is not the
right agent for most thrillers, horror, mystery, or historical fiction.
On the nonfiction side,
Devon is on the lookout for creative and narrative nonfiction, investigative
journalism, broad-perspective memoir, and popular science/ psychology/
medicine/ philosophy. She’s interested in any strong narrative voice that can
bring a complicated or niche subject to the average reader.
Across the board, her
interest is always piqued by manuscripts that feature tangled-up morality;
internet culture; climate change; millennials; unusual story structures; or
love stories between flawed characters. She seeks to represent a diverse range
of voices and perspectives. For more detail on what she’s looking for, please
view her website or her #mswl tweets on Twitter.
Query Devon at querydevon@transatlanticagency.com
Include a 20-page sample
(for fiction) or a proposal (for nonfiction). Please include “Query” in
the subject line, and notify her if another offer of representation is
received.
Amy Tompkins has worked in publishing since 2002 and has been
with the Transatlantic Agency since 2007. She represents children’s authors,
adult authors, and select illustrators.
On the children’s side, she represents
authors working in all levels and genres, everything from board books through
young adult, with a particular fondness for children’s nonfiction.
She also represents select illustrators
and will consider submissions from author-illustrators and graphic novelists. She
is particularly looking for Own Voices authors and illustrators.
On the adult side, she is interested in
nonfiction, literary fiction, and commercial fiction with fabulous writing. In
adult books she’s not a fan of genre fiction in the areas of horror,
science fiction or fantasy.
Guidelines: Please send submissions
through this link.
Submissions should include a short biography,
past publishing credits, and a 20-page writing sample in Word or PDF format, or
a link to your portfolio or dummy.
Carolyn Forde would love to see literary fiction (especially
speculative and horror), commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction by experts in
the field and is open-minded to a broad range of topics and styles – as long as
it engages her.
There are a few things she’s not keen
on – medical/disease related memoirs, police procedurals, climate thrillers,
military or CIA fiction, cozy mysteries, books about film and tv behind the
scenes.
Previous to joining Transatlantic Agency as Senior
Agent, Carolyn was a literary agent and International Rights Director at
Westwood Creative Artists for 14 years.
For the last decade Carolyn has traveled to both
the London Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair and New York regularly and
will continue to do so. She represents Hannah Mary McKinnon and Karma Brown,
who many followers of Quick Brown Fox will be familiar with, and she’s
represented authors who have won or been nominated for just about every award
going. Carolyn is also an active member of the literary community, having been
a speaker or mentor at many conferences.
She has lived and worked in Japan, Mexico and the
Czech Republic and is a dual citizen of Canada and the UK.
Query Carolyn at: carolyn@transatlanticagency.com
Include the first 20 pages for consideration,
within the body of your query – attachments will not be opened (double spaced
and 12 pt font).
Chelene Knight is primarily interested in
literary fiction and memoirists. For fiction, she is drawn to character-driven
narratives with rich language that push boundaries (think Toni Morrison’s The
Bluest Eye). She also looks for books that encourage the setting to be a
living character (think Amber Dawn’s Sub Rosa).
For memoir, beyond a
compelling story, she needs an unconventional structure that amplifies the
narrator’s experiences and contributes to the reflective voice in a unique way
(think Lidia Yuknavitch’s Chronology of Water).
“I have a soft spot for
gritty stories where human nature, resilience, and experience take centre
stage,” says Chelene. “The ‘grit’ lends its qualities to books where the story
and its characters have some of the roughness, imperfection and complexity of
the real world.”
She especially encourages
BIPOC writers to submit.
Chelene has worked on the
editorial side of publishing and in the magazine industry for years. She is the
author of the poetry collection Braided Skin and the
memoir Dear Current Occupant, winner of the 2018 Vancouver Book
Award and long-listed for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in
Literature. Her essays have appeared in multiple Canadian and American literary
journals, plus the Globe and Mail, the Walrus, and
the Toronto Star. Her work is anthologized in Making Room, Love
Me True, Sustenance, The Summer Book, and Black
Writers Matter, winner of the 2020 Saskatchewan Book award.
Chelene has worked as a
substantive editor for manuscripts in literary fiction, historical fiction,
hybrid and traditional memoir, and most recently, children’s books. She has
juried for many literary prizes, including the Amazon First Novel Award. She’s
also been on many arts boards’ granting juries, including the Canada Council
for the Arts, and participated in numerous literary festivals across Canada.
Chelene was the previous
managing editor at Room magazine and festival director for the
Growing Room Literary Festival in Vancouver. She is now founder and CEO of
Breathing Space Creative Literary Management. She often gives talks about home,
belonging and belief, inclusivity, and community building through authentic
storytelling. She teaches poetry at the University of Toronto online.
Query Chelene through her query manager here.
Please include a 20-page
sample of your work. Do not query by email.
Sandra Bishop represents notable nonfiction and
award-winning fiction authors who write across a variety of categories.
Sandra is currently only
interested in considering commercially viable non-fiction submissions
on pop-culture, celebrity memoir, cooking, hobbies, travel, lifestyle,
parenting, and relationships from authors with an established platform, online
or media presence, or recognized expertise.
Sandra is not
taking on new fiction authors, but she will consider representation of
established romance authors seeking new representation. She will also consider
complete manuscripts from fiction writers she meets at conferences, or via
referral from current clients or industry associates. No erotica, academic, or
textbooks, please.
A literary agent since
2008, Sandra Bishop represents a boutique list of notable nonfiction and
award-winning fiction authors.
Sandra passionately
supports her clients closely from idea through negotiation and beyond, and works
alongside an author’s editor, publicist, and marketing team to help create
opportunities for success.
Sandra is a former Marine,
and is also a Portland, Oregon native who doesn’t like ale, drive a Subaru,
wait two hours in line for brunch, or live in a treehouse with a lumberjack
(much to her dismay.) She does enjoy hiking, live music, paddle-boarding,
sunshine, star gazing, and working out of her home office located halfway
between the scenic Columbia River Gorge and the rugged Oregon coast.
Query Sandra at: querysandra@transatlanticagency.com
See full submission
details for all agents at Transatlantic here.
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Scholastic Books Executive Editor
Anne Shone |
If you’re interested in meeting an agent and in
getting published, don’t miss our upcoming online How to Get Published workshops Saturday, Oct 3, with Evan Brown of
Transatlantic Literary Agency (see here) and Saturday, Oct 24, with Paige Sisley
of the CookeMcdermid agency (see here).
And if you’re specifically
interested in writing and publishing Kid Lit, don’t miss our online Writing for Children and for Young Adults workshop with
Anne Shone, Executive Editor, Scholastic Books, Saturday, January 30, (see here) and the Writing
Kid Lit weekly
class Tuesday afternoons in the new year, Jan 26 – March 23. For details, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Beyond that, Brian’s schedule
continues to take shape...
Online: Writing
Personal Stories, Tuesday evenings,
Oct 13 – Dec 15. Details here.
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Online: How
to Write Great Characters, Saturday,
Oct 31. Come in costume! Details here.
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Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong
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Online: How
to Write a Bestseller, with
New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, Saturday, Nov 7. Details here.
Jackson's Point: Writing Retreat at the Briar's Resort & Spa on
Lake Simcoe: The ambiance of a country estate and the comforts of a modern
resort – a perfect place to write. Friday, Nov 13 – Monday, Nov
16. Details here.
Weekly classes starting in
January:
Online: Exploring
Creative Writing, an introductory, low pressure course to get the creative juices
flowing Thursday evenings, Jan 21 – March 25.
Online: Writing
Personal Stories, nine weeks
of creativity and fellowship. Thursday afternoons, Jan 28 – March 25.
Online: Writing
Kid Lit, Picture Books, Chapter Books,
Middle Grade books, and Young Adult novels, with enormously talented and
experienced authors as guest speakers for two of the classes, Tuesday afternoon, Jan 26
– March 23.
For more details or to register for any of
these, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca
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, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland,
Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines,
Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe,
York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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