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| Represented by Jess Regel |
Helm Literary
New York, NY
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Helm is a single-agent
full-service literary agency, representing fiction, nonfiction, and
children’s book authors. Jess, Regel, Helm's founder, says, “I've hired a
team of industry veterans to support me in my back office and in my subsidiary
rights department, that way I can focus on selling books.”
Jess Regel
moved from Iowa to New
York in 2002 to intern at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. Over the next
decade, she worked my way through each department: royalties,
contracts, audio, foreign, film, and domestic. She also began taking on her own
clients (most of whom she still represents).
In 2013, she moved to
Foundry Literary + Media where, she says, “I continued to grow my list of award
winning, bestselling writers. (And truly just wonderful people.)”
In 2020, she founded Helm Literary.
Jess represents fiction
and nonfiction in both the children’s and adult markets.
Fiction: In adult, young adult and children’s fiction {picture books and up}, she’s looking for books that are compulsive, contagious, and creative. She’s particularly interested in “conversation starters,” books that bridge the literary-commercial divide, combining a high-concept with beautiful writing, and voice-driven contemporary stories.
She’s
always looking for diverse stories, characters who tell a story from a unique
perspective, and through which we see the world differently. She’s drawn
to ambitious projects, coming-of-age stories, charming and stylized
love stories, atmospheric magical realism, dark and twisty suspense, and
genre-bending literary fiction.
Nonfiction: In adult, young adult,
and children’s nonfiction, Jess specializes in memoir, with an
emphasis on female voices, humor, and journalism. She loves nonfiction
that combines memoir and cultural criticism, journalism and storytelling, any
type of hidden history, and memoirs about kids doing incredible things.
Like everyone else, she’s
passionate about discovering underrepresented voices.
Query Jess at: submissions@helmliterary.com
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of your work into the body of the email. No attachments.
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| Literary agent Maria Vicente |
If you’re interested in meeting n agent and in
getting published, don’t miss our online How to Get Published workshop Saturday, Aug 14, with literary agent Gordon Warnock of
Fuse Literary (see here).
If you’re especially interested in writing for
children, don’t miss Writing Little Kid Lit course,
offered online Thursday afternoons, July 8 – Aug 26 (see here) and Writing for Children and for Young
Adults workshops online Sunday, July 11, with literary agent
Maria Vicente of P.S. Literary (see here).
Beyond
that, Brian Henry’s schedule continues to take shape...
Writing retreat:
Algonquin Park: Writing Retreat at Arowhon Pines Resort, an island of luxury in the middle of a wilderness.
Friday, June 11 – Monday, June 14. Details here.
Summer classes:
Online: Exploring
Creative Writing, an introductory, low pressure course to get the
creative juices flowing, Wednesday, afternoons,
July 7 – Aug 25. Details here.
Online: Writing Little Kid Lit {Picture Books,
Early Readers, Chapter Books & Middle Grade}, with
two accomplished children's authors as guest speakers, Thursday afternoons,
July 8 – Aug 26. Details here.
Online: Intensive
Creative Writing, a challenging course to help you grow as a
writer. Offered at two different times: Tuesday
afternoons, July 6 – Aug 24,
and Wednesday evenings, July 7 – Aug 25.
Details here.
Details of all summer classes here.
July workshops
Online: Writing for
Children and for Young Adults with literary agent Maria Vicente of
P.S. Literary. Sunday, July 11. Details here.
Online: Writing Conflict, Saturday, July 17.
Details here.
Online: How to Write
Great Dialogue, Sunday, July 25. Details here.
August
workshops
Online: How to Get Published, with literary agent Gordon Warnock of Fuse Literary,
Saturday, Aug 14. Details here.
In-Person: How
to Write Great Characters, Saturday, Aug 21. Details here.
September ~ Weekly classes
Online: Writing Personal Stories, 9 weeks of creativity and companionship. Monday afternoons, Sept 27 – Dec 13 {no class Oct 11 or Oct 26}. Details here.
In-Person: Writing
Personal Stories, 9 weeks of
creativity and companionship, Tuesday afternoons, Sept 28 – Nov 30, in
Burlington. Details here.
In-Person: Intensive
Creative Writing, a
challenging course to help you grow as a writer. Tuesday
evenings, Sept 21 – Dec 8.
Details here.
Online: Intensive Creative Writing, a challenging course to help you grow as a writer. Offered at two different times: Thursday afternoons, Sept 23 – Dec 16 {no class Oct 21}, and Friday mornings, Sept 17 – Dec 10 {no class Oct 22}. Details here.
Writing retreat:
Lake Joseph in Muskoka: Sherwood Inn Writing Retreat: this elegant little resort in the heart of the Muskoka’s will be the site for our fall retreat. Friday, Oct 22 – Monday, Oct 25. Details to come.
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