The Inkwell Chronicles by J.D. Peabody
represented by P.S. Literary
P.S. Literary Agency
2010 Winston Park Drive
2nd Floor
Oakville, Ontario
Canada
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P.S. Literary is a full-service
literary agency with eight agents, representing everything from picture books
through young adult, and literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction for
adults. Their goal is to support clients from draft to post-publication and to
pursue foreign, audio, digital, TV/film, and serial rights on their behalf.
P.S. has launched many new authors on their careers.
All eight agents at P.S. Literary
are looking for new authors – fiction and
nonfiction, for adults and young people.
Stephanie
Winter is an Associate Agent. She first joined the agency as an
intern before becoming the agency’s Relations Assistant. Stephanie holds a B.A.
from the University of Toronto in English Literature and an M.A. in English:
Issues in Modern Culture, from University College London.
Stephanie acquires across three main pillars: nonfiction, graphic novels,
and picture books for young readers, in addition to select adult fiction in
upmarket and thriller categories. Stephanie lovingly describes her list as
geeky, young at heart, and queer-affirming. Some of Stephanie’s projects
include Danny Loves Pasta (DK, 2023), The Case for Cancel
Culture (Macmillan, 2023), and The Embroidered Closet (Abrams,
2022).
Query
Stephanie at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text or the full text of fiction or nonfiction picture
books pasted into the body of your email. If your work is illustrated, please
include a link to your portfolio or sample art. Address your query to Stephanie’s
attention.
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Note: Stephanie will be the guest speaker for our upcoming
online How to Get Published workshop, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Details here.
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Rose Ferrao
is an Associate Agent and
is the newest member of the team at P.S. Literary. Like all new agents, she
needs authors. Rose began her career in publishing in London, working in
nonfiction at Bloomsbury and in science fiction, fantasy and horror at Orbit Books.
She has a B.A. in English Literature and Film from Queens University and an
M.A. in publishing from University College London.
Rose is acquiring both fiction and nonfiction.
In fiction, she is looking for commercial romance,
adult and crossover fantasy, science fiction, horror, upmarket thrillers,
contemporary fiction, and select young adult fiction. She is drawn to stories
that embrace genre conventions from a fun, fresh angle.
In nonfiction, she is looking for cookbooks and
food writing, sports, pop culture, music, psychology, lifestyle and wellness,
especially when approached from a specific, unique perspective.
She welcomes and encourages submissions from
neurodivergent writers.
Query
Rose at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text pasted into the body of your email. If your work is
illustrated, please include a link to your portfolio or sample art. Address
your query to Rose’s attention.
Cecilia Lyra is an Associate Agent and is acquiring a wide
range of both fiction and nonfiction for adults.
In terms of nonfiction, no
title is too serious or too accessible for her taste, and she is seeking
original and provocative expert-led proposals in psychology, history, current
affairs, science, politics, narrative journalism, nature and the environment,
wellness, spirituality, business and economics, mathematics, parenting,
lifestyle, pop culture, and memoir.
As for fiction, Cecilia’s taste
gravitates towards books by women, for women, whether commercial, upmarket, or
literary. She can’t get enough of: family sagas, female friendship, edgy
psychological suspense, closed-setting novels, anti-heroines, smart romances,
comedy of manners, found family, and stories with light speculative elements.
Above all else, Cecilia is looking for a story she can’t put down.
Query
Cecilia at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text. If your work is illustrated, please include a link
to your portfolio or sample art. Address your query to Cecilia’s attention.
Maria
Vicente is acquiring fiction and nonfiction for readers of
all ages. She looking for literary fiction and upmarket speculative fiction
{fantasy, magical realism, horror}; young adult novels, middle grade novels,
graphic memoirs, and graphic nonfiction; and narrative nonfiction for kids,
teens, or adult readers about culture, arts and entertainment, history, and science
topics.
“She welcomes and encourages submissions from
BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled creators.”
You can view her detailed manuscript wish list here.
Query
Maria at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text or the full text of fiction or nonfiction picture
books pasted into the body of your email. If your work is illustrated, please
include a link to your portfolio or sample art. Address your query to Maria’s
attention.
Eric
Smith is eagerly acquiring fiction and nonfiction
projects.
He’s actively seeking out new, diverse voices in
young adult (particularly sci-fi and fantasy), middle grade, and literary and
commercial fiction (again, loves sci-fi and fantasy, but also thrillers and
mysteries).
In terms of nonfiction, he’s interested in
cookbooks, pop culture, humor, middle grade, essay collections, and blog to
book ideas.
You can view his detailed manuscript wish
list here.
Query
Eric at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text. If your work is illustrated, please include a link
to your portfolio or sample are. Address your query to Eric’s attention.
Claire
Harris is acquiring both fiction and nonfiction projects
for adults. She’s actively seeking projects that spotlight people, places, and
events that are often overlooked or not given the attention they deserve.
In fiction, she’s looking for adult
rom-coms, contemporary fiction, psychological thrillers, select horror, and
cozy mysteries – all for millennial audiences. Claire is happiest when reading
manuscripts with unexpected endings or new twists on classic genre tropes.
For nonfiction, Claire is seeking a range of
projects, including lifestyle guides, pop culture celebrations, pop psychology,
cultural criticism, humor, true crime, essay collections, and illustrated books
for adults.
Query
Claire at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text. If your work is illustrated, please include a link
to your portfolio or sample are. Address your query to Claire’s attention.
Carly
Watters is currently acquiring both fiction and nonfiction.
In terms of fiction, she is seeking women’s fiction,
upmarket adult, commercial adult, domestic suspense, literary mystery and thrillers,
historical, contemporary romance, and smart book club fiction.
In terms of nonfiction, she is looking for pop
science, business, psychology, cookbooks, unique memoirs, lifestyle (health,
wellness, relationships, parenting), narrative, and platform-based nonfiction
(must have demonstrable expertise and a quantifiable market).
Query
Carly at: query@psliterary.com
For
fiction queries, format your email subject line as: Fiction: TITLE / GENRE /
AUTHOR NAME
For
nonfiction queries: TOPIC / TITLE / AUTHOR NAME
Include
the first 10 pages of text. If your work is illustrated, please include a link
to your portfolio or sample are. Address your query to Carly’s attention.
Curtis
Russell is currently acquiring both fiction and nonfiction.
In terms of fiction, he is seeking literary, commercial,
mystery, thriller, suspense, romance, young adult, middle grade, and picture books.
In terms of nonfiction, he is looking for business,
history, politics, current affairs, memoir, health, wellness, sports, humor, pop
culture, pop science, and pop psychology.
Query
Curtis at: query@psliterary.com
Include
the first 10 pages of text or the full text of fiction or nonfiction picture
books pasted into the body of your email. If your work is illustrated, please
include a link to your portfolio or sample art. Address your query to Curtis’s
attention.
See
P.S. Literary’s full submission guidelines here.
Katie Hearn, Editorial Director at Annick Press
will be the guest speaker for our Kid Lit workshop
Sunday, June 25, 2023. Details here.
If you’re interested in
meeting an agent and in getting published, don’t miss our upcoming How to Get Published workshop. Details here.
If you’re particularly interested in writing Kid
Lit, don’t miss our upcoming Writing for
Children and for Young Adults workshop. Details here.
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See all upcoming weekly
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