New literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit seeks fiction for MG, YA and adults, plus narrative nonfiction

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
represented by Janklow & Nesbit

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

285 Madison Ave
21st Floor
New York, N.Y. 10017
http://www.janklowandnesbit.com/

and

6 – 67 Newman Street
Fitzrovia
London  W1T 3EQ
UK
http://www.janklowandnesbit.co.uk/

Janklow & Nesbit is a powerhouse literary agency with offices in New York, and London. Clients include Anne Rice (Interview with a Vampire), William Goldman (The Princess Bride), Bill O'Reilly (The O'Reilly Factor, Culture Warrior), Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point, Blink), David McCullough (Truman), Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11), and many other top authors, including bestselling YA authors such as Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give).

Total number of clients: about 1,000.  They’ve represented books that have appeared on The New York Times Bestseller Lists cumulatively for more than 9,100 weeks between 2010 and 2016, and their authors have garnered every major accolade from the Pulitzer Prize to the Academy Award.

The newest member of the team is Roma Panganiban. Romn graduated from Allegheny College with a degree in English and Psychology before taking on graduate studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature & Culture at the University of York (UK), a writing internship in Nicaragua, academic tutoring in the suburbs of New Jersey, and office management for a theatrical costume studio in Manhattan. 

She began her publishing career at The Gernert Company before joining Janklow & Nesbit, where she now assists Chris Clemans and Chad Luibl and works with writers across the adult and children’s markets.

Roma is seeking fiction for both adults and young people, and narrative nonfiction.

Roma's taste leans literary, but she is open to a broad range of fiction, including novels and collections that embrace genre elements – speculative, historical, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy – as well as those that defy categorization altogether. She values prose that is thoughtful, clear, clever, and beautiful; compelling, idiosyncratic voices; and fresh, unexpected perspectives, particularly those of writers from underrepresented communities.

Roma is also interested in narrative nonfiction that reorients our understanding of history, culture, science, society, education, and ourselves, whether by established experts or fiercely curious upstarts, as well as creative nonfiction that appeals equally to the heart, mind, and sense of humor.

In children’s fiction, Roma prefers more high-concept, plot-driven MG and more introspective, character- and voice-driven YA, especially featuring protagonists who don’t often see themselves as the main character. In children’s nonfiction, she looks for books that help young readers better understand each other, themselves, and the universe around them.

Query Roma at: submissions@janklow.com

Send it to her attention. For fiction, include a brief synopsis and the first ten pages in the body of the email. For nonfiction, include a full outline and the first ten pages of the manuscript. 

Full submission guidelines here.

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