Literary agent Olga Filini at 5 Otter Literary is looking for authors

Casandra, Olga, and Ali

5 Otter Literary

Toronto, Canada

https://fiveotterliterary.com/

5 Otter Literary is a full-service, international literary agency founded by long-time friends and publishing industry colleagues, Olga Filina, Casandra Rodgers, and Ali McDonald, who all previously worked together at The Rights Factory.

5 Otter represents literature across all audiences, categories, genres, and formats, for traditional publishing as well as audio, translation, and film/TV. One of the three agents is actively looking for new authors:

Olga Filina brings over twenty years of book industry experience to her work as an agent. From bookseller and buyer at national and independent bookstore chains, to director of literary festivals, library board member, publishing consultant, independent editor, book reviewer, and founding member of the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents, Olga has the specialized knowledge to find the best direction for her clients’ work.

Among fans of Quick Brown Fox, Olga is best known as Kristy Jackson’s agent. Kristy’s first Middle Grade novel, Mortified, was a finalist for a 2024 Governor General’s Award (see here), and she has a second middle grade novel coming in September: Touching Grass (see here).

Olga is currently looking for narrative and prescriptive nonfiction projects across all categories, literary and book club fiction, historical fiction, crime, mystery, suspense, and memoir with exceptional writing, focusing on underrepresented voices.

In the children’s space, she is looking for middle grade fiction with memorable characters, contemporary YA, and nonfiction across all categories.

Query Olga at: olga@fiveotterliterary.com

Include the first ten pages of your manuscript or your proposal in the body of the email. No attachments unless requested.

See the 5 Otter submissions page here.

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