Suzanne collins literary agent

Urbanachampaign with a double major in english and spanish in 2017. You may mail queries to the post office box address below, with an enclosed stamped selfaddressed reply envelope. But absolutely no one can afford to be the person who said no to rowlingmeyer suzanne collins whoever, so if your ms has real merit it will come to sit on the right desk. This series has more than 170 interviews so far with reps from great literary. Hinton, stargirl by jeri spinelli, the hunger games by suzanne collins, and the fault in our stars by john green. Back in 2009, the literary agent rosemary stimola sat down to read. Shell try just about anything, but romance is her true jam and the hea happily ever after is a must. Christopher little christopher little literary agency is a firm of literary agents based in london. I began reading ya fiction when i was in fifth grade, and ive never turned back. Suzanne collins, and stephenie meyer who went on to have amazing careers. The madeleine milburn literary agency is renowned for talent spotting new. A list of 18,118 authors and the literary agents who represent them or have represented them in the past. Writers house is a full service agency handling just about every type of fiction and nonfiction, adult and childrens book project imaginable.

This includes picture book, early readers, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult. Stobbe literary and then continued to intern at human kinetics, creative media agency, holloway literary, entangled. She is based in saint louis, missouri where she spends her. One of the best parts of my job was writing a monthly interview column, under cover, which highlighted new and promising authors and illustrators like john green, suzanne collins, and stephenie meyer who went on to have amazing careers. Agent building her list kortney price at corvisiero. Along the way, i also met many publishers and childrens book editors. Zacker, we aim to bring to life stories and artwork that help young readers throughout the world become lifelong book enthusiasts and to inspire and.

A list of 18,229 authors and the literary agents who represent them or have represented them in the past you can also search for an agent to view a list of all the authors that agent represents. Successor to marie rodell frances collin literary agency. Because ive read so much and so widely, i have a strong sense of the stories that appeal to them, and i know the literary market well. We were founded to nurture an excellence in childrens literature, and, now, our books are growing up with us. Proimos inklined, digitally colored illustrations are the pitchperfect tonal complement to collins narration, with the family portrayed as wideeyed, childlike cartoons that carry on with daily life in crayonbright hues, while young suzys angstfilled imaginings take shape in fullspread, fullbleed graytone scenes that twist her innocent. Agentquery find the agent who will find you a publisher. A few agents have asked for partials but all have said though they like the voice, it is way too long. I handle both childrens books, from young adult to picture books, and adult. The hunger games by suzanne collins represented by stimola literary.

Suzanne collins, ken mochizuki, james proimos and matt tavares education. Suzanne collins was born on august 10, 1962, in hartford, connecticut to jane brady collins born 1932 and lieutenant colonel michael john collins. A very nice literary agent indulges in polite rants about queries, writers, and the publishing industry. Suzanne collins nathan bransford writing, book editing. Her clients include such awardwinning and bestselling authors as suzanne collins.

Jason is also considered a leading agent in bringing books to film. The hunger games means business to literary agent rosemary. The internets largest free database of literary agents. Jenny brown associates is the leading literary agency in scotland. Ben grange the official manuscript wish list website. Some smart writers customize their comp titles in a query to reflect books represented by the literary agent theyre querying, or the publisher theyre submitting to. Joanna mackenzie literary agent i owe my love of books to the librarian of my childhood bookmobile, who, after i had worked my way through the babysitters club and sweet valley high, lifted the velvet rope and let me in to the grownup section, where i discovered v. Her interests include great literature and nonfiction which describes or reveals worlds formerly unknown or obscure. It also represents writing for children, from picture books to books for young adults. In ya, i thoroughly enjoyed the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater.

Rowling, jacob wonderbar, john green, suzanne collins, twilight, young adult literature this week in publishing 102210 october 22, 2010 by nathan bransford 41 comments. You can also search for an agent to view a list of all the authors that agent represents. A short sample of her favorite authors are dean koontz, j. Suzanne collins is an american television writer and novelist, author of the bestselling series the. Suzanne collinss the hunger games has plenty of blood, guts, and heart. A community gardening story farrar straus giroux, and a day so gray clarion. While studying chemistry at california state university, long beach, valerie mastered the art of doing proper research, particularly for technical writing. As the literary agent who represents suzanne collins, author of the hunger games trilogy, she has helped orchestrate what is currently being. Alexandra levick is a literary agent at writers house, llc.

Rosemary stimola is founder and president of stimola literary studio, a full service literary agency established in 1997, with the aim of representing authors and authorillustrators of fiction and nonfiction for preschoolaged children through young adults. Kerstin wolf is currently a literary agent at d4eo literary agency. Thanks to a cruel futuristic government, 24 children are chosen by. About literary agents submitting to agents how to write a query beware of scammers when agents offer. Her love of science and reading merged when she began penning her first novel in the midst of her studies. We are a fullservice literary agency devoted to representing authors and illustrators who bring unique and substantive contributions to the industry. Four agents at stimola literary seek picture books, middle grade, young adult books. The john newbery medal winner, the one and only ivan by katherine applegate. Suzanne collinss war stories for kids the new york times. If you think id be a great fit for your manuscript, but it doesnt. Tom barrons popular merlin series and the caldecott medal winner and martin. I became an editor at hyperion books for children before deciding to explore the view from the agent s side of the desk, where i fell head over heels in love with my role as a literary agent. Rick is a native floridian and a graduate of roosevelt university in chicago.

Stovall, suzanne collins, jen mann, danielle paige, christopher paolini, neal schusterman, and ally condi. She graduated cum laude from the university of illinois. In true scientific fashion, valerie researched all there was to know about. Literary agents for childrens books 20202021 children. After leaving viking and working at a literary agency for seventeen years, she opened her eponymous agency on may 1, 1994. He is actively looking for upmarket commercial fiction, specifically historical, thrillers, science. Rowlings harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban the best one, imho, fyodor dostoevskys. Agents only care about bestsellers, theyre only in this game for the money. Established in 2002, the agency represents 150 writers of literary fiction, womens fiction, crime writing, popular nonfiction, memoir and nature writing.

Her articles appear in more than 100 publications, and shes a frequent contributor to writers digest. Back in 2009, the literary agent rosemary stimola sat down to read mockingjay, the third, highly anticipated book in a wildly popular trilogy of young adult novels by suzanne collins. In many ways, booklovers are living in the world suzanne collins built. Agent advice this installment featuring agent kids agent jennifer mattson of andrea brown literary agency is a series of quick interviews with literary agents and script agents who talk with guide to literary agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anything else. Four agents at stimola literary seek picture books, middle. Keep in mind, however, that agents and publishers wont want to cannibalize their own lists. I spent the next sixandahalf years as an agent and the rights director at pippin properties, inc. Im an agent and an attorney and have been at writers house for 20 years.

Agent rosemary stimola and the changing world of children. We now accept email queries no attachments, please to the following address. She is particularly interested in progressive politics, alternative medicine, science and technology for. I love nimona by noelle stevenson, howls moving castle by diana wynne jones, the outsiders by s. Suzanne collins is an american author who published her debut book, gregor the overlander, the first book of the underland chronicles, in 2003. From his first days with books, paul has loved the feeling of getting lost between the covers. Andersons feed, ted chiangs story of your life, catherynne valentes deathless, n.

He remembers reading in his closet with a flashlight after bedtime so his parents would think he had gone to sleep. Literary agents for childrens books 20202021 use our free list of literary agents to find childrens literary agents accepting submissions for fiction and nonfiction. Her clients include carol carrick, suzanne collins, ken. Parttime west tisbury resident rosemary stimola is on the brink of pop culture pandemonium. A divergent collection, the carve the mark duology carve the mark, the fates divide, the end and other beginnings collection of short fiction, and many short stories and essays. Childrens book authors and illustrators literary agent faq. Comp titles in a query and other questions about book. Box 33, wayne, pa 19087 0033 tel 610 254 0555 fax 610 254 5029. A former literary agent answers questions for childrens book authors find out how to improve your chance of getting a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal. Established in 2000 by nancy gallt, and later joined by marietta b. Ya fiction has played such a pivotal role in leading me to this career choice that its only natural that id want to represent it. The john newbery medal winner, the tale of despereaux by kate dicamillo.