Become a publishers marketplace member today and get the enhanced publishers lunch deluxe newsletter plus all the benefits that come with membership. Christa answered within a couple of hours thanking me for following up and saying she. Stay focused on the right agents and avoid embarrassing mistakes. Since the great religious festival for lutherans is the birth of christ, a festival. I represent a diverse list award winners and new york times bestsellers. Search our database of 1,640 agents to find the best agent for you. Interview and giveaway with agent christa heschke of mcintosh and otis. Leave comments about your experiences with this literary agent, or read what other authors have to say. Some of these agents are closed and are not open to unsolicited queries. The cookery book and the barossas german background. A guatemalan girl named ixchel longs to learn how to weave like her mother and the other women in their community, but her mother tells her that she is too young and that there isnt enough thread. My focus is middle grade and young adult novels, as well as genre fiction scifi, fantasy, thriller, horror in the ya. Amicus readers provide an inviting variety of nonfiction leveled books for k2, serving young learners in pursuit of reading skillsjust like amicus pursues the big red ball. Some represent picture books exclusively and some represent other genres.
I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting christa, but after a few email exchanges with her about the 12 x 12 program, i was impressed with her love for picture books and her enthusiasm for participating in 12 x 12 as a featured agent. Merrilee heifetz has been at writers house for over 20 years and was one of the first agents to handle comic books graphic novels when asked by a very young neil gaiman to represent his work with dc comics he did promise to write bestselling novels one day and she is very glad she took him at his word. Please, let me know in the comments section if ive missed any agents or if links arent working anymore. Christa has graciously taken the time out of her busy work schedule to answer some very important questions. However, when he listened to a literary agency panel, he knew. Erin was born and raised in arizona, and founded emla in flagstaff in 1999. I started in publishing as an intern at both writers house and sterling lord literistic, where i fell in love with the agency side of publishing. Illustrators please send a query and link to your portfolio. The seymour agency strives to offer aspiring and established authors the representation and resources they need to succeed in the everevolving publishing industry.
We firmly believe in exploring every opportunity for our authors. These are 17 publishers who are actively seeking christian manuscripts of all stripes and genres. Itll change from time to time so check back on occasion. This weeks agent spotlight features merrilee heifetz of writers house about. Here youll find the most uptodate guide to what im looking for. The american booksellers associations board nominated sarah bagby of watermark books and cafe for a second term, and also named annie. Most all i am looking for books that any child reader can see themselves in. She started in publishing as an intern at both writers house and sterling lord literistic, where she fell in love with the agency side of publishing. Katherine boyle literary agent veritas literary agency. Im a subscriber to publishers lunch, and i cant seem to log in to the marketplace.
Neverending stories is a blog designed to provide publishing industry insight, news and advice while giving writers an inside look into the day to day life of a. Publishers marketplace requires a separate registration subscribers to lunch arent automatically registered with the marketplace, which is a paid service. Querytracker find literary agents and publishers with. Most of these publishers are traditional publishers, but i do have a few on this page that are hybrid publishers half self publishing and half traditional publishing and also some that are self publishers. Open to submissions, actively building her client list. Picture book agents the following is an alphabetical list of agents that accept picture books.
Interview and giveaway with agent christa heschke of. Literary agent christa heschke on childrens publishing. Erzsis profile appears first, followed by christa s. Katherine boyle literary agent this article about literary agent katherine boyle and the veritas literary agency is part of a series about literary agents and how to find a publishing agent. Christa heschke from mcintosh and otis will be accepting picture book submissions from 12 x 12 gold members october janine le from sheldon fogelman agency will be accepting picture book submissions from gold members october. Books with authentic characters with diverse backgrounds and beliefs are at the top of my list. Amicus illustrated offers fiction and nonfiction for preschool to grade 6 with highly visual information and stories that studentsand our pal amicusare after. Book agent katherine boyle is a member of the aar, the authors guild, and ssccb. As an editor, she has worked on awardwinning titles and indie darlings, and launched the career of a new york times bestselling author. Joseph perry began his book publishing journey when he attended the new york university summer publishing institute in 2010. If you didnt catch it, the blogs name, neverending stories is a shoutout.
Looking for an agent to represent your yanachildrens book. Agent laurel symonds of the bent agency brings both marketingsales and editorial harpercollins, 10 years experience to the table. Christa heschke has been at mcintosh and otis, inc. She cut her teeth in regional publishing at northland publishing rising moon books for young readers, a beloved decadesold flagstaff company that was bought out in 2007, where she was editorinchief. From foreign and audio rights to film, television, and other multimedia and digital prospects such as gaming and. Being an editorial agent, she finds joy in the revision process. Book agent christa heschke started in publishing as an intern at both. Publishing agent katherine boyle is an agent with the veritas literary agency. Querytracker has helped 3,042 authors find agents for their books. Neverending stories is a blog designed to provide publishing industry insight, news and advice while giving writers an inside look into the day to day life of a literary agent.
Mary cash at holiday house has bought, in a two book deal, go, go, go. In addition, christa heschke has been promoted to agent within the. Like many students in the course, he wanted to be an editor. Christa heschke the official manuscript wish list website. Christa heschke graduated from binghamton university with a major in english and a minor in anthropology. I graduated from binghamton university with a major in english and a minor in anthropology.
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