Lyrical picture books focusing on deep emotions and funny stories, middle grade stories exploring identity, grief, friendship, and complicated emotions with a focus on voice and heart, and young adult stories that amplify LGBTQ voices, explore falling in love for the first time, immigration, and have standout characters.
Jazmia Young is an Associate Agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. specializing in children's books from picture books through young adult. She is dedicated to amplifying Black and other underrepresented voices and experiences in children's literature.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Please submit the first 10 pages in the body of the email with the word QUERY in the subject line.
Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Response time: ~6 weeks
Corvisiero Literary Agency
The Deborah Harris Literary Agency