Picture books that are either laugh out loud funny or deliciously dark, and middle grade/young adult manuscripts featuring underdogs, strong female characters, unreliable narrators, and diversity.
YA horror, true crime, hard sci-fi, high fantasy, board books, early chapter books, non-fiction for the educational market.
Tracy Marchini is a literary agent at BookEnds Literary specializing in children's and young adult literature. She represents picture books, middle grade, and young adult manuscripts across genres including contemporary, mysteries, thrillers, magical realism, historical fiction, and non-fiction.
Please submit to me using this form. At BookEnds we strive to respond to all queries within six to eight weeks. If you're a picture book author, please only send me one picture book at a time.
Last verified: March 28, 2026
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