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Hannah Strouth

Agent

While earning her B.A. in English and Marketing from the College of William & Mary, Hannah completed an internship at a boutique literary agency in Virginia, where she fell in love with this side of publishing. After graduating from the Columbia Publishing Course, she joined JRA and is now at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. In fiction, she’s looking for literary, upmarket, historical, and select rom-coms. She will always have a soft spot for speculative and magical realism.

Fiction Historical Humor Literary Rom-Com Romance Speculative

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Fiona Kenshole

Agent

Fiona represents children’s and YA books, from picture books to older teenage, split about 70/30 fiction/nonfiction. Likes: Unreliable narrators, MG stories with real children in an imaginary world, and feelgood YA. Enjoy elements of cycling, suspense, mysteries, plots that go awry, humor. No rhyming picture books, poetry, or faith-based works.

Fiction Graphic Novel Mystery Non-Fiction Thriller

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Erica Finkel

Editor

Erica Finkel, Abrams Books, hails from Maryland and studied English Literature at Tufts University in Boston. After graduation, she taught English in a teeny town in France, then returned to Boston to earn an MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College. She moved to New York to take a job at Abrams Books in 2010 and has been there ever since.

Fantasy Fiction

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Eric Smith

Agent

Eric Smith is a literary agent at P.S. Literary, with a love for young adult books, sci-fi, fantasy, and non-fiction. He began his publishing career at Quirk Books in Philadelphia, working social media and marketing on numerous books he absolutely adored. Eric completed his BA in English at Kean University, and his MA in English at Arcadia University.

Commercial Fantasy Fiction Humor Literary Pop Culture Science Fiction

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Danielle Chiotti

Agent

Danielle has worked in publishing for sixteen years. Formerly an editor, she joined Upstart Crow when it was founded in 2009, specializing in young adult and middle grade fiction, as well as cookbooks, select nonfiction, and literary and upmarket fiction for adults. Thanks to her extensive editorial background, she enjoys working closely with authors to develop projects. She welcomes first-time authors with a unique voice and point of view.

Cookbooks Fiction Literary Non-Fiction

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Chelsey Emmelhainz

Agent

Chelsey Emmelhainz joined Copps Literary Services as a literary agent after a decade as an editor in the NYC publishing world, working on a wide range of adult commercial fiction and nonfiction. She’s a very editorial, collaborative agent, and loves new authors. Literary, commercial, women's, young adult, and genre fiction—mainly romance, erotica, horror, cozy mysteries, suspense, and thrillers—as well as nonfiction projects exploring subjects like gender issues, politics, pop culture, and history.

Erotica Fiction History Horror LGBTQ Literary Mystery Non-Fiction Politics Pop Culture Rom-Com Romance Suspense Thriller Women's Fiction

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Carina Licon

Editor

Henry Holt Books for Young Readers/Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. Middle-grade and YA with a focus on books featuring underrepresented stories and voices. Character-driven, whipsmart protagonists, spooky and atmospheric MG speculative fiction, contemporary YA thrillers in the vein of JANE ANONYMOUS or SADIE, friendship breakup stories, romance with lots! of! angst!, and stories rich with diverse cultural traditions and storytelling.

Fiction Romance Speculative Thriller

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Caitlin McDonald

Agent

Caitlin McDonald is an agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency, where she represents adult and young adult fantasy and science fiction as well as select nonfiction titles.

Action/Adventure Cookbooks Crafts/DIY Fantasy Fiction General Health Historical Horror Humor Journalism LGBTQ LGBTQ Memoir Mystery Non-Fiction Pop Culture Psychology Romance Science Fiction Speculative Suspense Thriller

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Blair Thornburgh

Editor

Former Editor at Quirk Books, current independent editor. Blair says: I am always after intriguing, off-the-wall, geeky, smart, and/or lady-centric projects in both fiction and non-fiction. Genres: Fiction: Humor, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult. Non-Fiction: Cookbooks, Crafts/DIY, Humor, LGBTQ, Pop Culture, Science.

Crafts/DIY Fiction Humor Humor LGBTQ Non-Fiction Pop Culture Romance Science Science Fiction

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Amy Bishop-Wycisk

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Amy Bishop-Wycisk, agent at Trellis Literary Management. She represents a wide variety of adult fiction and nonfiction, as well as YA and middle grade. Before diving into the world of publishing, she graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a degree in Creative Writing. Though she grew up upstate, she currently resides in Astoria, Queens. You can find her on Twitter @amylizbishop.

Biography Fiction Historical History Literary Mystery Non-Fiction Psychology Science Speculative Suspense

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Amanda Shih

Editor

I’m a freelance editor and former full-time Scholastic and Penguin Random House editor of nonfiction middle grade, YA, and adult projects. I specialize in narrative nonfiction (historical, scientific, and memoir), creativity and gift books, and historical or science reference for MG readers.

History Illustrated Memoir Non-Fiction Science

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