Bridget Smith, Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency

Bridget Smith has been an agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency since 2019. She grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Brown University with a BA in anthropology in 2010. After graduation, she interned at Don Congdon Associates, worked at a secondhand bookstore, and read submissions for Tor.com. In 2011, she started as an assistant at Dunham Literary, and she remained there as an agent until moving over to JABberwocky.

Bridget represents both YA and adult fiction. In YA she handles all genres but has a soft spot for emotion-driven contemporary (books about teenage girls having feelings) and smart, sophisticated fantasy. In adult, her main focus is SFF, particularly historical fantasy, epic fantasy, space opera, and romantic SFF, but she also loves literary historical fiction, contemporary fiction with genre elements, and smart funny rom-coms.

Work with Bridget

LIVE Meetings: Meet face-to-face, from home. Choose Zoom, Google Meet, or phone, and speak for the appointed time about your query, first page, and/or first ten pages (for longer meetings). Does not include written notes, but is a chance to have an honest discussion about your work, and to ask follow-up questions. International meetings welcomed.

WRITTEN Critiques: Get detailed, thoughtful notes on your work. Comes with large-scale edits (character, world, plot, tension, concept, conflict, and similar as needed) in an editorial letter and small-scale, line-by-line notes as needed (for longer critiques, an average of three per page). Work arrives in your inbox by the date on the calendar.

HYBRID is a live meeting at the appointment time, with written notes.