We can’t wait! This panel is all about what agents want *within* genres–and each agent guest has an activity (a short class, a query critique, a writer who exemplifies just what they’re looking for) to share with our members.
Join us for a day celebrating manuscripts and the agents and editors who love them. At 2:00pm ET, see agents go over their wishes, share craft lessons, and ring in the new year of manuscripts–all while defining what kind of works they want within this genre.
Our featured agents:
- T.S. Ferguson, Azantian Literary
- Kelly Van Sant, KT Literary
- Jenissa Graham, BookEnds Literary
- Claire Harris, P.S. Literary
The theme for this month is Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Adjacent Genres.
This will be recorded in front of our MSWLMA members, then turned into a podcast and video clips for everyone.
There’s also a live Q&A. If you want your question to be super-duper anonymous, or if you can’t make it live, you can send a question ahead here.
We can’t wait. As always, here if you need us!
We're happy you're here.
If you're seeing this message, it means you're logged out.
Please click here to login: https://manuscriptacademy.com/my-account
Having any trouble? We can help! Get in touch here: https://manuscriptacademy.com/contact
About the Instructor
Jenissa Graham
For Jenissa, her passion for books started in third grade when she read Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and fell in love with the world building and underdog story. Her interest in storytelling bloomed the same year in an essay she wrote for school about a magical crayon that came to life to help solve a mystery. This was the first of many ideas in her head that she decided to write in spiral notebooks and jot down on sticky notes.
Jenissa’s publishing career started at Writers House when she was selected for the Fall 2020 internship class. In January 2021, she was hired full time in the subrights department as the Global Licensing and Media Rights Assistant. She moved to BookEnds in April 2022, where she is thrilled to begin building a list as an Associate Agent and Subrights Manager. Jenissa is interested in increasing the BIPOC space in Publishing and is always on the lookout for new underrepresented authors.
Born in upstate New York and raised in Georgia, Jenissa is a first-generation Jamaican. She is an alumna of Georgia State University where she received her Bachelor’s in English, Creative Writing. Jenissa currently lives in New York, and when she’s not reading submissions, plotting new story ideas, or adding books to her never-ending to-be-read pile, you will most likely find her snacking, power napping, or binging reruns of Criminal Minds and The Office.
She represents MG and YA in contemporary, fantasy, sci-fi, mystery/suspense, and thrillers as well as Adult in mystery/suspense and thrillers.