Agent Archives

Founded 25 years ago, by literary agents David and Lynn Bennett the Transatlantic Agency is a leading literary management company, made up of 20 agents based in cities across North America and represents more than 700 American, Canadian and international clients and is headed by agent and President Samantha Haywood, who joined the company in[...]

Yu Pei-Yun and Zhou Jian-Xin's agent Pei-Shan Huang at Sloworks Publishing negotiated the deal for world English rights. Founded in 2019 by Arthur A Levine, Levine Querido is an independent publisher of the children's books , with two lists The Arthur A Levine list, seeking out the writing and artwork of creators, with a distinct focus[...]

Tim Seeley is taking a break from his space sexploitation comic books to work on a new YZ series of graphic novels, Pure Evil, with filmmakers Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry

She enjoys working on daily comics about her real-life situations, especially ones that she experienced while living in Kashmir. Little Bee Books, publisher of Haleh Massey & Ghazal Qadri's Say Something, Poupeh Babaee! Heather Cashman at Storm Literary Agency represented Haleh Massey and Ghazal Qadri was un-agented Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books, is a[...]

Supriya Kelkar and Ani Bushry have auctioned off their semi-autobiographical middle grade graphic novel, Off The Cuff.

Remy Lai's agent Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret negotiated the deal. Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company based in New York City and one of the oldest publishers in the United States It was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypold and currently, the company publishes in the fields[...]

Red Dryer's agent Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management negotiated the deal for world English rights. HarperAlley is a graphic novel imprint launched from HarperCollins Children's Books under the direction of former art director and acquiring editor at First Second, Andrew Arnold described as a "collaborative, creator-focused publisher" that will specialize in graphic novels for "readers of[...]

Liza Singer's agent Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency did the deal for North American rights. Liza Singer also worked as Supervising Director on a current in-development series at RoosterTeeth, and as a Sequential Director on new series at Titmouse They've also done Story Art work for a number of clients including: Netflix, Warner Brothers, Titmouse,[...]

Jay Hosler's agent Judith Hansen at Hansen Literary Management negotiated the deal. Jay Hosler, an entomologist and associate professor of biology at Juniata College, is a Xeric Foundation Award winner for Clan Apis – or The Way Of The Hive – which followed the life of a honey bee named Nyuki The Sandwalk Adventures, an Eisner[...]

It told the story of stand-up comedian/actor Maria Bamford moving back to Los Angeles after spending six months away in recovery for bipolar disorder and attempts to build up her life from scratch with the help of her agent Bruce Ben-Bacharach played by Fred Melamed. And now Fantagraphics is to publish Hogbook And Lazer Eyes, a new graphic[...]

Maia Kobabe is the creator of the most-banned graphic novel in America - and one of its best-selling - Gender Queer: A Memoir. That book, initially

and writes Nubia & The Amazons, Spider-Verse, Nubia Queen Of The Amazons and Dark Crisis. Sas Milledge wrote and drew Mamo at Boom Studios, as well as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Zephyr. Maggie Stiefvater's agents Richard Pine and Charlie Olsen at InkWell Management, negotiated the deal with Viking, as well as Sas Milledge's agent Jennifer March[...]

Johnson's agent, Jen Linnan at Linnan Literary Management, brokered the deal for world rights. Cathy G Johnson is an artist living in Providence, Rhode Island, on what she describes as "occupied Wampanoag and Narragansett land" Their first graphic novel, Jeremiah, debuted in 2013 and was published by One Percent Press in 2015, a second book Gorgeous[...]

Cyrena Lee's agent Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management and Julio Kuo's agent Emily Van Beek at Folio Literary Management negotiated the deal. Cyrena Lee is a freelance writer based between NYC, Paris + Taipei, and sometimes other places She is interested in holograms, lucid dreaming, meditating, eating hot pot, learning languages, and climbing She[...]

Tai Manzano's agent Tamara Kawar negotiated the deal while at ICM Partners. Sing With Me, a 2025 Queer Mexican Romcom Graphic Novel by Tai Manzano Chronicle Books is an independent publisher based in San Francisco, specialising in books in subjects such as architecture, art, culture, interior design, cooking, children's books, gardening, pop culture, fiction, food, travel, and[...]

Her clients have included The New York Times, The New Yorker, Buzzfeed News, Slate, The On Being Project, and Rebel Girls. Lily Kim Qian's graphic memoir image, from her website Until We Meet Again will be published by First Second in the spring of 2025 anf Lily Kim Qian was represented by her agent Nicolas Grivel at the Nicolas[...]

George Jreije and Umair Najeeb Khan's agent Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world English rights. George Jreije is the Lebanese-American author of the Shad Hadid children's fantasy series as well as the upcoming graphic novel, also with HarperCollins He has also written short stories published in collaboration with UNICEF He tweeted[...]

Ted Anderson's agent Jennifer Chen Tran, now at Folio Literary Management, represented Anderson while at Bradford Literary, and Ollie Roswell's agent Paloma Hernando at Einstein Literary represented Roswell. First Second Books is a prominent and ground-breaking American graphic novels publisher based in New York City, and an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers,[...]

Huge thanks to my agent @draper_claire and to my editor Jean!" Cherry Zong's New YA Graphic Novel, Red Jean Lucas at Andrews McMeel acquired Red, and it is planned for publication in 2024 Cherry Zong's agent Claire Draper at the Bent Agency did the deal for world English rights And courtesy of Cherry Zong's website and Instagram,[...]

Jennifer Dugan's agent Sara Crowe at Pippin Properties and Kit Seaton's agent Ben Grange at L Perkins Agency represented the pair. Putnum Publishers began as Wiley & Putnam with the 1838 partnership between George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley, whose father had founded his own company in 1807 In 1841, Putnam went to London where he set up[...]

Buying world rights to ADHDinos, the publisher states that the comic book "draws from the author's own experience and explores the challenges and misadventures of life with ADHD through the eyes of a lovable brontosaurus" and the book will be in print for the spring. Ryan Keats' agent Keely Boeving at WordServe Literary represented negotiated the[...]

Yury Guzman is a Guatemalan-American illustrator and comic artist.  who has worked on MAÑANA: Latinx Comics From The 25th Century and had short comics published in Dirty Diamonds: An All-Girl Comic Anthology as well as working as a full-time Illustrator for the YouTube channel Pencilmation. Capstine publishing logo Abby Huff at Capstone has bought world rights to[...]

Some of you may remember me pitching The Marble Queen in #DVpit back in 2016, from which I got my amazing agent @draper_claire Despite SO MANY setbacks, Claire never stopped believing in it, and I will be forever grateful for their support in this journey I wrote The Marble Queen in 2016 Signed with Claire[...]

Brittany Long Olsen's agent Christa Heschke at McIntosh & Otis sold world rights to Oni Press. Oni Press logo Oni Press/Lion Forge has been hitting the headlines a lot recently, with former owners James Lucas Jones and Charlie Chu pushed out by parent company Polarity, others departing voluntarily, and their newly reprinted Gender Queer: A Memoir graphic novel landing them, and its writer/artist Maia Kobabe, with dismissed obscenity[...]

Formerly on the faculty of the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Deb has also taught writing and literature at Emerson College and Western New England College, and was a Visiting Writer in Lesley University's MFA in Writing for Young People programme. Melissa Duffy is a Filipino-American[...]

Huge thanks to my wonderful agent Thao Le for believing in my stories, and to @dezinpub and First Second for giving this book a home! AND more thank yous than can possibly be expressed to @callmebecks , who mentored me during Pitch Wars and has been an amazing source of advice and support even afterwards,[...]

Brian Gonsar and Keenan Gaybba's agent Stacey Graham at 3 Seas Literary negotiated the deal. Brian Gonsar & Keenan Gaybba Dracula's Brunch Club From Oni in 2025 Brian Gonsar is the SVP, Director of Production at Hill Holliday and the producer of the films Favorite Son and Forgetting the Girl, and calls Dracula's Brunch Club his side hustle[...]

Jeff Smith's agent and partner, Vijaya Iyer at Cartoon Books negotiated the deal. Bone was first self-published by Jeff Smith following the Dave Sim model from 1991 to 2004, 55 issues in all, with Image Comics publishing issues #21-27, before returning to Cartoon Books for issues #28-55 The series was also coloured and reprinted as part[...]

Lily Joiner's agent Natascha Morris at the Tobias Literary Agency sold world rights. Lily Joiner, of Kansas City, is an Assistant Graphic Designer for Folk Alliance International, runs her own online store, Honeypuff Press and is a 2020 graduate from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Sequential Arts. Oni Press as a comic[...]

Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong's agent Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group sold world rights And is enjoying all the commission! Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes comics, books, and educational materials for schools, parents, and children Its books are distributed through retail and online sales and through[...]