Agent Archives

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[...]

Stan Han's agent Ann Rose, while she was still at Prospect Agency, handled the deal for world rights. The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang is an upper middle-grade graphic novel by comic book creator Stan Yan, pitched as Turning Red meets Goosebumps "Eugenia's party has never been celebrated on her actual birthday, April 4, because of Mom's belief[...]

Adam Foreman's agent Maria Vicente at PS Literary negotiated the two-book deal. Adam Foreman, worked as a game artist/illustrator and graphic designer but when his son was born, he took a leave of absence as a stay at home dad, and found Slice Of Mallow as a creative endeavour during that period, creating for himself rather[...]

It's called Goat Magic, and if you know an agent who'd be interested, maybe send it their way? Also just putting this here for general praise and interest We create in a bubble too often!" #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

Here were the author pics:" #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Elyse Martin's agents Stephanie Kim and Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media, and Sean Rubin's agent Marietta B Zacker at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency represented the creators[...]

Charlotte Woo's agent Alex Slater at Greenburger Kids brokered the two-book deal for North American rights – an agent she only got back in June So that's fast work. Charlotte Woo Sells Crow Girl, Her First Graphic Novel For Six Figures Razorbill is an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is dedicated to publishing the very best[...]

Senior editor Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphics is editor of the series, and she acquired world rights from agents Amy Berkower, CEO of Writers House, and from Kate McKean, VP of Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. And you can have a look at the first volume, out today, below.   Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends – 1st[...]

Ralph Shayne and Tatiana Goldberg's agent Dan Strutzel at Inspire Productions handled the deal for world rights. Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books, is a middle-grade publisher of series and standalone titles for ages 8 through 14, covering an array of[...]

Thank you so much to my agent, @Mark_Gottlieb!" Mark posted "New deal congrats! NYT bestseller @sarahmensinga's KINDRED SERPENTS: girl wants dragon but helps elderly dragon reunite with lost human, discovering unique calling, sold to @sgtgreenbomb at @ABRAMSbooks/@abramskids in six-figure deal by Mark Gottlieb @Trident_Media #GraphicNovel" Sarah Mensinga is a comic book creator  originally from Canada, but[...]

Emma Reynolds tweeted "Big news! I'm SO excited to announce our Graphic Novel book 'Drawn to Change The World'!! 16 Youth Climate Activists, illustrated by 16 artists around the world! Massive thank you to the artists, my superb editor @megilnit & my agent Thao Le, & all the @HarperChildrens team! Finally announcing the book I've[...]

I sent the book to my agent He said it's the best thing I've written I felt like I possibly had something.  The Hollywood company agreed, a first step to a much larger plan, now that we have come to terms." And yes, yes, that company is Skybound Entertainment "And Amazon Studios has a Hollywood first-look[...]

Distribution will be by Simon & Schuster. Oliver Gerlach and Kelsi Jo Silva's agent Stephanie Winter at P.S Literary negotiated the deal Stephanie Winter is an associate agent at PSLA who first joined the agency as an intern before becoming the agency's relations assistant Stephanie holds a B.A from the University of Toronto in English Literature[...]

Brie Spangler's agent Mackenzie Brady Watson at Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency negotiated the deal Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children's Books and Rotem Moscovich is its Editorial Director, after previously working at Disney Hyperion. Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency is a leading, independent New York literary agency representing a distinguished[...]

Victoria Grace Elliott's agent Steven Salpeter at Assemble Media negotiated the deal. 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 schools via reading clubs and fairs, and its[...]

Estelle Nadel and Bethany Strout's agent Jessica Regel at Helm Literary represented the authors on behalf of In This Together Media, and Sammy Savos' agent Charlie Olsen at InkWell Management represented him. Roaring Brook Press is part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, distributed by Macmillan, which already has a graphic novel imprint First: Second, but now is increasing[...]

Food Fighters, a middle-grade graphic novel series by Tyler Whitesides and Rebecca Syracuse has been bought by Erinn Pascal at Andrews McMeel with the first book in the series, Food for Thought, to be published in the spring of 2025. Food for Thought follows a boy who discovers an unexpected ability to control food with his mind, leading[...]

Emily Thomas' agent Lillian Mazeika at Tugeau 2 sold world rights to A Smile Like Yours. Emily Thomas Sells Her Debut Graphic Novel, A Smile Like Yours, To Kids Can Press   Kids Can Press, a leading Canadian-owned children's book publisher, and a Corus Entertainment company, is the home of global brands such as Franklin the Turtle, Scaredy[...]

Joana Estrela's agent Carin Bacho Carniani brokered the deal for world English and North American Spanish rights on behalf of Planeta Tangerina, and the translator represented herself. Arthur A Levine founded Levine Querido in April 2019, after a 23-year tenure as the President and Publisher of Arthur A Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic which he[...]

Emily Riesbeck and Bayleigh Underwood's agent Claire Draper at the Bent Agency did the deal for world rights. Abrams logo Emily Riesbeck lives in Chicago with their two partners and their cat, Yuri, and is the self-publisher of superhero webcomic, The Blue Valkyrie, and creator of graphic novels It's Your Funeral from Iron Circus Comics, Mountain from[...]