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Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Clelia Gore
It was when Clelia first read Charlotte’s Web in the first grade that she got hooked by the magic of books. Her love of children’s books carried through adulthood and she is delighted to dedicate her life to bringing quality books and stories to young (and whimsical adult!) readers. Clelia is originally from the suburbs of New […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Holly McGhee
Pippin Properties, Inc. is an agency devoted primarily to picture books, middle-grade, and young adult novels, but we also represent adult projects on occasion. They are always on the lookout for writers and illustrators who take the challenge of creating books seriously and are willing to give the publishing world nothing less than their very best. […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Jordy Albert
Jordy Albert is a Literary Agent and co-founder of The Booker Albert Literary Agency. She holds a B.A. in English from Pennsylvania State University, and a M.A. from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. She has worked with Marisa Corvisiero during her time at the L. Perkins Agency and the Corvisiero Literary Agency. Jordy also works as a freelance […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Logan Garrison
Logan joined the Gernert Company in 2010 after three years as an English and Musical Theatre teacher at Northern High School in Durham, North Carolina. A native of the South and a graduate of both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, she currently lives in Brooklyn and has a particular […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Pooja Menon
Pooja Menon joined Kimberley Cameron and Associates as an intern in the fall of 2011, with the aim of immersing herself in the elusive world of books and publishing. She soon realized that being an agent was what she was most drawn to as the job was varied and challenging. She represents both fiction and […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Thao Le
THAO LE is a literary agent at the Dijkstra Agency. Thao is currently looking for: Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, and is selectively open to Romance, and Picture Books by authors who are also illustrators. She loves beautiful literary writing with a commercial hook and stories with memorable characters who can make you feel the whole […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Michele Corriel
Michele Corriel is the author of Fairview Felines: A Newspaper Mystery. Click here to read my review. Here is her official bio: Michele Corriel lives and works in the beautiful Gallatin Valley of Montana surrounded by seven mountain ranges with her rock-hound husband, her teenage daughter, a completely insane golden retriever and two cats. Her […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones is the author of Rex Zero and the End of the World, Rex Zero, King of Nothing, Rex Zero, The Great Pretender, The Uninvited, A Thief in the House of Memory, and Zoom. Click here to read my review of Rex Zero: The Great Pretender. Here is a very funny bio that Mr. Jones wrote for […]
Middle Grade Ninja: An Afterword for ALL TOGETHER NOW: A ZOMBIE STORY Part Three: Thoughts On God
WARNING: This Young ADULT novel is mean and nasty and intended for a mature audience. It is absolutely not appropriate for younger readers. It is a gruesome, repugnant tale sure to warp young minds. Seriously. The following is a three-part Afterword for All Together Now: A Zombie Story (you could probably read the actual book […]
Middle Grade Ninja: Book of the Week: ADVENTURE AT SIMBA HILL by Susan Runholt
You’ll remember last year, Esteemed Reader, I reviewed the first two books in Susan Runholt’s Kari + Lucas mystery series, Mystery of the Third Lucretia and Rescuing Seneca Crane. If you don’t remember that, here is the link. You don’t have to have read those books to enjoy Adventure at Simba Hill as each Kari […]