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Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Editor Kendra Levin
Kendra Levin is a senior editor at Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), where she has spent the past eight years working on a wide range of children’s literature from picture books to young adult novels. Prior to that, she worked at Scholastic. Kendra also helps writers as a teacher and certified […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Kim Paffenroth
Here is the official bio of Kim Paffenroth from his blog: “I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Brent Taylor
Prior to joining TriadaUS Literary Agency, Inc. in 2014 as an assistant, Brent Taylor completed numerous internships in publishing, most recently at The Bent Agency. He is currently accepting queries for fiction writers of middle grade, young adult, new adult, and select adult fiction (crime and women’s). You can follow him on Twitter @NaughtyBrent. And […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Emily Gref
Emily Gref is an Agent at Lowenstein Associates, as well as the contracts and royalties manager. She also handles foreign and subrights. Her interests are wide and varied. In Young Adult and Middle Grade she is looking for all genres, but has a weak spot for fairy tale, folklore, and mythology retellings. Emily is also […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Jennifer Skutelsky
Jennifer Skutelsky studied English, Anthropology and Politics in South Africa and acquired her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Her experience as a visual artist and ballet coach informs her devotion to creative expression, which she now channels into writing, reading and editing. She is a fan of dark, Gothic fiction, loves […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Lara Perkins
Lara Perkins is an Associate Agent and Digital Manager at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. She has been with the agency for over three years, working closely with Senior Agent Laura Rennert, with whom she jointly represents a number of clients, in addition to building her own list. Lara is a fan of smart and […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Mary Kole
Mary Kole is an associate agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency Inc. She runs a fantastic blog, http://www.kidlit.com/, which is a must read for any writer, regardless of the stage of your career. Here is a link to a post in which she answered one of my questions! And here is Mary Kole’s official bio: Mary came to […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Sarah Davies
Sarah Davies was a children’s publisher in London for more than 25 years before moving to the USA in 2007 to launch the Greenhouse Literary Agency. Based in Washington DC and London, the Greenhouse exclusively represents authors of children’s and YA fiction and is not only transatlantic (Sarah personally represents both US and UK authors […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Bernadette Baker-Baughman
Bernadette Baker-Baughman has a MS in Professional Writing and has worked on both the editorial and marketing sides of publishing. As the Marketing Coordinator for Beyond Words Publishing/Atria Books, she headed up campaigns for two New York Times best-selling titles. In 2005 Bernadette co-founded Baker’s Mark Literary Agency where she discovered talent such as Farel […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Rick R. Reed
Rick R. Reed is the author of ten published novels and two collections. His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies. He has won the EPPIE Award for best GLBT Novel of 2008 (Orientation) and www.queerhorror.com named his novel A Face Without a Heart as the best novel of 2000. Recent notable work includes […]