Submission Guidelines:
*You can view the agency’s website HERE.*
As an agent at D4EO Literary, I represent a broad range of books for Young Adult and Middle Grade audiences. I have diverse tastes, so if it’s YA or MG, bring it on!
Please, no chapter books (books aimed at 8 year olds or younger), picture books, poetry, non-fiction, or books for the adult market.
Instructions:
-Put “QUERY: BOOK TITLE” in the subject line
-Paste the first five pages below your letter
-Email it to: Mandy.Hubbard.Queries@Gmail.com
Current Wishlist (please don’t limit yourself to these! This is just a highlights list):
-Historical YA romance, a la THE SEASON or THE LUXE. Bring on the corsets, scandals, and love stories!
-Genre-blending Sci-fi or fantasy.
-Magical realism MG
-Laugh-out-loud funny YA or MG
For NON-QUERY related questions, you can contact me at Mandy@D4EO.com
Response times:
Queries: 1-3 weeks. Please wait 6 weeks before following up. Please include your original query in your follow-up message.
Full manuscripts: 2-4 weeks. Please give me 8 weeks before status querying.
Recent Sales:
*Jessica Martinez’ untitled YA novel, about two platonic best friends who agree to tell the world a colossal lie–that they are in love–in order to save them both, but what happens next may rip their friendship apart forever, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a very nice deal, in a two book deal
*Lanie Bross’s FATES, the story of an executor brought to earth to bring about human destinies, to Wendy Loggie at Delacorte in a two book deal
[ *Please note: I represent Lanie and negotiated the terms between Lanie and Paper Lantern Lit, a book development company. Stephen represents Paper Lantern and brokered the deal with Delacorte.]
Imogen Howson’s LINKED, in a 2-book pre-empt for six figures, in which a girl discovers her nightmarish visions and inexplicable bruises are caused by a telepathic link to a twin she didn’t know existed, and when she helps the girl evade government capture, a BOURNE IDENTITY style chase ensues, to Navah Wolfe at Simon & Schuster Children’s.
Jessica Martinez’s debut YA novel, Virtuosity, in a two-book deal, at auction, to Simon Pulse, with Anica Rissi taking world rights. The first book is about a virtuoso violinist whose life begins to fall apart when she gets involved in a difficult love affair and develops a nasty drug habit.