I’m thrilled to announce that Kat Abbott has joined the KT Literary family as my newest client! I am over-the-moon excited to be working with Kat on her hilarious supervillain origin story for middle grade readers. I knew by the second line of her manuscript that I absolutely had to […]
Hilary Harwell
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I’m thrilled to welcome new client, Christa Martin, to the KT Literary family. Both her sweet, highly sensitive protagonist, Feather, and her incredible talent for conveying emotion simply and powerfully immediately got my attention. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to work with such a talent. Her #OwnVoices middle grade […]
I am beyond thrilled to welcome new client, LC Milburn, to the KT Literary family. LC’s project, BAD ANNIE, came to me via PitchWars 2019, and I was hooked to this dark, mind-bending psychological horror/thriller genre blend from the first page. Blending gorgeous writing with incredible pacing and tension, LC […]
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce my newest client, Merrill Wyatt. Merrill is the author of ERNESTINE, CATASTROPHE QUEEN, out with JIMMY Patterson Publishing. She’s also a middle school teacher and a dollphobic cat-hoarder-in-training. With less than two weeks from query to signing, it’s safe to say I fell in love […]
Please join me in welcoming my newest client, Rilla Jaggia, to the KT Literary family! Rilla was the recipient of an SCBWI scholarship sponsored by KT Literary several years ago, and it was during this time that I first had the privilege of reading her #ownvoices YA fantasy, MARK OF […]
Please join me in congratulating Jen Marie Hawkins on the publication of her debut literary young adult novel, THE LANGUAGE OF CHERRIES. It’s ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS meets CHOCOLAT, with a dash of magical realism. About the book: “Jennifer Hawkins’s debut is a brilliant and unique take on the […]
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be hosting a monthly query and first pages critique giveaway to help aspiring authors hone their submissions. The giveaway will be held on the first of every month starting in February 2020, and the details are as follows. What? The first 10 queries I […]
Please help me welcome my newest client, Susan Vizurraga! Her historical middle grade novel in verse, THE CURE FOR INFINITY, caught my attention during this year’s PitchWars showcase. It’s a coming of age story set in the Vietnam-era U.S. that deals with themes of social injustice, women in STEM, the […]
Please help me congratulate client Henry Clark on his recent deal with Little Brown! Here’s the post from PW Children’s Bookshelf: Deirdre Jones at Little, Brown has acquired Seven Minutes of Magic by Henry Clark, author of What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World. In […]