The Purcell Agency may be open or closed to submissions separately by agent. See each Agent's QueryManager.com Account to see if open or not. We do take pitches at conferences, so watch Twitter for upcoming events, and our list of appearances below.

UPCOMING APPEARANCES & PITCH SESSIONS

March 21-23, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be on agent panels and taking pitches at the Chicago Writer's Association's LET'S JUST WRITE! Conference in Chicago, IL at the Allerton Hotel.


If querying, please use each agent's individual QueryManager.com submission form, part of QueryTracker.net.  "One Day Unsolicited Query Openings" will continue to be announced sporadically on Twitter if one of the agents is not open yet. Watch @TPurcellAgency for those announcements. FOR ALL AGENTS Tina, Bonnie, and Amy WATCH THEIR TWEETS FOR one-week subs openings and GO TO SUB GUIDELINES PAGE on this site for exact details! Thank you.

AWARDS & NEWS about TPA books...

IN THE RING (Young Adult) by Sierra Isley has been named on a "Must Read" list. Use Link to See... https://georgiacenterforthebook.org/honors-awards/books-all-georgians-and-young-georgians-should-read-2024 










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A MARK IN THE ROAD (Young Adult) by Angelique Burrell has been honored as ILLINOIS' "Soon to be Famous" Illinois Author Project Winner 2023.
https://soontobefamous.info/ 
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TPA Bi-Annual Scholarship Winner:
Jamie Bills
​July 2024

Scholarship Winners to Date: Jan. 2022 - Dannie Olguin, July 2022 - Paul DeStefano, Jan. 2023 - Brittany Plumeri, July 2023 - Ellen Zheng; Jan 2024 Christine Alemshah; July 2024 Jamie Bills

Third Annual TPA Writer's Retreat - June 2024
Hyatt-Regency Hotel, Deerfield, IL

​Second Annual TPA Writer's Retreat - July 2023
Embassy Suites in Deerfield, IL

​Photos from FIRST ever TPA Writer's Retreat (Oct'22)

Forthcoming Titles (waiting for cover art)
​coming from TPA Authors...

2024
SLEEP IN PEACE, Women's Fiction, by Melanie Doctors (Rising Action)

2024
FORTUNES OF TEXAS series (Book 5 - yet untitled), Adult Romance, by Jennifer Wilck (Harlequin)

2024
PANIC IN THE PANHANDLE, Adult Mystery, J.C. Kenney (1st in 3 book series), (Tule)

2025
THE NORTHBOUND TRAIN, Picture Book, by Leslie Johnson Piotrowski (Abrams Books)

2025
HASHTAG, CELEBRITY CRUSH, Adult Romance, by Christy Swift (Forever; Hachette Book Group USA) + another stand alone title TBA

2025
CRASH LANDING, Adult Romance, by Annie McQuaid (Avon; HarperCollins) + another stand alone title TBA

Forthcoming
THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN, Picture Book, by Leslie Piotrowski (Abrams Books)