Submission Guidelines:
Our submissions openings are sporadic. WHEN each agent announces openings - usually on Twitter, please go to QueryManager.com to fill out form.
AGENT'S WISH LISTS AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES:
1. PICTURE BOOKS: Anything heartfelt, educational, or lighthearted.
2. YOUNG ADULT: Fantasy, Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Suspense,
3. MIDDLE GRADE: Fantasy, Mystery, Magic
4. ADULT: Fantasy and Thrillers.
ALWAYS SEEKING: Underrepresented authors, BIPOC, LGBTQ+
No erotica, romance, or memoirs please. Vicky is not the best fit for potty humor, graphic novels, or nonfiction adult books.
Only send Sci-Fi or Fantasy to Bonnie Swanson or Vicky Weber. They are the only agents interested in those genres. Regarding Picture Books, Vicky Weber and Bonnie Swanson are the only agents open to those queries.
Thank you! ~ Tina P. Schwartz, Founder & Literary Agent, The Purcell Agency, LLC
AGENT'S WISH LISTS AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES:
- Genres for Agent TINA P. SCHWARTZ: Query to the following address: http://QueryManager.com/TinaPSchwartz [Audiences: Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, Women's Fiction (mostly book club); Adult] Genres: Some Memoir; Mystery/Crime, & Thrillers; Non-Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Coming-of-Age, Dystopian, Sports, Romance, Friendship, Family, #ownvoices, and LGBTQ. TINA WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS ON TWITTER or on The Purcell Agency website.
- Genres for Agent CATHIE H. ARMSTRONG: Query using this link: http://QueryManager.com/QueryCathie
- YOUNG ADULT: Issue-driven, Romance, RomCom;
- WOMEN'S ROMANCE: Contemporary & Historical, Enemies to Lovers, Best friends to Lovers, RomCom, Suspense, Paranormal, etc. Varying heat levels accepted. NO erotica, please.
- WOMEN'S FICTION: Commercial, relationships (Family and Friends), Suspense;
- ALWAYS SEEKING: Own Voices, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC
- No fantasy or dystopian, please.
- Genres for Agent BONNIE SWANSON: Query to the following address: https://QueryManager.com/QueryBonnieS
- PICTURE BOOKS: Check QueryManager
- YA / NA: Romantasy, speculative fiction, magical realism, paranormal, rom-com, horror, mystery.
- ADULT: Speculative Fiction/Suspense (think Dean Koontz), Humor (combine all three and now we're talking!), horror
- Always accepting LGBTQ, #ownvoices, and BIPOC in the above genres.
- Watch Twitter to see when I'm open for queries.
1. PICTURE BOOKS: Anything heartfelt, educational, or lighthearted.
2. YOUNG ADULT: Fantasy, Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Suspense,
3. MIDDLE GRADE: Fantasy, Mystery, Magic
4. ADULT: Fantasy and Thrillers.
ALWAYS SEEKING: Underrepresented authors, BIPOC, LGBTQ+
No erotica, romance, or memoirs please. Vicky is not the best fit for potty humor, graphic novels, or nonfiction adult books.
Only send Sci-Fi or Fantasy to Bonnie Swanson or Vicky Weber. They are the only agents interested in those genres. Regarding Picture Books, Vicky Weber and Bonnie Swanson are the only agents open to those queries.
Thank you! ~ Tina P. Schwartz, Founder & Literary Agent, The Purcell Agency, LLC