Agent Alert: 13 New Openings

Agents who have newly opened to queries (April 2 - 8)

Happy Wednesday, writers!

Here are 13 agents who opened to queries in the past week (April 2 - 8), along with information about what they’re looking for, some of their published titles, and their query link.

If you missed the last week: 31 other agents opened to queries. Check out the lists here and here!

Note that some of these agents may already be closed to queries.

Best of luck, and happy querying!

This newsletter is purely informational and is not an endorsement of any particular agent or agency.

Brent Taylor of Triada US Literary Agency

Brent's tastes can best be described as upmarket: stories that are extremely well-written, robust with emotion, and appeal to a wide, commercial audience. He is currently seeking new clients in picture books (author-illustrators only), middle grade, young adult, graphic novels, and adult fiction, including fantasy, romance, beach reads, thrillers, and LGBTQ fiction.

You can find more details about what he’s looking for on his MSWL.

Some published titles: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, My Funny Demon Valentine by Aurora Ascher, Free Lunch by Rex Ogle

Link to query 💌

Rebecca Podos of Neighborhood Literary

Rebecca is looking for Young adult and Adult genre fiction, with select non-fiction projects considered. Of particular interest in fiction right now: Character-driven fantasy rooted in folklore and culture; horror as a vehicle exploring otherness, identity, and trauma; fresh genre crossovers (cozy sci-fi, horror romance, etc.); queer contemporary and historical fiction; Romance and romcom with a strong commercial hook and upmarket prose. Of interest in non-fiction: Deep dives into nerdy topics (TTRPG's, cosplay, fandoms, etc.); a strong narrative voice paired with expertise, as in Why Fish Don't Exist; kid lit centering queer history.

You can find more about what Rebecca is looking for on her MSWL.

Published titles: The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco, Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Link to query 💌

Lori Galvin of Aevitas Creative Management

Lori Galvin represents both adult fiction (especially domestic suspense, psychological thrillers & mysteries) and nonfiction (memoir, food writing, and cookbooks). A few of Galvin’s clients include Wanda M. Morris (All Her Little Secrets, Anywhere You Run, What You Leave Behind, William Morrow) and Jennifer Morita’s forthcoming debut Ghosts of Waikiki (Crooked Lane). On the culinary side, her clients include James Beard–award winners, Kwame Onwuachi (Notes from a Young Black Chef, My America Knopf) and Margaret Li and Irene Li (Perfectly Good Food, Norton). Galvin’s clients’ projects have been optioned by A24, Netflix, and CBS Studios.

Published titles: All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris, My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi, Pie Squared by Cathy Barrow

Link to query 💌

Penny Moore of Aevitas Creative Management

Penny is a Senior Agent at who represents children’s literature, mainly middle grade, chapter books, young adult, and select picture books. Though she’s interested in all genres, she’s specifically seeking inventive works featuring breakout voices and compelling plot lines that will make young readers feel seen and heard for the first time.

Published titles: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, Light Filters In by Caroline Kaufman, Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady

Link to query 💌

Alex Reubert of HG Literary

Alex is pursuing books that, either by style or story, demand he keep reading. He loves literature in translation, novels set outside the U.S., and stories that offer the reader a new or unconventional way of seeing. Novels that skew upmarket and literary are welcome, as are any narrators looking back and trying to make sense of their life. And if you happen to have an upmarket romantic comedy, please, he'd love to read it.

For nonfiction, he’s interested in memoir, psychology, narrative, literary studies, art history, popular science, philosophy, and cultural studies. He’s also seeking poets and musicians that have ventured into prose. Writers that instill a sense of curiosity and wonder in others, no matter the subject, should get in touch and tell him about their work.

Published titles: Bitter Water Opera by Nicolette Polek, Happy by Celina Baljeet Basra, Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornberg

Link to query 💌

Renee Jarvis of Triangle House

Renée is seeking narrative nonfiction, adult speculative, upmarket, and literary fiction, and children’s books. She is looking for works that center POC and LGBTQIA+ voices and is particularly drawn to the work of Black writers across the African diaspora. In nonfiction, she is interested in pop culture analysis, cultural histories, linguistics, food writing, international stories, and explorations of music, fashion, and art. In fiction, she loves robust plots, bold characters with a sense of humor, unique formats, stories that explore friendship and family, and lyrical prose.

Published title: Thot by Chante Reid

Link to query 💌

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