Literary agents for children's books

Phrasemill lists literary agents who want children's books, based on what they say on their public websites. This page shows 10 of 200 agents. Agents whose websites say they are closed to submissions are omitted. How it works.

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Julia Churchill
A.M. Heath & Co. · GB
I run the children’s books department at AM Heath and I’m always on the lookout for new storytelling talent. I represent writing for all ages from 3+, and I’m especially keen to find new writers for middle grade and you…
Adriana Domínguez
Aevitas Creative Management · US
Adriana has a long trajectory of supporting authors and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds and always welcomes submissions that offer a diverse point of view. She is interested in illustrators with fresh, un…
Amy Thrall Flynn
Aevitas Creative Management · US
As an agent, she represents writers and illustrators of fiction and nonfiction for children, from picture books to young adult novels. She has a passion for the collaborative editorial process and is drawn to beautifull…
Lori Galvin
Aevitas Creative Management · US
Lori specializes in upmarket fiction with propulsive storylines—book club, mystery, suspense, and psychologically layered narratives—and selectively represents cookbooks and literary memoir. Lori Galvin is a literary ag…
Penny Moore
Aevitas Creative Management · US
Penny Moore 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 inventi…
Rick Richter
Aevitas Creative Management · US
His areas of interest include self-help, pop culture and music, memoir, history, science, politics and social justice, narrative food writing, and faith. He is also interested in select true crime, commercial fiction, an…
Maria Cardona Serra
Aevitas Creative Management · US
She focuses in upmarket and literary fiction by authors who write in English and Spanish. She is passionate about international voices and is used to working with authors that live in different corners of the world. Sh…
Gyamfia Osei
Andrew Nurnberg Associates · GB
At ANA, Gyamfia is focusing on expanding the agency’s list of children’s authors, particularly in genre fiction and Crossover, while also representing a select list of adult commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction.…
Christina Kruse
Andrew Nurnberg Associates · GB
Christina is open to German-language submissions only. Alongside adult fiction and non-fiction, she also considers manuscripts in the children’s and YA space. Across all segments, she is drawn to well crafted, voice-driv…
Paul Moreton
Bell Lomax Moreton · GB
He’s interested in children’s books across all age ranges and narrative non-fiction, biography, sport, music and autobiography. He’s also interested in crime fiction and anything a bit weird and wonderful.

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