Linnan Literary Management is a boutique agency specializing in graphic works and illustration, in addition to select prose works in adult, YA, and middle-grade fiction and nonfiction.

I'm a passionate reader of many things: cereal boxes, Facebook status updates, knitting patterns, dialogue trees in videogames, Wikipedia... oh, and books. Possibly yours!

I'm actively seeking clients in the genres below. More specifically, I love a story that DEMANDS my attention, pulling me out of my reality and into another, forcing me to put down my computer, silence my phone, and fully immerse myself in its pages. Whether it's powered by inventive world-building or meticulous journalism, set in Oz, Dublin, or the apartment next door, composed of a few paragraphs or thousands - those things are up to you.

...and if you have copy that blows "Snap, Crackle, Pop!" out of the water, let's talk.

Illustrations by Phil McAndrew for Josh Chetwynd's THE BOOK OF NICE, a compendium of trivia about those simple yet essential "niceties" (signs, gestures, expressions) we often take for granted, to Workman.

Marika McCoola's debut graphic novel BABA YAGA'S ASSISTANT, about a young girl who answers a classified ad to work for the fearsome witch, with art by Emily Carroll, to Deb Wayshak at Candlewick (world).

Cover art by Phil McAndrew for Boom Studios' BRAVEST WARRIORS comics.

Phil McAndrew's original cartoon series PIZZA SANDWICH, optioned to Cartoon Network, co-agented with Scott Schwimer.

Illustrations by Emily Carroll for "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" in First Second's upcoming fairy tale anthology, a sequel to their popular anthology NURSERY RHYME COMICS.

Cover art by Ryan Andrews for Avi's THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE and THE MAN WHO WAS POE, to Scholastic.

Emily Carroll's HIS FACE ALL RED AND OTHER STORIES, an anthology of short horror comics based on Grimms' fairy tales, to Karen Wojtyla at Margaret K. McElderry Books, at auction. (International rights: sdiaz@sjga.com)

Emily Carroll's "The Red Knife," a short comic inspired by "The Yellow Wallpaper," to Dark Horse Comics, for inclusion in CREEPY #9.

Covers by Emily Carroll and Phil McAndrew for Boom Studios' ADVENTURE TIME! comics.

Jen Linnan studied English and chemistry at Williams College. Prior to launching her own agency, she worked at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, handling international rights for several major agency clients.

I accept queries by e-mail only (jen@linnanliterary.com). Please include:

- In the body of your e-mail: a query letter, synopsis, and short bio.
- Attached as a Word Document: the first three chapters (or about 50 pages) of your work, and/or a proposal.

For graphic works, please link to your portfolio site, or include a download link (YouSendIt, Dropbox, etc).
I unfortunately can't accept unsolicited large attachments.

Please be patient as I consider your work - my response time varies, but I try to attend to queries within a month of submission.

I do respond to all queries; if you do not receive a response, please feel free to follow up.

PLEASE DO keep me informed via e-mail should you receive interest or an offer of representation from another agent; I appreciate the courtesy and the chance to extend an offer of my own before you decide!