Roaring Brook/Macmillan | Susie Yi

Kathleen Ortiz (she/her) founded her own agency in 2022, after working in publishing and international licensing for over a decade, including roles as Director of Translation, Subsidiary Rights Manager and Literary Agent. She earned her M.S. in Publishing from Pace University, and has spent her career helping build and elevate creative brands.

Her focus is on books and media for adults and children, especially with a visual element. She loves media and books that bring humor and joy and inspire others in life. She is a member of Licensing International and the Association of American Literary Agents.

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Selection of Recent Sales
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Susie Yi's WHEN A TIGER FLIES, in which a 16-year-old Korean-American prodigy in her first year at Harvard struggles with friendships, school, a toxic first love, and her overprotective "Tiger Mom," ultimately learning the difference between love and control, which helps her to discover that she herself is a tiger too—strong, fierce, and resilient, to Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook Press, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2025, by Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management (world English).

Seahawks' in-game announcer Andy Dooley's 100 DAYS TO VICTORY, a devotional to remind athletes their influence and gifts are not their own and to inspire and instruct them to navigate their life with God at the center, to Carolyn McCready at Zondervan, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2024, by Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management (world).

Guy Kopsombut's SQUAD GOALS, in which an 11-year-old must juggle starting a new school, helping his parents launch their new Thai restaurant, and learning how to be the best e-sports player possible to help his team to victory, to Erinn Pascal at Andrews McMeel, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024, by Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management, while at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Willow Older and Deborah Huber's TODAY I NOTICED, a guided mindfulness book centered around the title's three-word prompt; an invitation for readers to pause, observe, and record—with words and a simple sketch—some of the tiny moments of everyday life that often slip by unnoticed, to Brenna Licalzi at Blue Star Press, for publication in fall 2023, by Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management (world English).

NYT-bestselling author and illustrator Catana Chetwynd's YOU ARE HOME: A CATANA COMICS COLLECTION, to Patty Rice at Andrews McMeel, for publication in October 2022, by Kathleen Ortiz of KO Media Management who negotiated the deal while she was at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Literary agent Jas Perry writing as J.P. Takahashi's TOKYO NIGHT PARADE, pitched as Spirited Away meets WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, steeped in yokai mythology, following a Black Japanese girl returning to Tokyo to visit her grandfather and celebrate the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, illustrated by Minako Tomigahara, to Mabel Hsu at Katherine Tegen Books, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Kathleen Ortiz while at New Leaf Literary & Media and Jordan Hamessley at New Leaf Literary & Media for the author, and by Ortiz for the illustrator (world English).

Creator of the Siberian Lizard comics Liza Cooper's MEEMS & FEEFS: FERRETS FROM PLANET FERRETONIA!, in which two young ferrets carry out a series of experiments that go awry and are transported from their home planet to Earth, where they meet a shy human girl and recruit her on a quest to get back home, to Erinn Pascal at Andrews McMeel, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Kathleen Ortiz while at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

Shane Richardson and Sarah Marino's HAPPY SPARK DAY, DRAGONS OF EMBER CITY pitched as Paw Patrol meets My Little Pony with dragons, in which three young dragons receive their special power, their spark, and must learn to work together to power the marvelous city they call home, to Karen Nagel at Aladdin, in a two-book deal, for publication in October 2022, by Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management while at New Leaf Literary & Media (NA).

Liz Climo's YOU'RE LOVED, celebrating the milestones of a baby's life and the enduring love they deserve, to Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook Press, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (NA).

Creator of Wawawiwa comics Andres Colmenares' PECULIAR WOODS, pitched as ADVENTURE TIME meets BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER -- a whimsical and adventurous tale of a lonely boy who teams up with a chair and blanket to help other courageous little objects with their problems, to Lucas Wetzel at Andrews McMeel Publishing, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).

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