A Literary Agent at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, I am a geek with a love for romance and science fiction novels. My love of great storytelling is what has driven my work in the publishing industry for the past 18 years, 12 of those as a literary agent. I love escaping into worlds and stories from all walks of life. A passionate advocate of the BIPOC & LGBTQ+ communities, I enjoy fresh voices in Adult, and Young Adult genre fiction, and select non-fiction.

I represent writers and illustrators for middle grade, young adult, and adult (fiction and nonfiction) and am actively building my list in the following categories:
Adult fiction
• romance
• mystery
• science fiction
• fantasy
• horror

Adult narrative nonfiction
• food & wine
• parenting
• humor
• geek culture

Young adult and middle-grade fiction
• contemporary/realistic fiction
• romance
• science fiction
• fantasy
• mystery
• horror

Young adult and middle-grade nonfiction
• cooking books
• humor
• queer narratives
• queer history

Graphic novels
• adult
• young adult
• middle grade (including nonfiction)

Illustrators
• picture book
• middle grade
• young adult
• adult

I also teach a 10-week course at the UCLA Extension on publishing for the Writing Department, speak at writer workshops across the country, and through my local library system in Orlando, Florida, and various "LitLando" writing community groups. I also participate in book events and am a member of the Author's Guild, SCBWI, and AALA.

• Jen Bailey
• Louangie Bou-Montes
• Mayra Cuevas
• April Daniels
• Venessa Kelley
• Shelly Mazzanoble
• Angela Quezada Padron
• Charish Reid
• Raquel V. Reyes

Award-winning Titles
• Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane Books, 2021) --2022 Lefty Award Winner, 2022 International Latino Book Award Winner
• Comes in Threes Series by Elia Winters (Entangled, 2018) -- 2019 RITA Winner
• Nemesis: Dreadnought & Sovereign by April Daniels (Diversion Books, 2017) -- 2017 NYPL Book of the Year, 2018 Lambda Literary Finalist

Select Upcoming Releases (KidLit)
• Unexpecting by Jen Bailey (Wednesday Books, 2023)
• Don't Fear the Reaper by Louangie Bou-Montes (HarperTeen, 2024)
• As the Seas Rise by Angela Quezada Padron (Atheneum, 2024)
• Marigol: How Maribel Dominguez Proved Soccer's Everyone's Sport by Angela Quezada Padron (Lee & Low, 2024)

Select Upcoming Releases (Adult):
• A Second Shot by Charish Reid (HQN Books, June 2023)
• Welcome to Dragon Talk by Shelly Mazzanoble & Greg Tito (University of Iowa Press, Dec. 2022)
• Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane Books, Nov. 2022)

Select Recent Releases:
• Does My Body Offend You by Mayra Cuevas & Marie Marquardt (Knopf, 2022)
• Model Behavior by Tricia Lynne (Carina, 2022)
• Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane Books, 2021)
• Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters (Carina Adores, 2020)

Select Rights Sales
• Audio rights to Welcome to Dragon Talk by Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito to Recorded Books.
• Audio rights to Combustion by Elia Winters to Podium Audio.
• Audio rights to Trust Fall(ing) For You by Charish Reid to Tantor Audio.

For subrights contact Taryn Fagerness at taryn.fagerness@gmail.com

Andrea Brown, President
Laura Rennert, Executive Agent
Caryn Wiseman, Executive Agent
Jennifer Laughran, Senior Agent
Jennifer Rofé, Senior Agent
Kelly Sonnack, Senior Agent
Jamie Weiss Chilton, Senior Agent
Kathleen Rushall, Senior Agent
Lara Perkins, Senior Agent
Jennifer March Soloway, Senior Agent
Jennifer Mattson, Agent
Saritza Hernández, Agent
Jemiscoe Chambers-Black, Agent
Paige Terlip, Agent
Alison Nolen, Agency Administrator

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