If you know you are a great writer with a story to tell, we hope you will be in touch. Tell us briefly who you are, what your book is, and why you're the one to write it. Then include the first ten pages of your material in the body of your e-mail.

It is our goal to respond to every query. If you do not receive a response within a month, please resend your query and indicate you are sending it again.

Please do not send an exclusive query. Queries are meant to be shared with multiple agents.

Submissions are a different story. We rarely ask for an exclusive submission. However, if we do request material we ask that you check back with us before signing with anyone else.

Finally, we are grateful for all queries and submissions. We understand that your work is important to you and we thank you for considering us.

Jenny is not currently considering queries in the following genres:

Science fiction
Poetry
Picture books
Textbooks/academic books
Serious history or biography
Political science/policy
Business
Reference
Sports

Susan represents authors who write for young adult or middle grade. Susan is not considering queries in the following genres:

Picture books
Poetry
Sports
Textbooks/academic books
Reference
Books for the adult market