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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 represents adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction and nonfiction. She 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

To query Jenny, please email queries@thebentagency.com



Susan represents authors who write for children of all ages, babies to teenage. To submit, please follow the instructions above. If you're submitting a picture book, please include the complete text. For illustrations, please also include a link to your website if avaialable, or 2-3 pdfs or jpegs of your work.

Susan is not considering queries in the following genres:

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

To query Susan, please email kidsqueries@thebentagency.com



Molly represents authors who write for the young adult and middlegrade (ages 8-12) market. To submit, please follow the instructions above.

Molly is not considering queries in the following genres:

Non-fiction
Picture Books
Books for the adult market

To query Molly, please email hawnqueries@thebentagency.com



Nicole represents authors who write literary and commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction and memoir. To submit, please follow the instructions above.

Nicole is not considering queries in the following genres:

Non-fiction
Picture Books
Poetry

Reference

Textbooks/Academic Books

Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy

Romance

Sports

Cookbooks

To query Nicole, please email steenqueries@thebentagency.com



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