Wednesday, June 9, 2010

UPCOMING INTERVIEW: Jessica Regel - Agent - Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc.



Jessica Regel is a literary agent with Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc. or JVNLA, Inc. for eight years. She also works in the subsidiary rights department, selling film, audio and UK rights. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Hunter College.

Ms. Regel is looking for strong commercial fiction, literary fiction, edgy/hip fiction/ young adult, middle grade novels, children's non-fiction, and narrative nonfiction writers.

She’s also interested in Romance, Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror or Paranormal in Children's books. She would love to find a memoir or a narrative non-fiction book directed at the teen market.

Ms. Regel is NOT looking for the following:

Practical Non-fiction: such as Self-Help, How-To, or Textbooks
Religion or Spirituality
Adult Genre Fiction: such as i.e. Sci-fi, Fantasy, Cozy mysteries, Romance
Political Thrillers or Crime
Picture Books
Misery Memoirs
Screenplays: She does not represent screenwriters
Animal books (Children's and Adult)
Children's books that are message or lesson oriented

To learn more about Jessica Regel, please visit their website

1 comment:

Tahlia said...

My new YA novel, 'Lethal Inheritance,' fits the criteria, but I already have an agent. What I need is a publisher. My agent has just sent out submissions, so now I blog about as I wait.

If anyone is intereseted you can read ch1 of the novel here

http://publishersearch.wordpress.com/lethal-inheritance/