Mentors are sorted by the genre their book falls under, but bear in mind the types of books mentors are looking to work with are by no means limited to the genre they write in! Each mentor’s profile is tagged with some of the genres they’re seeking, which you can browse to narrow down your mentor preferences.*

You can choose to submit to up to three mentors. Mentors may share an application if they feel it may be a better fit for another mentor.

YA CONTEMPORARY/SPECULATIVE

EMILY BAIN MURPHY
Agent: Peter Knapp

THE DISAPPEARANCES (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
2017

REBECCA BARROW
Agent: Jennifer Johnson-Blalock

YOU DON’T KNOW ME BUT I KNOW YOU (HarperTeen)
August 29, 2017

KATI GARDNER
Agent: Eric Smith

ON SUBMISSION

S.F. HENSON
Agent: Mandy Hubbard

DEVILS WITHIN (Sky Pony Press)
Fall 2017

CHELSEA SEDOTI
Agent: Suzie Townsend

THE HUNDRED LIES OF LIZZIE LOVETT (Sourcebooks Fire)
January 3, 2017

RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON
Agents: Laura Bradford

YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE & A YEAR OF BAD IDEAS (Simon Pulse)
Spring 2018 & 2019

MISA SUGIURA
Agent: Leigh Feldman

IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S A SECRET (HarperTeen)
May 7, 2017

MARY ELIZABETH SUMMER
Agent: Laura Bradford

TRUST ME, I’M LYING (Delacorte)

YA SCI-FI/FANTASY

JANELLA ANGELES
Agent: Thao Le

IN REVISION

NAFIZA AZAD
Agent: Katelyn Detweiler

IN REVISION

KAT CHO
Agents: Beth Phelan

IN REVISION

ALEXA DONNE
Agent: Elana Roth-Parker

ON SUBMISSION

HEATHER KACZYNSKI
Agent: Kristin Nelson

DARE MIGHTY THINGS (HarperTeen)
Fall 2017

MARA FITZGERALD
Agent: Beth Phelan

IN REVISION

KATELYN LARSON
Agent: Renee Nyen

IN REVISION

TRACEY NEITHERCOTT
Agent: Sarah LaPolla

GRAY WOLF ISLAND (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Fall 2017

KAYLA OLSON
Agents: Holly Root + Taylor Haggerty

THE SANDCASTLE EMPIRE (HarperTeen)
June 6, 2017

AXIE OH
Agent: Patricia Nelson

THE AMATERASU PROJECT (Tu Books)
Fall 2017

CLARIBEL ORTEGA
Agents: Laurie McLean & Michelle Richter

ON SUBMISSION

AYESHA PATEL
Agent: Miriam Kriss

PRIYA IN HEELS (Entangled)

KATY POOL
Agent: Alexandra Machinist

IN REVISION

SCOTT REINTGEN
Agent: Kristin Nelson

IRON SHARPENS IRON
(Crown BFYR)
September 12, 2017

KARUNA RIAZI
CAKE Literary

THE GAUNTLET (S&S/Salaam Reads)
March 28, 2017

SARAH TOLCSER
Agents: Susan Hawk

SONG OF THE CURRENT (Bloomsbury)
June 6, 2017

*Please note that mentor Nic Stone unfortunately had to withdraw from mentoring.