MENTOR PROFILES
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.