New associate agent at DVA

The Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents “About Us” page now includes Jenny Lewis:

Jenny joined as an associate agent in 2026. She began her publishing career as an intern at Writers House before working with Sobel Weber Associates and WW Norton. She’s actively growing both her children’s and adult lists—across genres, she has a particular bent towards works that are voice-driven, immersive, and combine humor with a razor-sharp bite.”

The Genres & Specialties listed on Publishers Marketplace include:

Young adult
Middle grade
Picture books

The DVA Submissions page says: “We are happy to review the first fifty pages of your work, so long as it is inserted in the body of your email.”

The submission guidelines include the email address to use as well as the timing: “If you have not heard from us within 6-8 weeks, it is safe to assume that we have passed on the opportunity.”

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New agent at Storm Literary

The Storm Literary Agency has a new page for Jackie Garcia-Morales, Associate Literary Agent that says:

Children’s Literature: Seeking author-illustrators that want to work across fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels (spanning age audiences). Particularly interested in STEM/STEAM, social-emotional learning, irresistible humor/silly, mystery, epic adventure, mindfulness/similar wellness concepts, and stories centering diverse or underrepresented lived experiences, including neurodiversity, disability, multicultural identity, and unconventional family structures.”

At the top of the MSWL on her website it says: “As a new associate literary agent at Storm, Jackie is looking for the following to build her list:”

Her detailed lists give more specifics about the fiction and nonfiction she wants to see for MG, YA, and adults.

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