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Bestselling Author Now #kidlit Agent

The Handspun Literary webpage says: “Justina Ireland (she/they) joined Handspun in 2026 as a junior agent. She is also an award winning and New York Times bestselling author of numerous books as well as a writer of both comics and television.”

The agency submissions page also says: “She loves meticulous worldbuilding and complicated characters and is currently looking for well executed speculative fiction in most categories. She is drawn to Middle Grade and Young Adult that asks complicated questions without talking down to a reader.”

Check her author website to see more about her writing.

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Former publisher, now agent

New agent Robert Broder’s webpage says:

“While selling chocolate in New England, Rob had the idea of starting a children’s picture book publishing company. Learning everything from the ground up, he founded Ripple Grove Press, which went on to publish award-winning and starred reviewed books.”

In a March 2026 interview for Literary Rambles, he says:

“I have received hundreds of submissions since becoming an agent and have signed to represent my first picture book author.”

The wishlist on his Martin Literary Management page says:

• Anything picture books. Especially something different and unique–from writers and/or illustrators. Rob gravitates toward a story that captures a moment more than a moral. But if something is written well, and it speaks to him, he will certainly consider it.
• Early readers, early chapter books and middle grade.
• Juvenile & MG graphic novels, graphic memoirs.

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