Keifer Ludwig moved to BookEnds Literary Agency in June 2026 as a Literary Agent and Audio Rights Manager. Before joining BookEnds, he worked as a Literary Associate and Global Media Rights Associate at New Leaf Literary & Media.
His QueryTracker says, “Aside from the writing itself, I am looking for many things, but the primary consideration is: does this book have a good hook?”
And then he goes on to explain exactly what that means!
“To discern whether you have a good hook, imagine a stranger browsing the aisles of a bookstore and picking up your book at random. They read one, maybe two sentences of cover copy, knowing nothing else about it. Do they feel a rush of curiosity? Are they compelled to keep going? For me, the best query letters give me that feeling: the immediate, compulsive need to keep reading to found out more.”
(Yes, he did work at a bookstore! That what his bio at BookEnds says.)
His genre list says:
Young Adult
• Young Adult, Fantasy
• Young Adult, Mystery
• Young Adult, Paranormal Romance
• Young Adult, Romance
• Young Adult, Science Fiction
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