NOTE: This was posted in 2013. See the April, 2015 post with top 20 picture book agents here.
The Publisher’s Marketplace tracks sales of manuscripts in different categories–one of the many advantages of their paid services. These sales are self-reported, which may or may not skew the results. These are the top literary agents for picture books for the last year. I have provided links to the agency’s websites when available. Please consult each agency’s policies on submission and follow them carefully.
To see details of the sales, you must be a member of Publisher’s Marketplace.
- Erin Murphy (Erin Murphy Literary Agency)
19 deals in the last 12 months - Holly McGhee (Pippin Properties)
15 deals in the last 12 months - Kelly Sonnack (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
12 deals in the last 12 months - Paul Rodeen (Rodeen Literary Management)
11 deals in the last 12 months - Jennifer Laughran (Andrea Brown Literary Agency) 11 deals in the last 12 months
- Teresa Kietlinski (Prospect Agency)
11 deals in the last 12 months - Ammi-Joan Paquette (Erin Murphy Literary Agency) 10 deals in the last 12 months
- Karen Grencik (Red Fox Literary)
10 deals in the last 12 months - Brenda Bowen (Sanford J. Greenburger Associates)
9 deals in the last 12 months - Isabel Atherton (Creative Authors)
9 deals in the last 12 months - Jamie Weiss Chilton (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)8 deals in the last 12 months
- Lori Nowicki (Painted Words)
8 deals in the last 12 months - Emily van Beek (Folio Literary Management)
7 deals in the last 12 months - Stephen Barr (Writers House)
7 deals in the last 12 months - Elena Mechlin (Pippin Properties)
6 deals in the last 12 months - Elizabeth Harding (Curtis Brown)
6 deals in the last 12 months - Steven Malk (Writers House)
5 deals in the last 12 months - Edward Necarsulmer IV (McIntosh & Otis)
5 deals in the last 12 months - Anna Olswanger (Liza Dawson Associates)
5 deals in the last 12 months - Jennifer Rofe (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
5 deals in the last 12 months
5 responses to “Top 20 Picture Book Agents: 171 Sales”
Love when you post these. I saved the one on middle grade agents you did last year.
Great list, still most need a referral and contact and new writers still feel frustration at getting their work out there. You have to write because you love it and not because you want to be famous, rich, etc. It just doesn’t work like that does it? Thanks for sharing. Your blog is a great resource for others.
Thanks for this list. This is great information.
Edward Necarsulmer IV is no longer at McIntosh & Otis, he is now at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner (http://dclagency.com)
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