Meet our new agent Chelsea Hensley!

07/22/20 • 31 min

Introducing our new member of the kt literary team, Chelsea Hensley! Hear about her journey to and through publishing, talk books with Renee, and learn about her manuscript wishlist!

She's looking for the whimsical and adventurous in Middle Grade, especially fantasy (and select contemporary MG).
In Young Adult, she's looking for genre fiction, twisty mystery, and wants thrillers that are character-driven, dark, and edgy.
She also is looking at select adult fantasy that's atmospheric, lush, bold, and female-driven. More here!

Follow Chelsea on Twitter.

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Introducing our new member of the kt literary team, Chelsea Hensley! Hear about her journey to and through publishing, talk books with Renee, and learn about her manuscript wishlist!

Follow Chelsea on Twitter.

WE RECOMMEND THESE AWESOME PODCASTS BY BLACK AUTHORS WE LOVE!

My Imaginary Friends Podcast by L. Penelope

Quantum Froth Dispatches with Mike Haspil

Deadline City by Dhonielle Clayton and Zoraida Córdova

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Meet our new agent Jas Perry!

Introducing our new member of the kt literary team, Jas Perry! Jas Perry is a freelance editor and Manhattan-based associate agent with kt literary. She attended New York University in Florence and London before graduating with a degree in English from CUNY Hunter College. She was awarded the We Need Diverse Books Internship Grant and held several editorial intern positions with Levine Querido and Scholastic’s Arthur A. Levine Books, where she assisted on titles by Kelly Yang, Varian Johnson, Daniel José Older, Eric Gansworth, A.S. King, Francisco X Stork, and Cherie Priest, among others. Jas is Black American/Japanese and interested in representing a diverse range of strong voices — especially by disabled and/or QTPOC creators. She particularly enjoys dark contemporary fiction, offbeat humor, (Alondra Nelson-defined) Afrofuturism, and bold SFF that makes her think.

Find Jas on Twitter at @TakahshiPerry

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Meet our new agent, Aida Lilly!

Aida Lilly was born in Alabama and now calls Denver home. She attended the University of Montevallo and studied English and writing. She holds an MA in Organizational Management and a graduate certificate in publishing. She is the Communications Fellow for The Word for Diversity, and an Associate Agent at kt literary. Her favorite genres are adult and YA sci-fi and fantasy, contemporary YA, humor, and adult general fiction (bonus points for books written by diverse authors with characters that leap off the page). Good writing and pacing are all she needs to get wrapped up in a story, and her ideal day is spent with books, coffee, and bathbombs.