Here they are! Congratulations to everyone who pitched. Request or no, finishing and pitching your book is a huge accomplishment.
And special thank you to the agents and editors. We could not do this without you! We hope you found the stories that you were looking for.
See you for our next pitchfest this fall. Be sure to sign up for the SavvyAuthors Weekly News for the details!
And now…the requests…
Lynnette Novak, Agent, The Seymour Agency
Please paste your pitch and query in the body of the email and attach the first three chapters as a docx. Put your title and #HotSummerPitchfest in the subject line and send to: querylynnette (at) theseymouragency (dot) com. #ExcitedToRead
Title: Chill Well before Killing
Genre: Amateur Sleuth
Length: 85,000 words
Author: Tiger Wiseman
Title: YOU CAN HAVE YOUR WEDDING CAKE AND EAT IT TOO
Genre: Mystery/Light Mystery/Cozy
Length: 63,000 words
Author: Mary P Karnes
Title: A Time for Hope
Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary
Word count: 40,000
Author: G.L. Cronin
Title: Liberty
Genre: Contemporary Romance (#ownvoices)
Length: 95000 words
Author: Brikitta Hairston
Title: All the Time in the World
Genre: YA Contemporary with Sci-fi elements
Length: 91,000 words.
Author: Kim Crisci
Title: Labyrinth Room
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 96,000 words
Author: Mareth Griffith
Title: Accidental Intelligence
Genre: Adult SciFi
Length: 108,000 words
Author: Bryan Chaffin
TITLE: Everything to Lose
GENRE: Thriller
WORD COUNT: 78,000
AUTHOR: Jenna Montes
Title: The Storm Next Door
Genre: Adult commercial suspense
Length: 86,000 words
Author: James Anders
TITLE: The Divided
GENRE: Adult Horror
LENGTH: 85,000 words
AUTHOR: Sue Burrows
Title: GOLEM SCIENCE
Genre: Middle Grade Jewish Magical Realism
Length: 42,000 words
Author: Stacey Goldstein
Karly Caserza, Associate Agent, Fuse Literary
Please send your first 10 pages and place “SavvyAuthors” before your title to http://queryme.online/Karly
Title: A Time for Hope
Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary
Word count: 40,000
Author: G.L. Cronin
Title: Dodging Cupcakes
Genre: MG Humor with STEM tie-ins
Length: 38,000
Author: LF Pashley
Title: THE SPINNING DREIDEL: A NAVA AND ARI TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Genre: Middle Grade Time Travel
Length: 10,000 words
Author: Carol Kaufman
Title: The Worry Doll Wishes
Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary with Magical Elements (Magical Realism)
Length: 30,000 words
Author: Janelle Fila
Title: The Wind Keeper’s Thief
Genre: YA – Dark Fantasy
Length: 81,000 words
Author: Brooke Singler
Title: Crescent City Uprising (Book I of Crescent City Codex Trilogy)
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy
Length: 104,000 words
Author: Katherine Nelson-Born
Title: The Walter Code
Genre: MG
Length: 46,000 words
Author: Tony Ollivier
Title: THE NEST
Genre: YA Contemporary
Length: 72K
Author: Payton Frischhertz
Title: Breakout
Genre: YA Science-Fiction
Length: 130 000 words
Author: Aleksander Cristea
Title: Eigengrau
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Length: 70,000 Words
Author: Sarie Korf
Title: The Mermaid of Kettleberry Woods
Genre: YA Fantasy
Length: 79,500 words
Author: P. L. Brown
Title: HEARTBEAT
Genre: Young Adult (Contemporary/LGBTQ+/#ownvoices)
Length: 75,000 words
Author: Nicholas Brown
Title: SHADOW THIEF
Genre: YA romantic suspense
Length: 79,000 words
Author: Sonja Jorsen
Ella Marie Shupe, Agent, Belcastro Agency
Please send a synopsis and the first three chapters. Send as attachments to [email protected]. Include SavvyAuthor in the subject line.
Title: STILL IN THE DARK
Genre: Psychological Suspense
Length: 80,000 words
Author: Bethany Rutledge
Title: What Happened to 143
Genre: YA LGBT+ Paranormal Mystery/Thriller
Length: 85,000 words
Author: Rowyn Ramsky
Title: Convict Island
Genre: YA Action/Adventure
Length: 67,000 words
Author: Mark Mosley
Title: The First Murder
Genre: Mainstream Murder Mystery
Length: 73,000 words
Author: Carol Goodman Kaufman writing as C.G. Merchant
Title: Do No Harm
Genre: Thriller
Length: 90,000 words
Author: T.Y. Euliano, MD
Title: All the Time in the World
Genre: YA Contemporary with Sci-fi elements
Length: 91,000 words.
Author: Kim Crisci
Title: GOOD BONES
Genre: Paranormal Mystery w. Historical Elements, Adult
Length: 88,000 words
Author: Robin Facer
Title: WORDS I NEVER SAID
Genre: Young Adult
Length: 55,000
Author: Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako
Title: Our Lady of Apartment 5C
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction/Romantic Comedy
Length: 85,000 words
Author: Samantha Dell’Olio
Title: Seriously, Universe?
Genre YA Magical Realism
Length 85,000 words
Author: Leslie Wibberley
Title: Paint Me a Crime
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Length: 65,000 words
Author: Holly Yew
Title: Killer Competition – A Killer Dogz Mystery
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Length: 70,000 words
Author: Holly Dennler
Jacqui Lipton, Storm Literary Agency
Please cut and paste the first 30 pages into an email addressed to me at [email protected] with “SAVVY AUTHORS PITCHFEST” in the subject line. Please feel free to include the pitch or a query letter before the pages.
1/ Debbi Iancu-Haddad (THE GOODBYE KIDS)
2/ Jennifer Archer (THE GOOD IN GOODBYE)
3/ Jennifer Tedder (THE FAT MAN)
4/ Rowyn Ramsky (WHAT HAPPENED TO 143)
5/ Patti J. Kurtz (SPINOUT)
6/ Debra Daugherty (THE LONDON INCIDENT)
7/ Sophia Whittemore (CATCH LILI TOO)
8/ Kim Crisci (ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD)
9/ Kristi McManus (either HOW TO GET OVER YOUR (BEST FRIEND’S) EX; or IF I SHOULD DIE; she should pick the project she thinks is strongest for this initial submission)
10/ Til Turner (THE ADVENTURES OF ADAN AND MARA: THE SERIAN DIMENSION)
11/ Kimberley Wisnewski (I’LL ALWAYS BE HERE (AND OTHER LIES))
12/ Sarah Foil (THE PATH TO THE STONE)
13/ Cheryl Blackford (JULIA CATCHES THE SUN, and SNAKESTONES AND SEA MONSTERS: MARY ANNING’S FOSSILS; she should send as two separate emails/two separate submissions)
14/ Laura Clay (THE BANSHEE’S KISS)
15/ Nicholas Brown (HEARTBEAT)
16/ Catherine M Andronik (THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILDE)
17/ Sonja Jorsen (SHADOW THIEF)
18/ Kelly Barina (CASTERS)
19/ Kate Evenson (THE TIME TRIALS)
20/ Lindsay Milburn (THE GREENHOUSE)
21/ Aleksander Cristea (BREAKOUT)
Thanks so much — and again I’d like to thank everyone who pitched; it’s great to see so much talent and enthusiasm for YA and MG writing!
