On May 23, 2011, Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency was established. Designed to navigate the changing world of 21st Century book publishing, HSG is devoted to representing its clients in both the most traditional ways and, as the industry continues to shift, in ways not even conceived of until a short time ago. I am one of the three principals in HSG, alongside my former Russell & Volkening colleagues Jesseca Salky and Josh Getzler.

I represent all types of children's books from picture books through middle grade and YA. I also represent adult fiction and non-fiction books.

In children's books I am looking for picture books (no rhyming, please), middle grade and YA. While I do represent some fantasy, it really has to stand out from what is already on the market. In adult books, I am looking for literary and women's fiction and narrative non-fiction in the areas of social sciences, food, travel, women's and children's issues, photography and almost any kind of immersion journalism.

About me: I was lucky enough to find my way to agenting quickly after moving to NYC. Except for a year and a half in the Rolling Stone art & photo department and an equally brief stint at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller (a rare book and archive dealer specializing in 19th and 20th century literature), I had the pleasure of working at Russell & Volkening literary agency for 14 years.

Erica Perl, Ken Wells, Paul Clemens, Jennifer Morris, William Loizeaux, David Gavril

Author Erica S. Perl and New York Times Bestselling illustrator Jackie Urbanovic’s KING OF THE ZOO, about a chameleon who insists he’s the one and only king despite mounting evidence to the contrary, for publication in Spring 2013 to Jeff Salane at Scholastic by Carrie Hannigan at Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency for the author and Marcia Wernick at Wernick & Pratt Agency for the illustrator.

Eat Your Math Homework author Ann McCallum’s second in the series EAT YOUR SCIENCE HOMEWORK, a collection of recipes that explore science topics to Emily Mitchell at Charlesbridge by Carrie Hannigan at Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency. (World)

Linda Booth Sweeney’s WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, in which two siblings, walking home on a blustery day, marvel at the influence of the wind, for publication in Spring 2014 to Susan Kochan at Putnam Children’s by Carrie Hannigan at Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency. (World)

Erica Perl's ACES WILD, the sequel to WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J., to Erin Clarke at Knopf Children's, for publication in Spring 2013, by Carrie Hannigan at Hannigan Salky Getzler (NA).

Erica Perl's GOATILOCKS, a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to Allyn Johnston at Beach Lane Books/S&S, for publication in 2013 by Carrie Hannigan at Russell & Volkening (World)

MEELY LA BAUVE author Ken Wells's RASCAL: A DOG AND HIS BOY, told from the point of view of a beagle about his adventures (and misadventures!) in the Louisiana Bayou with the the boy who adopted him, to Erin Clarke at Knopf Children's, for publication in Fall 2010, by Carrie Hannigan at Russell & Volkening (World).

Erica Perl's FOLLOWING THE NAIL, in which a fifteen-year old's attempt to spend her summer hiding from her life with a job at a vintage clothing store is foiled by two manipulative girls and one strange boy whose secret makes her wonder if she picked the right people to trust, and WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU ORANGE JUICE, to Erin Clarke at Knopf Children's, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Carrie Hannigan at Russell & Volkening (NA).

Erica Perl's ACES WILD, the sequel to WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J., to Erin Clarke at Knopf Children's, for publication in Spring 2013, by Carrie Hannigan at Hannigan Salky Getzler (NA).
Foreign and Audio rights: jsalky@hsgagency.com

For the last five years I was also Co-Publisher of Pond Press, an independent illustrated book publisher specializing in photographer monographs.

Jesseca Salky, principal, jsalky@hsgagency.com
Josh Getzler, principal, jgetzler@hsgagency.com

Maddie Raffel, assistant, mraffel@hsgagency.com

E-mail queries are preferred. Please include the equivalent of a cover letter or synopsis along with the first 5 pages of the book. If it is a picture book, please include the entire manuscript.