Kelly Sonnack comes to the Andrea Brown Literary Agency after nearly three years with the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency where she agented children's and adult work. Prior to that, Kelly worked for the publishing giant Reed Elsevier, where she served as an Acquisitions Editor under the Academic Press imprint.

As an agent, Kelly specializes in all types of children's literature (picture books, middle grade, young adult, and graphic novels). In picture books and middle grade fiction, Kelly looks for a good sense of humor, stories that stretch a young reader's imagination, and an authentic voice. In young adult, she appreciates literary voices and character-driven stories with heart. In non-fiction for children, she enjoys projects that inspire and stimulate the minds of our younger generations. At this time, Kelly is not accepting unsolicited submissions in adult fiction or adult non-fiction.

Some of the titles Kelly has represented include include: Steve Watkins' DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN (Candlewick) and GOAT GIRL (Candlewick); Merrily Kutner's ALPHABET MAGIC (Roaring Brook); Jin Pyn Lee's THE ELEPHANT AND THE TREE (Running Press); Candace Ryan's ANIMAL HOUSE (Walker); Heather Leigh's HEY LITTLE BABY (S&S/Beach Lane Books); Neil Johnson & Joel Chin's THE FALLING RAINDROP (Tricycle Press); and James Burks' graphic novel GABBY AND GATOR (Yen Press).

The Andrea Brown Literary Agency ONLY accept queries via email.

To submit to Kelly, send a short email query letter to kelly@andreabrownlit.com with QUERY and the title of your work in the email's subject line. We do not open attachments, so the query must be in the body of your email, and it should include publisher submission history and previous publishing credits, if applicable.

Please let us know, up front, that yours is a multiple submission. We will contact you if we want to see additional material. Please enclose a contact phone number as well as your email address.

What to include in your query (Please no attachments - paste the text into the body of your email):
Picture books—query letter and full manuscript text
Fiction—query letter and first 10 pages
Non-fiction—query letter, proposal, and sample chapter
Illustrations—query letter and 2-3 jpegs with pictures of children and animals

Response Time
Due to the large volume of submissions we receive, we are sometimes not able to respond to every query personally. Therefore, if you have not heard from me within 4 weeks, please assume that I am not interested in your work.

Visit www.andreabrownlit.com for more information about our submission guidelines.