Query Auto-Rejects & the YA Market Going Forward | Q&A w/ Literary Agent Elana Roth Parker

I asked my literary agent Elana Roth Parker of Laura Dail Literary YOUR questions! Elana represents the international bestselling series The Selection by Kiera Cass, soon to be a movie on Netflix, as well as YA authors Alexa Donne (me!), Anna Bright, June CL Tan, Dana Mele, Rachel Griffin, Shannon Price, and more. Elana specializes in Kidlit, ie: picture books, middle grade, and young adult fiction.

We talked about how she became an agent, what an agent does, advice for picture books and author/illustrators, what she's looking for in YA/MG/picture books, what makes her auto-reject a query, and how the pandemic will likely impact the YA market and the publishing business as a whole.

TIMESTAMPS

01:45 How Elana became a literary agent

06:28 Elana's advice for young people who want to become agents

10:22 What does an agent DO?

14:56 What Elana wants in middle grade, young adult, and picture book

21:34 Advice for author/illustrators and picture books

24:03 What qualifies does Elana look for in authors she reps?

28:40 The #1 thing Elana wishes people knew about the author/agent relationship

30:06 What's an auto-reject in a query?

35:38 Elana's client list size, loyalty, and signing from R&Rs (revise and resubmits)

38:07 How Elana knows she wants to offer on a manuscript

39:19 Elana discusses "the market" including post-pandemic trend predictions

44:11 How will the pandemic impact the industry?
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