Sunday, September 25, 2011

Monster List of Picture Book Agents--Jennifer Mattson of Andrea Brown Literary Agency

Trying to pull up information on agents that represent picture books has me thinking, it can be difficult to find enough information on an agent to tell whether or not they may be a good match for you and your writing. But, you have to do the best you can with what you find and take a chance. That's my submission philosophy anyway.

This month's addition to the Monster List of Picture Book Agents is Jennifer Mattson, one of the agents at the great Andrea Brown Literary Agency. There is not a ton of information on her but I did find tidbits about Jennifer's preferences in a few posts online.

You can find Jennifer Mattson's agent profile on the Andrea Brown Agents page. You can also see some representative deals.

There is a must read interview with Jennifer on Guide to Literary Agents: Agent Advice.

Janet Tuttle blogged about a workshop she went to that Jennifer gave. She talks a bit about picture books.

Jennifer did an auction critique. Her bio talks a little about what she loves in picture books.

You can find out how to submit to Jennifer Mattson on the Andrea Brown Literary Agency submission page. Note that the Andrea Brown Agency wants to see a full picture book manuscript and that no response in 6-8 weeks means that they are not interested. Jennifer is but one of the agents at Andrea Brown that represents picture books so take a good look at all of the agent bios on the agency website and choose wisely.

Jennifer Mattson represents Kim Norman and Linda Ashman.

12/14/2015 Update:

Jennifer is now on Twitter @jannmatt

There is also some good information on Jennifer in this post by Julie Hedlund.

This post is part of the Monster List of Picture Book Agents. If you have any changes that you think should be made to this listing, please contact me or leave them in the comments. Thanks!
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2 comments:

  1. MattMarch 14, 2013 at 6:20 AM

    Hey Heather, have you heard much about Jenifer Rofe, who is also a picture book agent at Andrea Brown? (WD's Guide to Literary Agents has an interview with her.) The Andrea Brown submission guidelines say "choose only one agent to whom you will submit your e-query," and I'm on the fence about which to choose. Thanks!

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  2. Heather Ayris BurnellMarch 14, 2013 at 8:30 AM

    From what I've heard they're both great. You can read quite a bit about Jen Rofe online. That will help you figure out who might be best for your work. Just do an internet search.

    And at Andrea Brown I believe they do pass a manuscript to a colleague if they think it's something they might like. Good luck!

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