12/11/2023 0 Comments John cusick folio literary management![]() IN MY FIFTH-GRADE BACKPACK: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar, T he Indispensable Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson, chewing gum, a notebook filled with drawings of robots. WHAT I’M NOT LOOKING FOR: I am not seeking picture book authors or illustrators, or non-fiction, at this time.ĪBOUT ME: I'm a literary agent and Vice President at Folio Literary Management, where I represent a diverse list of voices in young adult, middle-grade, picture books, and everything in between. ![]() I love proactive protagonists, kids and teens chasing a dream or a hero who swings in with a song in her heart and a knife in her teeth. Those intimate, dangerous, life-saving stories. Send me the books kids will sneak / steal / borrow in secret. I love the strange, iconoclastic, and unusual. I want #ownvoices stories of all styles and genres, and am particularly interested in sci-fi, fantasy, and genre fiction from under-represented voices. I want compelling page-turners that create life-long readers, stories that will inspire fandoms, characters readers will cosplay as, obsess over, and never forget. I want stories that move readers, moments that make me look up and say “Wow, yes. ![]() I’m seeking unique voices in middle-grade, young adult and YA/adult-crossover fiction, as well as adult sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. ![]()
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