Mentor Casie Bazay

casiebazay.com @CasieBazay AGENTJanna Bonikowski WRITES YA Contemporary DEBUT NOT OUR SUMMER (5/11/2021) with Running Press Books/Hachette ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Casie Bazay is former middle school teacher who...

Mentor Bethany Mangle

bethanymangle.com @bethanymangle AGENTJennifer Wills (The Seymour Agency) WRITESYA Contemporary DEBUT PREPPED (February 23, 2021) Simon & Schuster/McElderry Books ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Bethany Mangle is a...

Mentor Brighton Rose

brightonrose.com @itsbrightonrose AGENTUwe Stender, TriadaUS WRITESMiddle Grade FantasyYoung Adult Fantasy REVISING ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Brighton Rose is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, where she went to an...

Mentor Ella Stainton

ellastainton.com @astarte73 AGENTJennifer Grimaldi from Chalburg Sussman WRITESHistorical/Romance/LGBTQ+ BOOKS BEST LAID PLAIDS (8/20) Carina Press WHERE THERE’S A KILT, THERE’S A WAY (3/21) Carina Press CLASH OF THE TARTANS (winter/21) Carina Press...

Mentor Karina Evans

karinaevans.com@karinalianee AGENTJessica Mileo, InkWell Mangement WRITESContemporary DEBUT GROW UP, TAHLIA WILKINS! (Winter, 2022) Little, Brown Young Readers ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Karina Evans majored in...

Mentor Akshaya Raman

@akshraman AGENTHillary Jacobson (ICM Partners) WRITESYA Fantasy DEBUT THE IVORY KEY (Jan 4, 2022) HMH ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Akshaya Raman fell in love with writing when she wrote her first short story at the...

Mentor Axie Oh

axieoh.com@axieoh AGENTPatricia Nelson WRITESYoung Adult (SFF, Contemporary) UPCOMING BOOK XOXO (July, 2021) Harper Teen ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Axie Oh is a first generation Korean American, born in NYC and...

Mentor Sunya Mara

sunyamara.com @sunyamara AGENT Tracey Adams WRITES Fantasy, Sci-fi ON SUBMISSION ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Before making the jump to novels, Sunya wrote fairytales and illustrated books at Kobe Bryant’s Granity...

Mentor Leira K. Lewis

leiraklewis.com @leiraklewis AGENTKristy Hunter at the Knight Agency WRITESYA Fantasy Romance IN REVISION ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Leira K. Lewis is a Northern California based YA fantasy writer and member of...

Mentor Katie Kingman

@kingmanwrites AGENTRachel Brooks @ Bookends WRITESContemporary and Light Sci-Fi DEBUT DOWN WITH THIS SHIP (June 8, 2021) ABOUTOVERVIEWMENTORING GENRESMENTORING STYLEIDEAL MENTEEMSWL/Anti-MSWLFAVES BIO Katie Kingman lives and writes in Phoenix, Arizona with her human...