AMM Round 8 Mentee Picks Announcement!

We are pleased to announce the official mentor selections for Author Mentor Match Round 8! Like every round before, we had so much talent in the inbox, and it was so hard to choose. Congratulations to everyone selected. If you don’t see your name/book on this list,...

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...