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Becca Langton

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Submission status
Open
Submission route
QueryTracker
Response time
Aims to reply within 12 weeks
Last checked
7 days ago

About

Becca is a Senior Literary Agent at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency, with a focus on North American rights.

She joined in 2021 after ten years in IP development, editorial consultancy and scouting, and has spent four years building a children's, illustration, young adult and crossover to new adult list with a focus on the North American market. Recent deals include USA Today and New York Times bestsellers and YALSA Award winners, with sales across the Big Five publishers and independent houses. Becca is an editorial agent who likes to work closely with authors and illustrators from concept to finished manuscript, and is particularly interested in creators writing from marginalised perspectives.

Genres

Children's BooksFantasyGraphic NovelsHorrorMiddle GradeRomanceYoung Adult

Looking for

  • stories suited to the US market with epic, ambitious scale
  • young adult and crossover in the speculative, fantasy, horror and romance spaces
  • stories structured for pace and plot
  • romance that leans into the tropes
  • cosy fantasy and cosy romance
  • humour with bite and a touch of the absurd
  • speculative or fantasy stories built around a trial or competition
  • stories centring LGBTQ+ characters and relationships, both contemporary and fantasy
  • big middle grade fantasy and speculative adventure
  • transition stories for the ambitious middle grade reader and the younger young adult reader
  • mythology, folklore or historical angles from marginalised perspectives
  • a select number of picture book authors
  • author-illustrators at every age range, from picture book to young adult.

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions are by email only, to one agent at a time; the agency discusses promising submissions internally, so there is no need to approach more than one agent. What to send: your covering letter in the body of the email, with attachments as Word documents or PDFs. Novels: the first three chapters or first twenty pages, with a one-page synopsis, spoilers included. Picture books: up to three full texts, each as a separate attachment, without illustrations unless you are also submitting as an illustrator. Non-fiction: a proposal, a full chapter list and up to three sample chapters, which need not be consecutive. Illustrators: apply through the agency's illustration website. Under-represented writers are encouraged to add the hashtag #diversevoices to the email subject line.

Links

Clients include

  • Aileen Iaccino
  • Alexandria Rogers
  • Anna Adams
  • Christen Randall
  • Danielle Brown
  • E. L. Massey
  • Kate Foster
  • Leia Ham
  • Mara Bergman
  • Frankie Gritton

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