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Enrichetta Frezzato

Red Kite Literary

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Assume no reply = no after 12 weeks
Last checked
15 days ago

About

Enrichetta founded Red Kite Literary in January 2026.

Originally from Italy, she moved to the UK to complete a DPhil in Modern Languages at Oxford University. She spent ten years at Curtis Brown, working in translation rights and as a primary agent, before starting her own list representing UK-based and international writers and illustrators across adult and children's.

What they represent

Children's BooksGraphic NovelsMiddle GradeRomanceThrillerYoung Adult

Looking for

  • picture books, mostly author-illustrators and illustrators, with selectivity about text only
  • bright and bold pre-school styles, mixed-media, anything in the vein of Chris Haughton or Flavia Drago, with a really funny idea or simple but impactful story
  • graphic novels in the younger space, an improbable duo, an unlikely hero, with humour as the key word
  • young middle-grade and chapter books for first readers and for those children who are learning to read but also still like to be read to, anything in the Holly Webb or Dick King Smith space
  • middle-grade that is funny, silly, disgusting, adventurous, witchy, spooky, with a strong hook, a propulsive narrative, and series potential, with a soft spot for nightmares, ghosts and dragons, a boy protagonist and lots of humour in the vein of Loki or Wimpy Kid, an action-packed adventure for readers of Percy Jackson and Lockwood & Co, and a great story with Wednesday vibes
  • true young adult written for teenagers, high concept fiction including romance, retellings with a twist, thrillers, dystopia in the vein of Songlight by Moira Buffini

Not looking for

  • script only for graphic novels
  • cross-over and young adult that could sit on an adult list
  • non-fiction

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Agency submission guidelines

Red Kite Literary considers submissions by email only. What to send: the first three chapters or the first 10,000 words of the manuscript, along with a synopsis. Include a pitch and a bio in the body of the email. Where to send: fiction and non-fiction submissions go to either enrichetta.submissions@redkiteliterary.com or georgina.submissions@redkiteliterary.com. Illustrators send a portfolio and bio to submissions@redkiteliterary.com. Subject line: use the format TITLE/name and surname for text submissions, or PORTFOLIO/name and surname for illustrator submissions. If a full manuscript is requested or an offer of representation is made, add "offer of representation" or "full ms request" to the subject line when following up.

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  • Justine Smith

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    Justine is the Development Editor at Bell Lomax Moreton, where she also builds a boutique list of her own clients. She joined the agency from Pan Macmillan, where she commissioned and acquired picture books. Justine is an experienced editor and ex-publisher who has worked on picture books, non-fiction, chapter books and middle-grade fiction. She has also worked in animation as a script editor and holds a postgraduate diploma in children's illustration.

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  • Christabel McKinley

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  • Esme Bright

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  • Isobel Boston

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    Isobel joined David Higham in 2025 after more than ten years working as an editor in illustrated children's publishing. She began her career at Templar Publishing and Big Picture Press, commissioning across a boutique list of illustrated books, and was later Commissioning Editor at Walker Books. She is building a list of children's book creators and works across all formats.

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  • Molly Ker Hawn

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