Currently closed to author submissions, but actively seeking illustrator submissions. Submit by email to submissions@storywise.uk with a short covering letter giving your best sales pitch, a brief description of the work, a couple of sentences about your intended audience, and a little about you, your writing and your publishing experience. Say if another agency has requested your full manuscript or you have been offered representation. Picture books: a selection of three finished texts (each no longer than 800 words), each with a one or two sentence pitch summarising the story and its hook, in Word format. Fiction: a brief synopsis with the first three chapters of your manuscript in Word format, saying who your intended audience is and where you see your work fitting in the current market (comparative titles). Non-fiction: a CV indicating any specialist knowledge of your subject, and a proposal detailing the idea behind the book, who it is for, content style and where it would sit in the current market. Illustrators: an initial portfolio of 10 to 12 images (jpeg or PDF) of up to 5Mb, with links to a website or Instagram. Do not send links to file transfer sites. Submissions sent by post cannot be considered and will not be returned. No editorial feedback unless they are interested in representing you.
Mandy founded StoryWise, a boutique children's literary agency, after 30 years in children's publishing. She spent 13 years as an agent at Miles Stott and held senior editorial and publisher roles at Orchard Books, Macmillan, Walker, HarperCollins and Puffin. She has launched the careers of authors including Rachel Bright, Lu Fraser and Mark Sperring.
Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction
