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Regina Griffin, Executive Editor at EgmontUSA

Regina Griffin is the Executive Editor of EgmontUSA, where she acquires Middle Grade and Young Adult, historical fiction, fantasy, paranormal, edgy contemporary  fiction and graphic novels.  At Egmont she has acquired such titles as the YA paranormal romance, The Dark Divine, the hilarious middle-grade book, Vordak the Incomprehensible: How to Grow Up and Rule the World; both of these books came out of meetings at the New Jersey SCBWI Conference in Princeton.  The humorous middle grade titled, Leaving the Bellweathers, the historical novel Riot and the picture book Looking Like Me by Newbery Honor-winning New Jerseyan, Walter Dean Myers, the paranormals, Siren and Raised by Wolves, and the Wish You Were Dead thrillogy by Todd Strasser.

John Cusick, Agent at Scott Treimel Agency

John M. Cusick is a literary agent for authors of young adult and middle-grade novels with S©ottTreimelNY. He is the author of the young adult novel Girl Parts  (Candlewick Press, 2010), and the forthcoming Cherry Money Baby.  He is also a managing and founding editor of Armchair/Shotgun, a Brooklyn-based literary magazine. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2007 where he wrote his first novel on a SmithCorona Electric (now kaput). He lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend and their imaginary cat, Garrus.

While the Scott Treimel Agency accepts the gamut of juvenile genres, John’s personal genres of interest are Middle Grade, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, and even better if any of these has an edgy voice.

Sean McCarthy, Agent at Sheldon Folgelman Literary Agency

Sean works on children’s books for all ages at the Sheldon Fogelman Agency in NYC. www.sheldonfogelmanagency.com He especially likes edgy narratives with flawed, multi-faceted characters. His clients include Hyewon Yum, Mark Fearing, and Hillary Homzie, and he has worked with a variety of authors and illustrators, such as Richard Peck, Mo Willems, and Jerry Pinkney.

In picture books, he looks more for dynamic characters, off-beat humor and especially clever endings (think Mo Willems or George McClements).

In fiction, Sean is drawn to realistic dialogue and understated, concise writing. He would love to find a graphic novel that doesn’t delve too deeply into the “Superhero” side, or an adventurous, high-concept middle grade. He is not currently interested in high fantasy or query letters that pose too many questions.

Melissa Sarver, agent at Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency - MELISSA joined the Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency in 2006 where she had the good fortune of working with award-winning children’s author E. Lockhart, and soon began representing authors writing for Young Adult. She looks for contemporary/realistic fiction, both literary and commercial; mysteries; urban fantasy; magical realism, and issue-based stories. She’s drawn to dark tales with brilliant prose and strong voice as well as quirky stories with a fresh sense of humor, and heartbreaking romances. She especially enjoys multicultural stories and similarly emotional stories with dystopian themes. She also considers Middle Grade fiction and Picture Books.

Melis