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Pitching An Agent: An Appetite For Children's, YA, And Cookbooks

Engaging stories for age-specific audiences are this agent's specialty

By M. David Hornbuckle – February 24, 2009
Name of agent/agency: Rosemary Stimola/Stimola Literary Studio
Number of agents: One
Number of clients: About 50
Notable clients: Suzanne Collins, Mary Pearson, Matt Tavares, Paul Volponi.

Amount of unsolicited material selected: Three to five percent
Fiction vs. nonfiction: 90 percent fiction; 10 percent nonfiction

Background: Rosemary Stimola has a Ph.D. in linguistics, and for many ...

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