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Chelsea Eberly
Folio Literary Management / Folio Jr.
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About
Chelsea Eberly is a literary agent at Folio Literary Management working under the Folio Jr. imprint, which focuses on children's and young adult literature. She previously worked as an editor at Random House Books for Young Readers before transitioning to agenting. Her editorial background informs her agenting work across picture books, middle grade, and young adult.
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ABOUT As a former Senior Editor at Random House Books for Young Readers, Chelsea has a keen editorial eye and understands how publishers think, which she uses to her advantage when advocating for her clients. She loves that heart-racing, buzzing feeling she gets when discovering a talent. Chelsea edited many New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors in her time at Random House, including the Newbery Medal winner When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller and bestsellers by Tamora Pierce, Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Sarah J. Maas, Matt de la Peña, Mark Siegel, and Kim Johnson to name only a few. She is also a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree, which recognizes “the rising stars of the US publishing industry.” WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR: I represent middle grade, young adult, graphic novelists, picture book illustrators, and select upmarket women’s fiction. I’m always looking for projects by BIPOC creators, as well as those marginalized identities that include sexuality, gender identity, and disability. I enjoy working with authors whose books have commercial hooks and literary ambition–authors who are swinging for the fences! MIDDLE GRADE: I’m on the hunt for middle grade that feels like WHEN YOU REACH ME and WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER. Incredible voice and a hook for kid readers as well. Big feels and big hooks! I’m a sucker for found family tropes, and I particularly love when authors tackle Big Truths in a heartfelt way. I also love when kids connect with animals in a BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, bring-your-tissues kind of way. Unique structures and interesting, ambitious POV choices are right up my alley. I am interested in middle grade that doesn’t shy away from crushes and the experience of LGBTQ characters. I’m also interested in highly-illustrated MG and younger middle grade author-illustrators who straddle the line between graphic novel and chapter book. If you’ve created a strong, unique character that can become a series juggernaut, please send your project my way! GRAPHIC NOVELS: I’d love to represent more graphic novel clients. Send me your MG and YA contemporary, romances (straight and LGBTQ), found family, friendship dramas, fantasy, fractured fairy tales, unique retellings, and magical realism. I’m open to select historical/non-fiction projects if they have clear hooks. I am thrilled when authors are mining their own experiences in an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical way. Anything with side-busting humor or box-of-tissues feels will grab my attention. (I also have a soft spot for cats.) If you are an illustrator whose work straddles the line between graphic novel and chapter book, I’m also excited to see your project. YOUNG ADULT: I love LOVE, so please send me your big romances. I’m also a fantasy lover at heart, so if you have a high stakes fantasy with intrigue, action, and romance, send it my way. I’m always looking for authors who are thoughtful about structure and voice; e.g. a ticking-clock timeline, a closed setting, a journal-
Submission Guidelines
Please query me through my Query Manager page. You can also always visit the Greenhouse website to see our latest submission guidelines and check if I’m open for queries. Vital Info @chelseberly Website
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