Query Pass from Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Ammi-Joan Paquette, a senior agent at the Erin Murphy Literary Agency, is offering:
- A “query pass." While the Erin Murphy Literary Agency is otherwise closed to unsolicited submissions, your query can be submitted to Ammi-Joan Paquette. Middle Grade or YA submissions only, please.
Middle Grade or YA only.

Ammi-Joan Paquette is a Senior Agent with Erin Murphy Literary Agency, working from her home office in Massachusetts. She represents all forms of children's and young adult literature, but is most excited by a strong lyrical voice, tight plotting with surprising twists and turns, and stories told with heart and resonance that will stand the test of time.
An EMLA client herself, Joan is also the author of numerous books for children, most recently the Princess Juniper series, the picture books Ghost in the House, Elf in the House, Bunny Bus, and The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Fairies, and the "non-fiction with a twist" series Two Truths and a Lie, co-written with Laurie Ann Thompson. Her latest novel is the magical adventure The Train of Lost Things. When she is not on the phone, answering email, or writing, you will most likely find Joan curled up with a book. Or baking something delicious. Or talking about something delicious she's baked. Really, after books and food, what else is there worth saying?
General Information
- Opening Bid: $25
- Auction Ends: Sunday, July 28th, 2019, at 9:00pm EST.
- Note: Any bids submitted after that time will be void.
- Reminder: YA or MG only.
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