After finishing undergrad at Vanderbilt University, Kristy moved to NYC to attend the Columbia Publishing Course and pursue a career in publishing. She started as an editorial intern at Bloomsbury Children’s Books and then went on to work in publicity at Grove/Atlantic and Random House Children’s Books. She has now been with The Knight Agency for well over a decade (which is hard to believe that time has flown so quickly!). She loves championing new voices and feels incredibly lucky to work with authors. At this time, Kristy is only taking on YA and adult clients. She loves strong writing, compelling hooks, distinct voices, and is always passionate about representing underrepresented voices. For YA, Kristy open to almost all genres but always loves fantasy (cozy, grounded, romantasy), contemporaries, thrillers, historical projects with a modern sensibility, sweeping atmospheric tales, mysteries/ heists, and genre bending projects. For adult, Kristy is looking for Romantasy, grounded fantasy, and general book club fiction (which could be thrillers, contemporaries, speculative fiction, or historical). She also is a huge fan of genre-bending projects. She is looking for the type of projects that have a unique hook, propulsive writing, and will appeal to a wide commercial audience (the type of manuscript that once you’ve finished, you can’t wait to discuss with someone else). She also loves unique narrative styles and unexpected narrators such as in Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. Coastal settings are a favorite of hers.
Fun facts about me
I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and fell in love with books at a very young age. Now reading is a passion and also part of my job (how lucky am I?). When I’m not reading, I love snuggling my dog and traveling to new places (especially places that have delicious food). I strongly feel that any perfect day involves the beach or a Broadway musical. Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to To query me, please use and follow the directions listed there: Guidelines & Details Consultations Vital Info @kristyshunter Website Agent
Fiction
Women’s Fiction, Young Adult
Favorite sub-genres
#ownvoices, Action-Adventure, Adult, Adult Horror, Adult Rom Com, Adult Romantasy, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial adult fiction, Contemporary Fantasy, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary YA, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Fantasy YA, High-Concept Literary Commercial Fiction, High-concept YA, LGBTQ+, Magic Realism, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, beach reads, book club fiction, diverse and own voices, family saga, romantacy, romantasy I’d like the next… My favorites include…
YA
Divine Rivals, The Inheritance Games, An Ember in the Ashes, They Both Die at The End, Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Scorpio Races, The Wicked Deep, The Hate U Give, We Were Liars, Code Name Verity, Caraval, Sadie, When Dimple Met Rishi, Sawkill Girls, Wilder Girls, You Should See Me in a Crown, To All the Boys I Loved Before
Adult
The Wedding People, The Midnight Feast, Such a Fun Age, Red, White and Royal Blue, The Night Circus, The Vanishing Half, The Hating Game, One Day in December, Little Fires Everywhere, Lily and The Octopus, The Lying Game, The City We Became, The Kiss Quotient, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow