For All Readers Imaginative writing that stirs empathy, resonates with the unsconcious, changes perspectives, and creates the potential for readers to move closer to the characters and the author. Books that clarify timely cultural undercurrents for any age group. Stories from a variety of voices that offer elemental truths and, again, stir empathy. For Children (Fiction and Non-Fiction) Closed to PB and MG except by referral Books that spark imagination. Books that express big ideas and big feelings and, at the same time, challenge and engage Highly imaginative approaches to MG narrative non-fiction
For Adults (Fiction)
Literary Fiction (only) Books that transcend form while focusing on the well-crafted line For Adult (Non-Fiction) Non-fiction crafted as well as literary fiction Non-fiction (humanities and sciences) which engages and challenges societal norms Non-fiction with psychological foundations About Mona Drawn to the imaginative challenges of content creation, Mona spent 25 years designing, writing, and producing non-fiction media for broadcast, non-broadcast, print, and the web. She became a producer through writing. She helped define audiences and matched the message to the medium for, among others, The Human Genome Project, Weston Woods, several of the Discovery Channels, and PBS. Her work won top national awards. Before she was a producer, she was a librarian at the Boston Public Library. Trained at the Simmons MSLS program, she attended the inaugural semester of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and later managed a boutique book shop in Washington, DC. Throughout her careers, she’s sought to forge connections—between the reader and text, between trust and the collaborative process, between content and true emotion. She believes in the power of books to create more empathic human beings and is thrilled to be focused on the literary arts now.
Fun facts about me
I created a nom de plume when I was 11! Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to If you are a writer who is interested in submitting a manuscript, please query Mona through the portal,
and in the “Sample” section please include
Fiction: The first twenty-five pages of your manuscript. Non-Fiction: Your Complete Book Proposal. Queries are accepted only via QueryMe. If Mona is interested in reading further, she will be in touch within 6 weeks.We regret that we cannot guarantee a response to every submission; if you have not heard back from us within 8 weeks, we are declining the opportunity to represent your work at this time. Guidelines & Details Vital Info @Kaninmona Website Agent
Fiction
Literary, Middle Grade, Picture Books
Favorite sub-genres
Diversity, Feminism, Literary Fiction, Literary Middle Grade, Literary Noir, Narrative Nonfiction, Social Issues I’d like the next… For Kiddos, I’d like the next… Milo Imagines The World (de La Peña) Girl On A Motorcycle (Novesky) Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast (Gilmore) Moth: An Evolution Story (Thomas) I Talk Like A River (Scott) The Tide Pool Waits (Fleming) A Snake Falls to Earth (Little Badger) Brown Girl Dreaming (Woodson) Pax (Pennypacker) The Wild Robot (Brown) Everything Sad Is Untrue (Nayari) For Adults, I’d like the next… The Memory Police (Ozawa) Vladimir (Jonas) I Have Some Questions for You (Makkai) Matrix (Groff) Exit West (Hamid) On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Vuong) The Wrong End of the Telescope (Alameddine) An Immense World (Yong) Wildwood (Deaken) My favorites include… Too many favorites to count 🙂 Farmhouse Small In The City When You Reach Me Anna Karenina Beloved Wolf Hall Lolita A Poetry Handbook (Oliver) Lab Girl Consolations (Whyte) The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams Movies by Sophia Coppola Greta Gerwig Almodóvar Wes Anderson Spike Lee Guillermo del Toro Movies that help capture the essense of childhood, eg. Hope & Glory Roma The Go Between The Last