I am exclusively taking on clients who have been systemically excluded from publishing with a focus on BIPOC authors. I joined Looking Glass Literary Agency in October 2025 after spending four years at Ladderbird Literary. Prior to that, I was a technical editor, a senior editor at the literary journal F(r)iction, and a book coach and editor for women of color. I hold B.A.s in English and Communications, both from the University of California at Davis. I am a board member at Literary Agents of Change. You can find me on Instagram @agent.stefanie or on at @agentstefanie..social. I’m currently seeking MG, YA, and Adult fiction and nonfiction, primarily by BIPOC authors. In MG and YA I love gutsy, messy main characters in a layered narrative–bonus if there are sports, unique hobbies, or world-saving involved. I’m open to all genres in MG and YA, but prefer gutsy contemporary and grounded fantasy, horror, and mystery with a strong sense of adventure (saying ‘gutsy’ twice is not a typo!). In Adult fiction, I’m specifically seeking cozy mysteries, grounded fantasy, and romantic suspense helmed by BIPOC protagonists. In Adult nonfiction, I’m hunting for cookbooks from first, second, third (& so on!) -gen immigrants finding their ways back to their roots, as well as health/fitness-centric, body-neutral cookbooks; and nonfiction that sits at the intersection of advocacy and the following: sports and exercise science, health and fitness, nutrition, medicine, and animals; though any nonfiction intersecting with advocacy is welcome in my inbox. Across the board I appreciates anticolonialism and decolonization; non-Western-centric perspectives (and folklore); and protagonists that disrupt the status quo.
Not For Me
Please don’t send me books where the protagonist or any companion animal dies at the end. Don’t send books that revolve around abuse, suicide, or self-harm (though they can be in a character’s past). If your story mentions these topics but does not revolve around them, please include a content warning. I am generally not a fit for portal fantasy unless it’s a very different take on the genre. I am not a fit for nonfiction or fiction that centers Christianity, and not a fit for nonfiction or fiction that idealizes weight loss.
Fun facts about me
Other things I love
running hiking baking volleyball swimming knitting animals (especially dogs, especially curly dogs) saxophone and piano mariachi reading about the outdoors and/or sports (kayaking! mountain climbing! parkour!) Submission Guidelines Please submit your query + first 50 pages (or for nonfiction, your full proposal) to Guidelines & Details Vital Info @agentstefanie..social Website Agent, Associate Literary Agent
Fiction
Action/Adventure, BIPOC Literature, Children's, Commercial, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Folklore, General, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Picture Books, Speculative, Sports, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Biography, Cookbooks, Crafts/DIY, Feminism and women\'s issues, Fitness, Health, Science, Sports
Favorite sub-genres
#Dis, #ownvoices, #wndb, AAPI Fantasy, AAPI Horror, Action-Adventure, Activism, Adult, Adult Horror, Adult Romantasy, Adventure, African Fantasy, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, Asian Fantasy, Asian Horror, BIPOC, BIPOC Fantasy, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, California, Children's, Children's Nonfiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Commercial MG, Commercial YA, Commercial adult fiction, Complicated Relationships, Contemporary Fantasy, Contemporary YA, Contemporary Young Adult, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Cozy mysteries, Crime & Thriller, Cross-genre, Dark topics with a light touch, Detective, Disability, Diverse Protagonists, Diversity, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy YA, Female Friendships, Fe