This week's Agent Spotlight features Wendy Schmalz of Wendy Schmalz Agency. Status: Accepting submissions. About the agent and agency: " Founded in 2002, Wendy Schmalz Agency is proud to represent YA and Middle Grade authors including award-winning bestseller April Henry, groundbreaking authors Julie Anne Peters and Ami Polonsky, acclaimed non-fiction writers, Sarah Miller (also a successful novelist), Seymour Simon and Albert Marrin, and critically-hailed novelist Katrina Leno." (Via email) What She's Looking For: Genres of Interest: Children's fiction and nonfiction including middle grade, young adult ( Link ) What She Isn't Looking For: Adult fiction and nonfiction, picture books, fantasy, horror, science fiction, mysteries, or thrillers ( Link ) ( Link ) Quotables: "I want an open, honest give-and-take with my authors. It should be a close relationship and it’s just as important for me to like my authors as it is for me to like their work. I’m happy to work with my authors editorially. I’m not a good hand-holder and I don’t want to be anyone’s therapist." ( Link ) Dislikes/Peeves: "I hate it when people send manuscripts or writing samples without asking first. I will delete those without opening them or send them back unread if they’re sent by snail mail. I don’t like it when people start out their queries with statistics. I’m amused by letters that tell me I’ll regret it if I don’t read their novel because representing them will make me richer than rich (I don’t ask to read those –who wants to represent someone with an out of control ego?)" ( Link ) Editorial Agent? Y