Our contests would not be possible without the wonderful people who donate
their time and energy. This year we have over 30 industry professionals who have agreed to help whip your queries into shape for our agent round. Take a moment to follow their respective social media profiles and send out thanks for helping. This small gesture truly goes a long way.
At 4pm on Friday, October 13th, the submission window will open for two hours, or until the first 250 entries are received. Please visit this post for all relevant details.
At 4pm on Friday, October 13th, the submission window will open for two hours, or until the first 250 entries are received. Please visit this post for all relevant details.
Mentors of Nightmare on Query Street
Born and raised in the sunny land of Portugal, Diana lives in Lisbon, where she works as a game developer and writer. In her free time, she can be found writing (obviously), painting, and devouring extraordinary quantities of books and video games—especially anything on the fantasy spectrum. Keeping her company are two awesome kitties, Sushi and Jubas, and her bearded dragon Norbert!
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Kosoko Jackson is the Digital Media Associate for Rock The Vote and manages social media accounts totaling 270K followers. He also moonlights as a paid sensitivity reader for big 5 publishers. Kosoko has taught elementary kids how to read, educated millennials about the power of voting, and held various communications positions in political organizations. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Public Health with a minor in new media communications. He lives in Washington D.C and is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.
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Sarah Janian
Sarah Janian is an elementary school teacher-turned MG and YA author. She attended Swarthmore College ('05) and earned her master's in literacy education ('09) from Bank Street in NYC. After being selected for Laura Heffernan's Query Kombat team last spring, she signed with Andrea Somberg at Harvey Klinger for her MG contemporary The Middle Schooler's Guide to Divorce. In between caring for her toddler and newborn, Sarah is revising an MG SF and regularly gives away query critiques through Twitter. She is thrilled to be an MG mentor for this year's NoQS.
Peggy Rothschild grew up in Los Angeles. Always a mystery-lover, she embraced the tales of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys before graduating to the adult section of the library. An English major in high school, she switched to art -- her other passion in college. Peggy has authored two adult mysteries, CLEMENTINE'S SHADOW and ERASING RAMONA. PUNISHMENT SUMMER is her first young adult book.
Peggy is represented by Melissa Jeglinski of The Knight Agency. She lives in the beach community of Ventura with her husband and their cats. In her spare time, she is learning how to throw a hatchet, loves to garden and work in clay, and practices yoga.
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Melinda O'Neill
As
the owner of a boutique chocolate factory in Atlanta, Melinda O’Neill
loves to write murder with a sweet twist, including her debut mystery,
THE CORPSE WORE STILETTOS, due out in Summer of 2018 from Red Adept
Publishing. When she’s not spinning a sweet yarn or creating delicious
confections, she spends time with her husband, Brian, their kids who
range in age from 24 to 7, a hyperactive cocker spaniel named Divo
(after the band), a princess tabby cat named Twilight (before the book
stole her name) and a collection of stray fish. She is represented by
Priya Doraswami of Lotus Lane Literary. Check out her blog at melindajoneill.blogspot.com and follow on twitter. Or if you’re an author in need of a chocolate fix, claim your author’s discount at http://www.chamberlainschocolate.com/
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Chocolate!
J.B. Rockwell
J.B. Rockwell is a New Englander, which is important to note because it means she's (a) hard headed, (b) frequently stubborn, and (c) prone to fits of snarky sarcasticness. As a kid she subsisted on a steady diet of fairy tales, folklore, mythology augmented by generous helpings of science fiction and fantasy. As a quasi-adult she dreamed of being the next Indiana Jones and even pursued (and earned!) a degree in anthropology. Unfortunately, those dreams of being an archaeologist didn't quite work out. Through a series of twists and turns (involving cats, a marriage, and a SCUBA certification, amongst other things) she ended up working in IT for the U.S. Coast Guard and now writes the types of books she used to read. Not a bad ending for an Indiana Jones wannabe...
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Heather Van Fleet
Heather Van Fleet is a stay-at-home-mom turned book boyfriend connoisseur. She’s married to her high school sweetheart, a mom to three girls, and in her spare time you can find her with her head buried in her Kindle, guzzling down copious amounts of coffee.
Heather graduated from Black Hawk College in 2003 and currently writes YA, NA, and Adult contemporary romance. She is published through Sourcebooks Casablanca with her Reckless Hearts series. Along with being an author, Heather also serves as a foreign rights assistant agent through Inklings Literary. She is represented by Stacey Donaghy of Donaghy Literary.
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Gail NallGail Nall lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her family and more cats than necessary. She once drove a Zamboni, has camped in the snow in June, and almost got trampled in Paris. Gail is the author of the Aladdin/S&S middle grade novels OUT OF TUNE, BREAKING THE ICE, the YOU'RE INVITED series (co-authored with Jen Malone), and BEST.NIGHT.EVER. (co-authored). She is also the author of the young adult novel, EXIT STAGE LEFT (Epic Reads Impulse/HarperCollins).
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