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Senior Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
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It’s a pleasure and an honor to help bring books into the world. But we wouldn't get to do it without all of you. Thank you!

From all of us at ABLA, we wish you a spirited holiday season. May the New Year bring you joy, inspiration, & many beautiful books!

2025 Holiday Card art by Marissa Valdez
Wishing you a spirited holiday season from ye olde ABLA! 2025 Holiday Card art by Marissa Valdez
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Some Christmas mischief! #kidlitart
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It’s the most wonderful time of the month! It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! I love cozy scenes and wintery wonderlands. I’m represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and would love to work with you on all your joy filled projects!
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day to all who celebrate. I'm an author and illustrator rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social.

✨ My Work: www.twofishillustration.com

This image is from the forthcoming Whirby (by @mollyharris.bsky.social, HarperCollins Feb '26). Proud!
A teacher robot is in conversation with a small yellow robot named Whirby, who has just woken up and is on a medical bed.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Happy December #KidLitArtPostcard ! 📬✨ I’m a #kidlit illustrator who is open to picture books (non-fiction & fiction), board books, chapter & middle grade spot art and covers✨ #kidlitart

Portfolio: katherineahmedart.com

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December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Happy last #KidLitArtPostcard Day of the year! Better bake some extra Christmas cookies just in case…

I’m Kris Easler, represented by the wonderful @jenrofe.bsky.social of ABLA, and excited to work on picture through middle grade books!

Check out more at www.kriseasler.com!
A warm toned kidlit illustration of three gnomes walking in a line who have just pilfered a kitchen with Christmas treats - the first has a truffle, the second (with a white beard and red hat) has a star shaped gingerbread cookie, and the third (who has surreptitiously taken a bite out of the cookie ahead of him) has a candy cane.
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Congratulations, Patrick and Pierre!
andreabrownlit.bsky.social Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · Nov 14
Book deals this week!

🛒 DICKORY DOCK SHOP, Patrick Hulse’s author-illus. pb debut

🦎 THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS BOOK, a pb by Jory John, illus. by Pierre Collet-Derby

❄️ CAN WE GO YET?, a pb by Allah L. Agostini, illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice

🌄 TO WANDER, a pb by Amy Novesky, illus. by Emma Simpson
Screenshots of new book deals by some of our ABLA clients!
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on Jacob Souva!

Jacob's Illustrator Page

Jacob is represented by Jen Rofé (@jenrofe.bsky.social) and is open to imaginative picture books and colorful board books.

@jacobsouva.bsky.social
A girl climbs a ladder in black and white to make a creative pronouncement — many colors and objects swirl around A pillbug plays the banjo in the garden to a toe-tapping tune A boy in vintage clothing holds onto an orange balloon as it lifts off over the city A podium with robots after a bot battle (from Whirby, HarperCollins)
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Love Jem so much! Wanted to name my kid Rio, if I had a boy. Husband said no. One day, I'll name a dog Rio. :)
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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It's a School Library Journal star for THE CLEAN-UP MONSTER written by Eleni Tassopoulos Wehner, illustrated by Danamarie Hosler (@mightypigeon.bsky.social)!

⭐ "Board books don’t always come with an ‘essential’ stamp, but this one is.” ⭐

Read the full review here

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“Board books don’t always come with an ‘essential’ stamp, but this one is.” - a starred review from School Library Journal for The Clean-Up Monster!
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to THE WEIRDIES for making the USA Today Bestsellers list! 🎉 So proud of @hellomrforrest.bsky.social for illustrating this hilarious story!

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The Weirdies written by Michael Buckley, illustrated by Forrest Burdett, is a USA Today Bestseller this week!
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to TODAY AT SCHOOL: WITH YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW on becoming a USA Today bestseller! 🎉 We are so proud of Jessica Young and Renée Kurilla!

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Today at School: With Yesterday and Tomorrow written by Jessica Young, illustrated by Renée Kurilla, is a USA Today Bestseller!
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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🎉 Congrats to these bestsellers this week! 🎉

New York Times Bestsellers:
ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS
IMMORTAL DARK

USA Today Bestseller:
INVISIBLE

Indie Bestseller:
SPACE CASE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

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This week Space Case made the Indie Bestseller list, Zombie and Brain Are Friends and Immortal Dark made The New York Times Bestseller list, and Invisible made the USA Today Bestseller list. Pictured are the logos of those lists and the book covers surrounded by confetti to celebrate!
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on Pierre Collet-Derby

Pierre's Illustrator Page

Pierre is represented by Jennifer Rofé. He is open to picture books.
two young friends greet each other on a front porch a little girl sits on a chair in front of a pink elephant on a table a bee in a hat offers a napkin to his friend, another bee, who is covered in yellow paint a lion, bird, and mouse sit on a bus stop bench as an elephant approaches
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Tomorrow! 👀
andreabrownlit.bsky.social Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · Sep 26
We’re back with #ABLArtFest 2025! 

There's a lot going on in the world these days, so this year we're offering weekly prompts this year instead of daily ones.

Use the #ABLArtFest hashtag and tag @andreabrownlit so everyone can find you. 

We can't wait to see what great pieces you come up with!
ABLA art fest 2025 prompts for illustrators: fall festivities, the crystal ball reveals, ghostly encounters, chats by the cauldron, trunk or treat
September 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on Brian Biggs

Brian's Illustrator Page

Brian is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social . He is open to picture books, b&w interiors, graphic novels & comics, and covers.
two kid characters, one presents as white and one as Black, hold up their illustrations of cats a truck full of dogs in construction hats drives along two semi anthropomorphized buildings, one labeled a salon, make faces a worm and a fly greet each other
September 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS by Meg Medina is @npr.org's Book of the Day! www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n... @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
In Meg Medina’s new young adult novel, a 13-year-old girl becomes a sea ghost : NPR's Book of the Day
Meg Medina’s new young adult novel begins with a fall: Graciela, a 13-year-old-girl, is blown off a cliff and sucked into the bottom of the sea. A century later, she awakens and her afterlife begins. ...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on @mikeboldt.bsky.social

Mike's Illustrator Page

Mike is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social and is interested in picture books and covers.
September 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I just finished WICKED today. Incredible book.
August 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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i was saying just yesterday that i find no joy in insta anymore. if i must be there, i get in and get out. there's still value in it for work, but there's not joy.
August 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on @dpilutti.bsky.social

Deb's Illustrator Page](www.andreabrownlit.com/illustrator/...)

Deb is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social. She is open to picture books.
August 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on @washingtoncuts.bsky.social

Janelle's Illustrator Page

Janelle is represented by @jenrofe.bsky.social. She is open to picture books, board books, b&w interiors, and covers.
August 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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You could have had me, Debbie. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Good for Ginger blah blah blah 😜😘
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Some rejections will knock you to the floor in defeat, and then you scrape yourself up and get back to agenting.
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM