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Jane Chun
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Literary agent at Transatlantic Agency. Trying to think of what meme most defines me currently.

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Adding this from the article too & about to cry reading Sid's article about Oviedo's promotion: www.theguardian.com/football/202.... I also recommend reading his 2024 interview with Santi (www.theguardian.com/football/202...) & the 2018 one about Santi's injury (www.theguardian.com/football/201...)
Some time in 2015 when he was in the midst of the injury that should have ended everything, skin repeatedly splitting open and infection seeping out, the operations endless and the days when he was ready to ditch it all countless, a part of his arm grafted on to his heel, a new tendon made with rolled-up hamstring, Cazorla was told to settle for being able to walk around his garden – and now he was. Thirty-thousand people were there to see it, all of them standing and applauding, some crying, most singing, as he went on to face Villarreal, where he played his first ever professional game, 22 years ago. Where he had played 333 more of them and where, he said, they had treated him “like their son”. He had needed them to. Cazorla arrived at Villarreal as an 18-year-old in 2003, forced to leave home when Oviedo collapsed, relegated, dropping two tiers in one go, in debt, abandoned and on the verge of disappearing for ever. Just as the chance to make his debut might have come, a decade after he had arrived, it was taken away again. Villarreal came for him then, a shy, timid boy at the time. When Arsenal released him in 2018, assuming it was all over, they were there for him again, giving him place to train, to try to recover. Which, a stubborn so-and-so behind the smile, he did. He played 86 games and got another Spain call at 34. There was just one thing left to do; the one thing he had always wanted to. So, having accepted the pain, ignored the advice to leave it, he returned to Oviedo on a mission: get them back to primera for the first time since 2001. It took two years, it took him scoring in the playoff semi-final and final too, but they made it. Where they returned gave it something extra: back among friends, at Cazorla’s other home, something healing about watching him heading on with 10 minutes left of a game that was already lost but for his club against one he helped make great. “This was very special,” Cazorla said.
August 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I had a blast talking with Robin, Ismita, and Ariel about nonfiction today! If you attended the panel and want to know what I'm looking for, here's a quick rundown. You can also find more info on the "MSWL" and "cravings" pages on my website. www.jane-chun.com/mswl/nonfict...
A screenshot of the page linked in the tweet listing nonfiction formats and themes.
May 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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For example, I'm actively seeking Asian writers and stories, which will always be the case, but if you give me a story that matches one or more of these requests, I'll be delighted to see your query in my inbox!
Asian stories: - Stories based on Korean beliefs or superstitions like buying/selling dreams, changing names, fan death, etc. I’d especially like these stories to have writing or a plot that is funny or absurd - AAPI characters working on the railroad (historical) or in the garment, laundry, beauty, or agricultural industries (historical and present) - AAPI in Central and South America and the Caribbean - Asian Americans in the U.S. from the 1950s to the present (open to other time periods too, though!) - Asian diaspora within Asia - Growing up Asian American in coastal places surrounded by Asian people and Asian culture and having that connection to the motherland through a bicultural upbringing (beyond just food, please). Even before increased accessibility to overseas cultures, a lot of Asian Americans grew up with dramas, music, etc. from Asia. We grew up with video stores where you could rent tapes of shows, stores like Magic Castle and Opane (iykyk!) that had loads of Asian goods and DDR/Pump It Up machines, hakwons, noraebangs, etc. - Central Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia - 20th-century Korea, especially mid-century and onwards. Some eras and topics of interest: Japanese occupation, Korean independence movement, Korean War, periods of dictatorship, student protests, IMF crisis, ‘90s and early ‘00s pop, underground, and youth scenes (I’d especially love it if you touched upon the censorship policies of the time!)
March 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I’m participating in the Kidlit for LA auction to raise money for wildfire relief! If you're a writer or you want to get a job/internship at a publishing house or literary agency, you can bid on my two AMAs before the auction closes on 1/26. #kidlit
www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Kidlit for Los Angeles Auction raising funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief Win signed books, original art, school visits, critiques, and AMAs from award-winning authors and illustrators, agents, and editors! Jeff Kinney, Kate DiCamillo, Suzanne Collins, Tui T. Sutherland, Vashti Harrison, Erin Entrada Kelly, Karen M. McManus, Donna Barba Higuera, Alan Gratz, Katherine Applegate, and many more. www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Overjoyed to finally share this news! I've never seen anything like @thatstephc.bsky.social's sumptuous, haunting art for THE BODY WAS NEVER FOUND before. And @anitaohh.bsky.social is the perfect editor, with her thoughtful notes, personal connection to the story, and passion. A dream team! 💓
Art of a weeping Lady of Sorrows. In front of it is a Publishers Marketplace deal announcement screenshot that says: PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE Deal Report Category: Graphic Novel December 10, 2024 THE BODY WAS NEVER FOUND by Steph C. Solis Imprint: Abrams ComicArts Mexican author-illustrator Steph C. Solís's debut THE BODY WAS NEVER FOUND, set in 1965 Mexico City, about a female artist haunted by the ghost of her mother who disappeared after a traumatic fight with the artist when the artist was a child, to Anita Okoye at Abrams ComicArts, in a very nice deal, at auction, for publication in 2027, by Jane Chun at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world English).
December 11, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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first thing i saw in the morning was breaking news about martial law, then that got reversed in a matter of hours, and now they're doing this. LFGGGG. FINALLY. looking at how korea's dealing with yoon and how they dealt with park geunhye and looking at the US and i'm like
A DeviantArt comment by BigJB21 dated Oct 16, 2012 that says, "god i wish that were me."
December 3, 2024 at 10:08 PM