Kathleen has been a Literary Agent since 2011 and joined Andrea Brown Literary Agency in 2016. She represents NYT bestselling and award-winning authors for picture books, chapter books, middle grade, YA, and adult fiction. When it comes to novels, Kathleen loves contemporary, fantasy, cozy scary, and dark suspense with layers. She’s decidedly pro witch and dragon. She’s always interested in atmospheric settings that feel like a character, multi-generational stories, matrilineal magic, and really enjoys memorable rapport and romance.
She represents fiction and nonfiction board books and picture books. For nonfiction, she’s drawn to environmental and STEM themes. For fiction, she’s all over the place: try her with something timeless and thoughtful, something irreverent and hilarious, or a sweet younger text. She’s learned to love truck books after reading 10,045 of them to her own toddler, and is interested in finding something fresh for the vehicle lovers. She will forever identify with all things whimsical and would love to discover a charming story about fairies.
Kathleen’s list includes NYT and USA Today Bestselling titles such as Ann Liang’s NYT Bestselling YA rom-coms NEVER THOUGHT I’D END UP HERE and I HOPE THIS DOESN’T FIND YOU (Scholastic) and her NYT Bestselling historical fantasy A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS (St. Martin’s), Gloria Chao’s USA Today Bestselling mystery THE EX-GIRLFRIEND MURDER CLUB (Mira, Harper Collins), Carole Lindstrom’s Caldecott Award Winning and NYT Bestselling picture book WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS (Roaring Brook, Macmillan), and Josh Funk’s #1 Kids’ Indie Next Pick WHO DONUT: A LADY PANCAKE AND SIR FRENCH TOAST holiday mystery (UNSQ) Lori Alexander’s award winning CACTUS QUEEN (Astra); accessible nonfiction with personality such as Jess Keating’s clever PINK IS FOR BLOBFISH (Knopf/PRH), Josh Funk’s HOW TO CODE A SANDCASTLE series (Viking/ Penguin), and empowering female biographies like Jess Keating’s SHARK LADY (Sourcebooks) and Annette Pimentel’s ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything (Sourcebooks).
Some topics that are close to her heart (and that she’d love to find incorporated into picture books) include environmentalism; animal welfare; social justice; mindfulness; women in science; literature; technology; and little known events or people in history. And, of course, anything witchy, whimsical, or feminist.
Kathleen earned an MA in Children’s Literature at San Diego State University. In addition to her passion for children’s literature, she loves animals (especially dogs!), crystals, tarot cards, and would never say no to Mexican food.