{"id":26273,"date":"2023-03-06T11:19:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T11:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/townhouse\/?p=26273"},"modified":"2023-03-06T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T11:19:48","slug":"spotlight-feature-molly-ker-hawn-from-the-bent-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/spotlight-feature-molly-ker-hawn-from-the-bent-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTLIGHT FEATURE: Molly Ker Hawn from The Bent Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Good morning, everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we are excited to bring you another great Spotlight On feature, this time with Molly Ker Hawn from The Bent Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly joined The Bent Agency in 2012 and leads their London office, where she works with authors from all over the world, selling directly to publishers in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. She represents middle-grade and young adult fiction, graphic novels (complete with illustration), and non-fiction for readers aged 8-18. She is looking for books that are inventive, well-crafted, rich with emotion, and the perfect blend of literary and commercial (leaning more toward the literary side). She&#8217;s particularly interested in hearing from writers from historically excluded communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Molly on Twitter at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/literaryfey\" target=\"_blank\">@mollykh<\/a>, where you can learn more about her interests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/townhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/molly-ker-hawn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26276\" width=\"484\" height=\"484\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Molly Ker Hawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>&#8220;Show me something I haven\u2019t already seen today: a surprising opening sequence, a fresh voice that plays with language in unexpected ways.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi Molly, thank you for chatting with us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. What\u2019s at the top of your fiction wish-list? What authors do you love? What kind of books?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like gripping stories by writers with well-crafted voices. I want books that make me feel something: joy, fear, sadness, outrage, delight. I love writing that makes me suspect the author read every word aloud to make sure every sentence was the best it could be. I like stories about families, about war, about friendship, about love\u2014anything that makes me want to keep turning the pages, and that will make young readers feel the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. What do you love when it comes to non-fiction? What topics fire you up? Which genres leave you cold?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m interested in narrative non-fiction for young readers: social histories, biographies of little-known but historically important figures; anything with a feminist bent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. Is there any genre you\u2019d rather not receive?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t really connect with books with animal protagonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. What do you want to see in a query letter? And what do you hate?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know query letters are hard to write, and I\u2019ve seen some authors overthink them. Tell me what your book\u2019s about, in a way that\u2019s intriguing and makes me impatient to skip down to the sample pages, and tell me just enough about yourself to show me why you\u2019re the person to write this particular book.&nbsp; That\u2019s all you need to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. What are you looking for in the opening pages of a novel? What really excites you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read the opening pages of over a hundred manuscripts every week. Show me something I haven\u2019t already seen today: a surprising opening sequence, a fresh voice that plays with language in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q. Tell us about a recent deal (or three) that really delighted you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selling Louie Stowell\u2019s first books that she\u2019s illustrated herself has been real thrill. Her <em>Loki: A Bad God\u2019s Guide Series<\/em> has taken her career to a new level and I love seeing all her tireless work rewarded with success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The full interview will be posted to Molly&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/our-services\/agentmatch\/literary-agent\/molly-ker-hawn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AgentMatch<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/our-services\/agentmatch\/literary-agent\/julie-gourinchas\/\" target=\"_blank\"> profile<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, if you\u2019re struggling with your&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/read-a-sample-literary-agent-query-letter-with-hints-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">query letter<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-a-novel-synopsis-with-an-example\/\" target=\"_blank\">synopsis<\/a>, do check out our free resources on our website. 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