New Leaf Literary and Media

Literary fiction

Query via QueryManager or email query@newleafliterary.com with word 'Query' in subject line plus agent's name

Query via QueryManager or email query@newleafliterary.com with word 'Query' in subject line plus agent's name

Query via QueryManager or email query@newleafliterary.com with word 'Query' in subject line plus agent's name

Non-fiction

Wants: Query letter, first five pages

Jenniea Carter champions stories that invite readers to learn, laugh, and feel deeply. Her official profile says she is especially drawn to projects that hold space for healing generational trauma, often through love, joy, and resilience.

Jenniea Carter is currently closed to queries according to her official linked QueryManager page. New Leaf accepts queries through QueryManager and links Jenniea Carter directly from its official submissions page. If QueryManager is difficult to use, New Leaf says writers may query query@newleafliterary.com with Query, the agent name, and the category in the subject line, and include up to 5 double-spaced sample pages in the body of the email. Query only one New Leaf agent at a time.

Speculative fiction

She particularly loves speculative fiction, adventurous, character-driven stories with largely emotional stakes, stories featuring Caribbean characters/settings, and stories where queer characters find happy endings.

Children's fiction, adult fiction, women's fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, debut fiction, young adult, middle grade

She loves women's fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, and debut fiction. On the children's side, she is interested in select Young Adult and Middle Grade. She loves strong characters and voice-driven stories that break out of the typical tropes of their genres, and she's always looking for unique new voices in stories.

Science fiction, fantasy, horror, upmarket fiction, historical fiction

Jordan is primarily pursuing genre and upmarket fiction for adults with a focus on Science Fiction and Fantasy and horror. She loves intergenerational stories that grapple with the complexities of families and culture through time and anything with an unreliable narrator or a speculative bent. She's always on the hunt for books that feature female wit and rage, bodies of water as foreboding, and eruptive moments of catharsis. She also considers historical fiction or retellings with a fresh approach and compelling perspective.