Mandy Hubbard

Mandy Hubbard joined D4EO Literary Agency in February 2010 as a Young Adult and Middle Grade specialist, and has since expanded to include genre romance. Before agenting, she worked with Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency and is also a multi-published YA author. Her books include PRADA & PREJUDICE (Razorbill), YOU WISH (Razorbill), DRIVEN (Harlequin), BUT I LOVE HIM (Flux) RIPPLE (Razorbill), and others forthcoming.

Herleading clients include Lee Bross, author of  TANGLED WEBS (Disney-Hyperion, 2014), Emily Murdoch, author of IF YOU FIND ME (St. Martin's, 2013)Imogen Howson, author of  LINKED (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013), and Jessica Martinez, author of VIRTUOSITY (Simon Pulse, 2011).

email: mandy@d4eo.com [No Queries at this address]
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Seeking: A broad range of middle grade and young adult.

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• Email Queries to: Mandy.Hubbard.queries@gmail.com 

Current Wishlist: 
You are welcome to query anything that falls within the MG/YA realm, as well as select genre romance but in particular, Mandy is looking for:

• Contemporary genre (Read: adult) romance, the steamier the better
• Regency Romance
• "New Adult" romance (characters in their early 20s!)
• YA Horror and/or thriller, preferably with a body count
• A YA novel in verse
• MG with a fun girly angle and series potential
• YA Romance, whether historical or contemporary
• Historical YA novels based within real tragedies, a la BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY by Ruta Septys, REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnely, etc.
• YA with a hook, a la HEIST SOCIETY by Ally Carter or THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher

Do NOT query anything meant for adult audiences (unless it would be published in the romance section), or non-fiction of any kind.

  

Recent sales include:

Debut author Joy N. Hensley's THE PANDORA SOCIETY, in which a teen joins the first class of girls to attend the prestigious Denmark Military Academy, but when the brutal hazing starts, she discovers she's the target of a centuries-old secret society, one taht will stop at nothing to drive her out, forcing her to trust a boy she can never ever fall for, in a two-book pre-empt, in a significant deal, to Jennifer Klonsky at Harper Teen, for publication Fall 2014.



VIRTUOSITY and THE VOW author Jessica Martinez's INCOGNITO, in which a girl must unravel the betrayals and deceptions of the two men she loves after she witnesses a murder ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend, to Anica Rissi at Katherine Tegen Books, for publication in Summer 2015.

YA: STORM author Brigid Kemmerer's next books in her Elemental Series about four brothers whose tenuous control of the elements around them continue to stir up trouble, this time featuring the stories of Nick and Michael, as they fall in love and fight for their lives, in a three book deal, to Alicia Condon at K Teen by Mandy Hubbard at D4EO Literary Agency. (Note: cover is from the first book in this series).






MG: Cindy Callaghan's LUCKY ME, in which a tween girl fails to forward a chain letter and the ensuing bad luck wreaks havoc on her life, so she travels to Ireland to find the letter's original author and break the curse--but nothing goes as smoothly as planned, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin.


YA: Lee Bross’s TANGLED WEBS, in which 16-year-old Arista survives life in 18th century London by masquerading as the mysterious Lady A—a “fixer” who specializes in blackmail and extortion --and when her partner in crime goes missing, she must expose the darkest secrets of London’s aristocracy in order to unravel the truth about his disappearance, in a pre-empt, in a two book deal, for six figures, to Emily Meehan at Disney-Hyperion

KWQC-TV News Anchor Gary Metivier’s SALUTING GRANDPA, the patriotic story of a young boy who wants his grandfather to take an Honor Flight, a “tour of honor” arranged by the real life Honor Flight Network (Honorflight.org) which helps veterans visit the very memorials built to honor them, including a forward by Tom Brokaw, to Nina Kooij at Pelican, by Mandy Hubbard at D4EO Literary Agency.

YA: Debut author Lindsey Scheibe’s RIPTIDE, pitched as Jennifer Echols/Simone Elkeles meets the movie BLUE CRUSH, in which a seventeen-year-old is training for a big surf competition — her ticket out of an abusive household — and trying desperately to keep from falling in love with her best friend, to Brian Farrey at Flux, in a two book deal

MG: Cindy Callaghan's LOST IN LONDON, in which a tween girl is desperate to be anything but boring, so she embarks on a trip to London where she ends up locked inside a department store overnight, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin.

Emily Murdoch's debut IF YOU FIND ME (prev titled THE PATRON SAINT OF BEANS), in which a 15-year-old girl discovers her life of isolation began because her mother kidnapped her as a child, and when she's returned to her father, she's forced to cope with a dizzying world of shopping malls, high school, and boys, all while hiding a secret which could cause her new life to come crumbling down, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal.

Jessica Martinez's untitled YA novel, about two platonic best friends who agree to tell the world a colossal lie-that they are in love-in order to save them both...but what happens next may rip their friendship apart forever, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a very nice deal, in a two book deal, for publication in Fall 2013, by Mandy Hubbard at D4EO Literary Agency (World).

Imogen Howson's debut LINKED, in which a girl discovers her nightmarish visions and inexplicable bruises are caused by a telepathic link to a twin she didn't know existed, and when she helps the girl evade government capture, a BOURNE IDENTITY style chase ensues, to Navah Wolfe at Simon & Schuster Children's, in a good deal, by Mandy Hubbard at D4EO Literary Agency (NA) 

Jessica Martinez's debut VIRTUOSITY, about a virtuoso violinist whose life begins to fall apart when she gets involved in a difficult love affair and gets caught in a druggy downward spiral, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a two-book deal, at auction, for publication in Fall 2011, by Mandy Hubbard at D4EO Literary Agency (World)

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