Jem is OPEN to queries

Honored to win a 2025 Northern Lights Book Award for my 2023 debut PB!

Representing Agent: @jemiscoe.bsky.social

Publisher: @albertwhitman.bsky.social

What a way to start 2026!

@celinafrenn.bsky.social and I found out that our new book SPY GRANDMA, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

So many thanks to @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social for this honor! As well as to our agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social for putting this spy squad together!

The mixed media illustration about a child engrossed in drawing.

It's first #kidlitartpostcard day of 2026!

I’m Yusuke and I’m a PB author and illustrator who loves whimsical stories and mixed media. I'm available for picture books, board books & covers to illustrate!

Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
More at yusukewatanabe.com

🐢🐋📚Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon and wild stories!

⭐️ I illustrate fic & non-fic picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects!

Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
at @starlingliterary.bsky.social

🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com

girl in lizard (chameleon) costumer looking excited with trees behind her.

🦎🛼🦀Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon and wild stories!
⭐️ I illustrate fic & non-fic picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects!

Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
at Starling Literary + Media

🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!!!

NEW YEAR...NEW AGENCY same amazing agent 😌 💗

I'm August and I'm proudly represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social :^)

Illustration of a Black girl riding on the back of a starling while other starlings fly in the background. The text says Nadia Fisher represented by Starling Literary + Media Agency

⭐️I have a new agency & the same amazing agent! My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social along with @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @pterlip.bsky.social , all alums of Andrea Brown, founded a new literary and media agency, @starlingliterary.bsky.social , & I’m happy to start this new journey with them ✨

Graphic that reads 5 weeks as a New York Times Bestseller. With an image of the New York Times bestseller list from 12.10.2025. Number 8 is circled: “Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma. (Little, Brown) Kidan's quest for power consumes her as she must face her sister, June, in a looming war. (Ages 14 to 18)” The right side of the graphic includes the cover of Eternal Ruin which is red with the image of two hands reach for a golden mask. Bottom of the graphic reads Eternal Ruin, by Tigest Girma

ETERNAL RUIN is still going strong on the NYT list!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to @tigestgirma for your 5th week on the charts!

#StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #YA #YAFantasy #Fantasy

Dear #Writers and #illustrators,

If you recently queried

Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social),
Paige Terlip (@pterlip.bsky.social), or
Jennifer March Soloway (@marchsoloway.bsky.social),

there is no need to re-query us at Starling.

We received it and will respond, we promise!

Excited to be here!

Hi Sarah! Thank you! And great question. No, you don’t. I still have access to all queries from before, and as long as you’re okay with being considered for Starling (and I hope you are), I will review as soon as I can.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

Same agent, new agency!

My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.

If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!

#art #kidlitart #illustration

An illustration of a girl sitting on her father’s lap while he towels her wet hair dry.

Hi #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Yusuke Watanabe, a Japanese author/illustrator who loves whimsical stories and mixed media. I'm available for picture books, board books & covers!
Thank you!

More at yusukewatanabe.com
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social

So excited that my agent, @jemiscoe.bsky.social has just launched Starling Literary + Media (@starlingliterary.bsky.social) — 🪶🐦‍⬛📚

Can't wait to be a part of this exciting journey!

Thrilled to share that my agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has launched her own agency Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social !!

And of course I'm going with her! I can't wait for our new chapter to begin!

How perfect!!! Thanks, Yara, for making the beautiful starlings! ❤️

So excited for this next chapter with @pterlip.bsky.social and @marchsoloway.bsky.social!!!

In gray scale, hamster runs on hamster wheel

Family (Dad, Mom, Daughter, and son) drinks warm drink in RV, and dog plays at their feet.

Kids of all races and genders, in a huddle

In gray scale, two teen girls, one with dark-colored braids and the other with blonde hair are talking. The one with blonde hair looks like she’s pleading, while the one with the braids makes a frustrated face.

🎨 Spotlight on Courtney Lovett!

Courtney's Illustrator Page

Courtney is represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social) and is open to picture books, black and white interiors, covers, graphic novels, and nonfiction.

A spooky witch's house.

I usually work on picture book illustrations, but I'm available for book cover projects as well! If you have a project you think would be a great fit, please reach out to my agent Jemiscoe Chambers-Black @jemiscoe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Portfolio: yusukewatanabe.com

Thank you!

A publisher marketplace deal report reads: Author of THE NIGHTMARE KEEPER Vienna James's CALL OF THE DARKNESS, a dark paranormal romance in which a deadly hex sweeps through Salem, killing its victims with plague-like fury, and an investigative reporter must join forces with the high witch's other grandson-a gifted potion maker haunted by his past-to uncover its source before it consumes them both, to Lauren Plude at Montlake, for publication in fall 2026, by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).

More books from me! CALL OF THE DARKNESS is a paranormal romance out next fall! Thank you to @jemiscoe.bsky.social for her hard work!

Jemiscoe Chambers-Black - literary agent Jemiscoe Chambers-BlackAgent

I've also updated my MSWL a bit. Check that out here: www.andreabrownlit.com/Team/jemisco....

Hey Illustrators, how about this: please share a screenshot of a WIP. What are you working-on/excited-about right now? Will take a close look at all replies! #kidlit #artshare

💙❤️

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Yusuke Watanabe & I illustrate books for kids. I'm open for 2026 book projects! Thank you!

Portfolio: yusukewatanabe.com
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitartis #PB

a woman is peeking out of a door and saying `` i 'm back '' while holding a book . Alt: A woman is peeking out of a door and saying, "I'm back."

And, I'm finally open again for queries!!!

Harris Hawk diving towards a lizard in the desert. Blue sky.

Fall leaves on aspen forest - mushrooms and snails in foreground. Bats in background.

Underwater looking up: seals, jellyfish and the bottom of a kayak. Turquoise and blue.

Mother and daughter roasting marshmallows in fire while camping. Sky is purple with a whale in the stars.

Happy #portfolioday! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon, wild stories & bright worlds 🐢🐋🍂

I illustrate picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects⭐️

Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com

#kidlitart #illustration

For DVPit, feel free to query me next week.

Oh, congrats on the full request! Yes, please wait until you have a response from them. You can submit to me afterward if they pass for some reason. Please use the DVPit link, though, so you won't get lost in the larger queries. Thanks for letting me know! Jem~

The #DVPit pitches are 🔥! Sooooo many amazing pitches and I KNOW I’m going to miss some. No worries, though—I’m opening more widely next week.

I’m still going through pitches throughout the evening, but if you think we’re a good fit & I didn’t ❤️ your pitch, 🙏🏾 also consider querying me next week!

a cup of cappuccino with the words good morning written in the foam Alt: a cup of cappuccino with the words good morning written in the foam

Morning, #DVPit creators! I am currently closed, but I will be participating and reading through your pitches.

If I like your pitch AND you think we'll make a good fit, please send your sample using this link: querytracker.net/query/Jemisc.... Thank youuuuu!

Happy book birthday to WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE, my author-illustrator debut!! 🥳

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