Sheyla Knigge

Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Sheyla Knigge A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Sheyla Knigge, a literary agent at the US-based HighLine Literary Collective.

Would you like to pick the brain of a US-based literary agent? Join us online on Fri 17th Oct when Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social of HighLine Literary brings the brain and you bring the pitches and questions. Cover charge £5.
#amquerying #writingcommunity

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I am very rarely on here- I am mostly a threads/instagam girlie- but that said, I am sending around my fall newsletter to editors, so if you are an editor and I somehow missed you, send me a chat and I will send it your way so you're up to date on what's coming up my submission pipeline this fall.🍁

a spark of exciting news: i am so stoked to share my next book, AMERICAN GOLEM, with the world! this road trip book will remind you that this country is vast and queer and beautiful and so much more than the people in power want you to believe it can be, and i can’t wait for you to read it.

I’m closed to queries but guys if any agents are looking for something specific? DM me and if I find it in my inbox I will send it to you!
I’m hosting query power hour tomorrow from 4-5EST and I will send it your way expeditiously then!

Me, closed to queries, dreaming about dark and twisty extra witchy, Brothers Grimm, Sleepy Hollow type stories.

Kids, don't fall in love with your tattoo artist.

This has been a PSA

These Connie edits are going to break my heart more than the first three episodes of season three.

It’s been a big week and I’ve cried a lot

I am just now seeing this and I’m obsessed

The solution is for Toni and Shakira to take the prize and besties and Helena and Harrison can cry.

Do yall ever think about how Netflix robbed us of a season two of Julie and the Phantoms or is it JUST me?

RIGHT?!

I saw a Cole and Phoebe edit yesterday, and I am BEGGING, when I reopen to queries if someone could send me a witchy romance like there's where they actually GET their happily ever after I would cry.

I can’t explain it but the crossover I would love is Molly Mae and Allison Kuch.
Like Bambi and Scottie? I’m here for it.

Actually counting down the days til my family leaves for the fourth because I’m going to deep clean my house and be utterly alone.

Thank you ☺️ ❤️

Four years ago this week I set my sites on a career in publishing and now I’m coming up on completing my first two years as a full time agent.❤️

Go look at the strawberry moon

Mark Your Calendars #DVpit is returning October 8, 2025. The original pitch event for creators from marginalized communities. Now on Bluesky! Follow us at @dvpit.bsky.social for more updates

Agents and Editors participating in DVpit 2025 on Bluesky. Here is an initial list of some of the participating agents and editors Gallt & Zacker: Marietta Zacker Beth Phelan Linda Camacho Erin Casey Westin Sandra Proudman Saribel Pages Andrea Brown Literary: Kelly Sonnack Jemiscoe Chambers-Black Jennifer March Soloway Saritza Hernández Analía Cabello Paige Terlip Azantian Literary: Shelly Romero Carey Blankenship-Kramer Dystel, Goderich & Bourret: Michaela Whatnall Folio Literary: John Cusick Gelfman Schneider: Penelope Burns HG Literary: Wendi Gu Jill Grinberg Literary: Katelyn Detweiler Mad Woman Literary: Alex Brown Danielle Burby Chelsea Hensley Neighborhood Literary: Eric Smith Rebecca Podos New Leaf: Jo Volpe Suzie Townsend Sophia M. Ramos Trinica Sampson-Vera Jordan Hill Page Street Publishing Tamara Grasty Park, Fine & Brower: Pete Knapp Stuti Telidevara Root Literary: Melanie Figueroa Samantha Fabien Simon & Schuster: Rebecca Kuss Sourcebooks: Mikaela Luke Triada US: Brent Taylor Uwe Stender Ashley Reisinger Moe Ferrara Writers House: Alexandra Levick Andrea Morrison Follow us at #dvpit.bsky.social for more updates!

DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information!

#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks

Tyler the Creator, Give it up for black people! But the word 'gay' is poorly edited before black lol

It's June 1st 🎉🎉🎉

Calamity Gannon was Hyrule’s Sauron.

I don’t know why I dreamed I was chasing one of my editors through the Mirkwood, but like…I also understand it.

Thank you so much!

Men used to carry around purses and call them briefcases.

I can’t wait to see you all there!

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YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC How Do You Know If Your Comp Title Is Too Big To Use? With Agent Sheyla Knigge

Comp titles are complicated!

You need two books (or movies) within the last five years that are well-known but not runaway bestsellers.

How do you know you've chosen right?

Agent Sheyla Knigge, High Line Literary, shows us how! youtu.be/bYXF9a5kG7s @sknigge.bsky.social

I appreciate going to conferences and people believing that I’m a teenager.
Like yes, please tell me I don’t look thirty.

Favorite indies in DC?👀
Gotta hit up a bookstore while I’m here.

from left to right: a hand filled with cocoa beans, a droplet of blood, melting candles, bars of chocolate, a pile of cookies, a broken glass, two boys about to kiss arrows pointing to chocolate factory top surgery, generational trauma, the deeper we go the worse it gets, “your baggage is not too heavy for me,” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory horror, so many OSHA violations, trans autistic MC

what’s my Charlie and the Chocolate Factory horror about? not sure, but here’s my attempt at figuring it out.