Abigail Frank
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
My Manuscript Wish List®
Abigail Frank is lucky to work with brilliant writers and illustrators at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. She is searching for thoughtful and clever writing that never underestimates the subject or the reader, and she cares about voice, above all. She is committed to advocating for the work of authors and artists with marginalized identities, and she’s actively looking for stories that allow young readers to recognize themselves in the books they love.
Her wish list includes (but is not limited to):
- big concept and/or offbeat picture books, preferably by author/illustrators. Please note: she is especially selective when it comes to picture book texts, but is very open to illustrator-only submissions.
- voice-driven chapter books!
- stories that focus on clothes/fashion, especially illustrated work
- middle grade that is hilarious, profound, or poetic
- swoon-worthy YA rom-coms!!
- “boy books” is a silly term, but PLEASE send books that keep more boys engaged and excited about reading
- stories with a drop of magic or set in the not-so-distant future
- stories that grapple with ideas of masculinity
- anything that makes you think: “I didn’t know books could do that” or “woah this is weird/new/zany”
- select adult titles:
- pop culture criticism
- anything and everything rom-com
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to afrank@sjga.com
Please send your query to
af****@sj**.com
and include:
- “Query: [your book’s title]” in the subject line
- A brief bio in your cover letter
- Your full manuscript or proposal as an attachment
- For artists: a link to your portfolio
Abigail will be in touch within 4-6 weeks if she is interested in representing your work. Due to the volume of submissions, she is unable to respond to every query.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
"Big Idea/Think", #Dis, #ownvoices, #wndb, AAPI Sci-Fi, Absolutely all of them!, Accessible Literary Fiction, Action-Adventure, Adult Rom Com, African Diaspora, African Sci-Fi, Africanfuturism, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, Author-Illustrator, Author-Illustrators, BIPOC, BIPOC Mystery, BIPOC Sci-Fi, Beauty, Beginning Readers, Biography & Memoir, Book Club, Books about books, Category Romance, Character-driven SciFi, Chick Lit, Chicklit, Children's, Children's Nonfiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Clever picture book, Cli-Fi, Climate Fiction, Commercial MG, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial YA, Commercial adult fiction, Complicated Relationships, Concept SF, Contemporary Culture, Contemporary Inspirational Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary YA, Contemporary Young Adult, Cross-genre, Cultural Criticism, Dark Humor, Dark topics with a light touch, Detective, Diaspora Narratives, Disability, Diverse Protagonists, Diversity, Dystopia, Dystopian, Ecology, Economics, Educational, Environment, Experimental, Fabulism, Fairytale Retellings, Family Drama, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy YA, Fashion, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist SF/F, Femoir, Fiction Picture Books, Film & Theater & TV, Film/TV, Folklore, Food, Found Families, Funny MG, Gaming, Geek Culture, Grounded fantasy, High Concept, High-Concept Literary Commercial Fiction, High-concept YA, High-concept YA/MG, Historical Fiction YA, Historical RomCom, History, Home Arts, Horror Comedy, Humor, Humor YA, Illustrated, Illustrated/Gift, Illustration (for all ages), Illustrator, Illustrators, Illustrators and Author/Illustrators, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Indigenous Futurism, Indigenous Sciences, Inspirational, Intersectional Feminism, Intersectionality, LGBT YA, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ Romance, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi, LGBTQ+ rom coms, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAP, Language Arts, Latine Diaspora, Latinx Sci-Fi, Latinx stories, Layered Family Stories with multiple narrators, Layered Rom-Coms and Comedy of Manners with a cultural component, Lifestyle, Literary MG, Literary Middle Grade, Literary YA, Literary YA & MG, Literary YA/MG, Low Fantasy, Lyrical picture book, MG, MG Action Adventure, MG Fantasy, MG Horror, MG Nonfiction, MG Sci-Fi, MG adventure, MG contemporary, MG mystery, MG/YA, Magic, Magical Realism YA, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Contemporary, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Horror, Middle Grade Humor, Middle Grade Mystery, Middle grade magical realism, Minority Voices, Modern Dating, Modern Retellings of Fairy Tales, Modernized Mythologies, Monsters, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural, Multicultural Romance, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Muslim, Mysteries, Mythology, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature, Near-future SF, Neurodiversity, New Adult, New Weird, Nonfiction Picture Books, Novels in Verse, Outdoors, Own Voices, POC, Paranormal Romance, Picture Book, Picture book non-fiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Pop History, Racial Justice, Regency Romance, Relationships, Religion, Retellings, Robots/A.I., Rom-com, RomCom, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Suspense, STEAM, STEM, SWANA Sci-Fi, Same-Sex Romance, SciFi Romance, Science Fiction YA, Sexuality, Shakespeare Retellings, Slice of life, Smart Beach Reads, Social Emotional Learning, Social Issues, Social Justice, Social Science, Social Sciences, Soft Fantasy, Soft Science Fiction, South Asian, Southern Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Middle Grade, Sports, Steamy RomComs, Strong Females, Superheroes, Supernatural, Time Travel Romance, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket YA, Western Romance, Women's Fiction, YA Contemporary, YA Contemporary Romance, YA Contemporary Romance with layers, YA Crossover, YA Fantasy, YA Historical Fantasy, YA Mystery, YA Nonfiction, YA Rom-Coms, YA RomCom, YA Romance, YA Romantasy, YA SF/F, YA Sci-fi, YA Science Fiction, YA Thrillers, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA horror, YA memoir, YA rom com, YA thriller/mystery, YA/MG graphic novel, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction (Historical Fiction only), Young Adult Narrative Non-Fiction (Both Contemporary and Historical Narrative Non-Fiction), Young Adult Non-Fiction, Zombies, action-packed graphic novels, activity books, afrofuturism, aliens, award-winners!, bad at feelings, beach reads, bilingual, board books, book club fiction, books in translation, campus novel, celebrity, chapter books, character-focused fiction, character-focused stories, children's diversity, children's graphic novels, classic retellings, comedy, comics, coming of age, commercial, commercial middle grade, commerical, commerical women's fiction, company history, contemp, contemporary, contemporary MG, contemporary middle grade, contemporary women's fiction, craft, creatures, crossover, crossover adult, crossover appeal, culinary, dark academia, diasporic, diverse, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, dramedy, enemies to lovers, erotic romance, fairy tales, faith-based stories, family stories, feminine narratives, fiction and non-fiction picture books, folklore history, found family, friendship, friendship stories, fun SF/F, gender, gothic romance, groundbreaking structures, high concept fiction, historical, immigration, inclusive sf/f, indigenous futurisms, inspirational romance, interactive, international, invisible disability, just one bed, just... all the tropes, light Sci-Fi, light fantasy, love stories, memoir, mental illness, middle grade non-fiction, music, narrative non-fiction YA/MG, near-future science fiction, non-Western fantasy, non-Western historical fiction, non-western settings, nonfiction, picture books, pining, queer, queer narratives, quirky, read-alouds, realistic fiction, rivals to lovers, rom-coms, romantacy, romantasy, romantic New Adult, romantic fantasy, romantic suspense/mystery, slow burn, slow burn romance, small business, small-town romance, soft science, southern, space adventure, sports stories, stories that don't fit neatly into a genre, subversive, sweet romance, thoughtful graphic novels, tropes tropes tropes, two people one bed, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, visible disability, weird fiction, whimsical, witchcraft
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