Bethany Jett has an affinity for projects with strong commercial appeal and potential for literary recognition.
Since becoming an agent, Bethany has drawn on over a decade of industry experience. A multi-award winning author with an MFA in Communication, she brings a sharp editorial eye and strong market instincts to every project she takes on.
Bethany teaches at conferences nationwide and loves to help writers position their work with clarity and purpose. She is a lifelong planner enthusiast, proud boy mom, and military spouse who lives outside of D.C. with her family and their not-spoiled-at-all Pomeranian.
Submission Guidelines
I only accept queries via Query Manager.
I have all submission information on my website.
Guidelines & Details

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Fiction:
Bookclub, Commercial, Domestic Thriller, Family Saga, Historical, Magical Realism, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Romance, Romcom, Women’s Fiction
Non-Fiction:
Bible Studies, Cookbooks, Crafts/DIY, Relationships and family, Self-help
Favorite sub-genres:
#Dis, #ownvoices, Asian Diaspora, BIPOC, Christian Living, Christian romance, Christian romantic suspense, Commercial Women's Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Domestic Suspense/Thriller, Fairytale Retellings, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Food, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Illustrated/Gift, Inspirational Fiction, Inspirational/Gift, Lifestyle, Magical Realism, Mysteries, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, Regency Romance, RomCom, Romantic Suspense, Southern Fiction, Southern Gothic, Time Travel Romance, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Women's Fiction, beach reads, cook book, dark academia, family saga, historical romance, slow burn romance, small-town romance, sweet romance, upmarket/book club with female protagonist
I’d like the next…
My favorites include…
These are childhood fiction favorites that made me fall in love with books and writing:
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
- Christy by Catherine Marshall (I read this so many times the paperback cover fell apart.)
- The Mouse on the Motorcycle and all of the “Ramona” books by Beverly Cleary
Nonfiction Faves
- How the World Sees You by Sally Hogshead changed my life, followed by Grit by Angela Duckworth
- All of Gary Vaynerchuk’s books
- You are a Brand! by Catherine Kaputa
- Dancing on the Head a Pen by Robert Benson pulled me out of my one-and-only writer’s block slump.
