Jen Nadol

I’ve worked in publishing for nearly 15 years, first as a YA author with novels published by Bloomsbury USA and Simon & Schuster. In 2018, after a one-year editorial internship with a digital publisher, I joined The Unter Agency where I represent adult, middle-grade and young adult projects, both fiction and non-fiction.

In fiction, my taste leans to commercial or commercial/literary stories, most often darker contemporary, thrillers, mysteries, magical realism, horror. I also love pacey rom-coms and women’s fiction with great character development. I’m not the best fit for fantasy (of any type) or younger middle-grade. I like some “science-y” SciFi (e.g., Andy Weir, Alan Glynn), but am rarely a match for SFF. I don’t represent picture books (except for existing clients) or chapter books. As a general rule, if there’s a dragon, “chosen one” or animal protagonist in the story or you’d describe it as satirical/offbeat/quirky, it’s probably not for me. I’d love to see more diverse content across the board and a fantastic mystery or thriller (or horror) with POC characters is top of my wishlist.

In non-fiction, I like memoir, narrative non-fiction, works that delve into the human psyche/behavior but am open to considering just about anything. That said, I’m not a good fit for anything super political, military, historical or academic. I’d also love to see a deep dive exploration of online dating/psychology of attraction.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to jen.nadol@theunteragency.com

email a query & up to 10 pages (pasted in the body of the email) to

je*******@th************.com