Keely Boeving
WordServe Literary
My Manuscript Wish List®
Keely Boeving is an agent with WordServe Literary, based in Denver, CO.
She represents a wide range of projects in both the general and Christian markets. For adults, she is particularly interested in the areas of Christian living, spiritual transformation, the intersection of faith and culture, physical and mental health, embodiment, social justice, business and entrepreneurship, and motherhood, parenting, and family life. She is always seeking projects from diverse and under-represented voices.
Keely also represents picture books, middle grade, and young adult fiction. In children’s literature, she is drawn to contemporary stories that take on perennial questions in a new way, excite the imagination, and allow children to see themselves in the book’s pages, perhaps for the first time. She loves picture books with strong imagery, a sense of play, and a message that’s imparted with nuance and subtlety. In general, she is not looking for science fiction, fantasy, romance, or horror.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to admin@wordserveliterary.com
Queries should be submitted following the guidelines on the WordServe website. Queries specifically intended for Keely should be addressed to her and include her name in the subject line.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Contemporary YA, Diversity, Literary Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Relationships, Self-help, Social Issues, contemporary middle grade
I’d like the next…
- Middle grade novel wrestling with questions of climate change, eco-anxiety, and stewardship of the natural world
- Contemporary middle grade that explores mental health in a nuanced and true way
- Picture books that address mental health in age-appropriate and non-didactic ways
- Middle grade books with strong STEM themes
- Parenting books from established experts that weave philosophical approaches with practical tools
- Books that explore disability from voices within the disability community
