Krista Van Dolzer
The Unter Agency
My Manuscript Wish List®
I’m the newest literary agent at The Unter Agency, though I’ve worked in and around the publishing industry for more than a decade. My middle grade fiction has been published by Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks, Capstone, and Bloomsbury USA, and I’ve hosted many query contests and pitch events for aspiring authors over the years. I currently live in central Iowa with my husband and four kids and hold degrees in Mathematics Education and Economics from Brigham Young University.
Submission Guidelines
I’m looking for all things MG and YA as well as several flavors of adult nonfiction: narrative, sports, applied but accessible science (especially in mathematics, economics, or psychology), and journalistic narrative (think Susan Cain, Malcolm Gladwell, or David Brooks).
I only accept queries via QueryManager. Please follow the instructions on the submission form.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Absolutely all of them!
I’d like the next…
My favorites include…
Books I love
- Tara Dairman’s All Four Stars
- Julie Berry’s The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
- Kaela Rivera’s Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
- Maggie Stiefvater’s The Scorpio Races
- Sherry Thomas’s The Burning Sky
- Sarah Henning’s The Princess Will Save You
- Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious
- Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
- Anything by Jennifer E. Smith
- Anything by Kelly Loy Gilbert, but especially Conviction
- Anything by Susan Meissner, but especially A Fall of Marigolds
- Anything by Ann Liang, but especially A Song to Drown Rivers
- Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings
- Susan Cain’s Quiet
- Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers
- Michael Lewis’s Moneyball and The Big Short
Movies and TV shows I love
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003)
- Rom-coms with great hooks and sparkling dialogue like What’s Up, Doc? (1972), While You Were Sleeping (1995), and Return to Me (2000)
- Twisty mysteries and thrillers like Charade (1963), The Prestige (2006), and Knives Out (2019)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
- Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
- The King’s Affection (2021)
- Crash Landing on You (2019)
