mona kanin

For All Readers

• Imaginative writing that stirs empathy, resonates with the unsconcious, changes perspectives, and creates the potential for readers to move closer to the characters and the author.
• Books that clarify timely cultural undercurrents for any age group.
• Stories from a variety of voices that offer elemental truths and, again, stir empathy.

For Children (Fiction and Non-Fiction)

• Closed to PB  and MG except by referral
• Books that spark imagination.
• Books that express big ideas and big feelings and, at the same time, challenge and engage
• Highly imaginative approaches to MG narrative non-fiction

For Adults (Fiction):

• Literary Fiction (only)
• Books that transcend form while focusing on the well-crafted line

For Adult (Non-Fiction)

• Non-fiction crafted as well as literary fiction
• Non-fiction (humanities and sciences) which engages and challenges societal norms
• Non-fiction with psychological foundations

Before she was a producer, she was a librarian at the Boston Public Library. Trained at the Simmons MSLS program, she attended the inaugural semester of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and later managed a boutique book shop in Washington, DC. Throughout her careers, she’s sought to forge connections—between the reader and text, between trust and the collaborative process, between content and true emotion. She believes in the power of books to create more empathic human beings and is thrilled to be focused on the literary arts now.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to https://querymanager.com/query/GreatDogLit/MKanin

If you are a writer who is interested in submitting a manuscript, please query Mona through the portal, https://querymanager.com/query/MKanin and in the “Sample” section please include:

• Fiction: The first twenty-five pages of your manuscript.
• Non-Fiction: Your Complete Book Proposal.

Queries are accepted only via QueryMe. If Mona is interested in reading further, she will be in touch within 6 weeks.We regret that we cannot guarantee a response to every submission; if you have not heard back from us within 8 weeks, we are declining the opportunity to represent your work at this time.

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