Jas Perry – Editor

Hello, authors! I'm an agent with Looking Glass Literary & Media and have an editorial background in children's books (PB/MG/YA/GN).

I'm here to help you best position your project for representation, with polished and effective query materials. Included in your query letter review will be a brief evaluation of your opening pages—often an agent's deciding factor between a pass and a partial or full manuscript request.

My experience is informed not only by my years as an agent reviewing tens of thousands of queries, but as an editorial evaluator of all unagented submissions for potential acquisition at Scholastic—and as an author, myself, who queried for representation in kidlit and received several offers.

If you're not looking for a query review but a need an editorial eye on your application for a grant, mentorship, internship, program, etc., please reach out nonetheless. I serve as a juror for Writers Digest, the Walter Dean Meyers Grants, Reese’s Book Club's LitUp Fellowship, WNDB Internship Grants, SCBWI Awards, and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, among others. Next year, I'll also be guest lecturing at the University of San Francisco's Writing for Young Readers MFA program.

I'm looking forward to working with you!

***Please note that I cannot consider queries for representation through this platform.***