As my biography on the homepage states, I was previously represented by a literary agent, but she left the industry. I have 3 completed, never-been-on-submission-but-ready-to-go novels, a YA mystery, then a YA mystery with new adult/adult crossover potential, and finally, an adult speculative/paranormal mystery (my newest written novel). None of these novels have been on submission but have received a lot of industry interest. I also have written some picture book manuscript texts.
I write YA and adult and sometimes PB.
Completed Query/Publisher-Ready Manuscripts
Adult Speculative/Paranormal Murder Mystery: GLASS ONION meets NOT QUITE DEAD YET (Holly Jackson, 2025)
This book is a semi-finalist for the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards in the fiction category!
ALT Text for My Mood Board–what’s pictured: woods, tree branches, snowy woods, knife with blood, ghost, hands
From pitch events alone, I have 16 agents interested in this novel.
YA Mystery: CRUEL SUMMER meets PRETTY DEAD QUEENS
64,000 words
Mood board and ALT Text: heart-shaped locket, lock, woods, key, sea, eerie forest, fog, cove
**For this novel, I have editor interest from Kade Dishmon at Peachtree Teen.
YA Mystery With New Adult/Adult Crossover Potential: SUDDENLY A MURDER meets ENOLA HOLMES meets NANCY DREW meets KNIVES OUT
63,000 words
Mood board and ALT Text: mansion, fancy brush and pearls on a tray, foggy forests, sea, magnifying glass, violin and sheet music, and mask
**For this novel, I have editor interest from Feather Flores at Simon and Schuster, a big 5 publisher.
Picture Book Text for Ages 4-6 (Fiction)
Themes: Friendship, Diversity, Sharing, Disability
CAKE VS. PIE meets BRAVO, AVOCADO!
675 words
**I have other picture book texts upon request.
Mood board and ALT Text: slices of pizza, “share/care” blocks, handprints, hands making a heart shape, Hispanic decorations, heart petals, heart-shaped locks
Kelly Esparza 