Tanya McKinnon is the founder of McKinnon Literary, where she represents serious nonfiction, children’s books, and graphic novels. Several of her clients are New York Times bestsellers, and the prizes her clients have won include the National Book Award, The Pulitzer Prize, The Frederick Douglass Prize, The Whiting Award, The LA Times Award, The MacArthur, and many others. Tanya grew up abroad and in the US, she graduated from Tufts University, and holds an MA in cultural anthropology. What makes a query letter stand out to you? Clarity, voice, and brevity. If a writer can tell me exactly what their […]
