What we want to know about you:

• Try to keep this to a paragraph or two at most.

• Tell us a little about your background, where you’re based now, your interests and inspiration.

• Let us know whether this is your first novel or if you’ve been published before.

What we want to know about your book:

• Tell us the age group you envisage reading your story and let us know whether there are other children's books (or YA) already on the market for a similar audience.

• Give us a brief pitch paragraph of the plot.

• Let us know if you see your novel as a complete stand-alone story or if you intend it to be the first in a set sequence (e.g. trilogy) or ongoing series.

• If you feel your book is particularly suited to either Joanna or Amber, please mention that - and why - in your covering email, otherwise we read and share all submissions with a view to each agent's tastes.

What you can expect from us:

• An email within two weeks to acknowledge receipt of your submission.

• You may then receive a fuller response if we have some feedback to share, or if we are interested in taking things further.

• We know waiting for a reply can be stressful, so we try to keep the final response time-frame to one month though this isn’t always possible.