Ammi-Joan Paquette is an active literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management.
She currently accepts submissions only by referral or from creators who attend conferences or other events where she is presenting.
She does not accept general unsolicited queries.
About Ammi-Joan Paquette
Ammi-Joan Paquette is a Senior Agent at Aevitas Creative Management representing a broad range of children's and young adult authors and illustrators, along with a select number of writers for adults.
She is drawn to distinctive voices, ambitious stories that take creative risks, strong emotional depth, tight pacing, and evocative language. Her clients have received or been finalists for honors including the National Book Award, Carnegie Medal, Kirkus Prize, Printz Award, Pura Belpré Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Boston Globe–Horn Book Award.
Paquette is also an accomplished author whose twenty books for young readers have been translated into nine languages. Her own publishing experience gives her both an agent's and an author's perspective on the editorial and publishing process.
She previously worked with Erin Murphy Literary Agency before joining Aevitas Creative Management.
Ammi Joan Paquette — Literary Agent
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Paquette says she is most excited by strongly voiced, bold stories that take risks and have depth and resonance. Tight pacing and rich, evocative language are particularly important to her. Her list spans a wide range of children's and YA work, and she represents both writers and illustrators, along with a smaller number of authors writing for adults.