Emily S. Keyes

About

Keyes Agency LLC was founded in 2021 by Emily S. Keyes, formerly of Fuse Literary. She has represented many award-winning titles mainly (but not exclusively) in the realm of children’s literature. She loves finding and nurturing new talent, as well as reading and representing projects that will get readers excited to go to the bookstore. Emily is actively searching for all kinds of children’s literature, as well as select adult projects in genre fiction—so long as it’s not “serious” literature. She is searching for authors and illustrators who will be her coworker for a long career.
Previously she worked at the L. Perkins Agency as a contracts manager and associate agent. Before that, she was a Contracts Administrator at Simon & Schuster for five years. In 2008, she graduated from New York University’s Center for Publishing. Emily lives in Brooklyn but she can usually be found spending too much time on the internet.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children, Middle grades, Young adults.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Women's Fiction
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children, Middle grades, Young adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Humorous, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Society/Culture: Pop culture.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Last Updated: 28 Jul 2026

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