Gabriella Melendez

An agent with Great Dog Literary (see other agents at this agency).

About

Gabriella is an assistant agent at Great Dog Literary, where she represents both young adult fiction and adult fiction.
Gabriella currently lives in the DMV area and received her Bachelors degree from the University of Maryland. She was previously a prose editor for UMD’s literary journal, Stylus, as well as an editor for their academic journal. Gabriella is also a graduate of the Denver Publishing Institute, where she focused her efforts on learning about the different divisions of publishing and ways to promote diversity. She began interning at Great Dog in January 2022 before transitioning full time to the Great Dog Team.
Gabriella is working towards her goal of promoting diversity and underrepresented voices in fiction with specific interest in stories by Latinx/Hispanic authors. Her taste gravitates towards commercial or upmarket fiction and she is interested in stories that present real issues in a digestible format for a wide range of readers. When she’s not working, Gabriella loves scouring Book Tok for more young adult/new adult fantasy or romance titles to add to her ever-growing TBR, playing TTRPG games, and dancing.

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United States

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Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

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Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, New adults, Young adults.

Genres:

General Subgenres: Historical, Magic Realism
Action-Adventure Open to all/most Subgenres
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism, Urban Fantasy
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Chick Lit, Contemporary, Paranormal, Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Dystopian

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues.

Submissions:

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

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We have received 4 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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2 min | 5.3 mean avg | 3.5 median | 12 max days (4.6 std dev)

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 42 days.
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Most recent response reported was received on 05 Aug 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 24 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 18 Sep 2026 04:28 UTC (3 hours, 41 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 07 Sep 2026

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