JL Stermer

About

A native New Yorker, JL has worked in theater, fashion, network TV and hospitality before finding her way to publishing. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia and The Fashion Institute of Technology, JL earned her BA in English from Columbia University.
With over a decade of agenting experience prior to starting NEXT LEVEL LIT she and her team are uniformly dedicated to getting authors book deals that build and grow careers.
When she's not at her desk, JL can be found roaming the city streets feeling energized by the creativity. She loves park benches, preferably with coffee and a donut.

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Fiction: adult & YA, contemporary, upmarket, commercial: family stories, coming-of-age, rom-coms, general fiction that is giving readers a new perspective on a world they already know OR a peek into a world they wish they knew.

Audience:

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

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Subgenre: Romantic Comedy

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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

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Nonfiction: prescriptive, narrative, memoir: style & fashion, art & culture, mental health, spirituality, self-help, sports, humor, pop culture/business/science/tech, social justice, human rights, feminist issues, men’s issues, projects that are on the leading edge of important conversations we are having today.

Audience:

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

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: General, Mental health.
Lifestyle: Self-help.
Memoir.
Religion/Spirituality: Spirituality.
Science.
Sexuality/Gender: Men/Male issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: General, Pop culture, Social issues.
Sports/Recreation.
Style/Beauty: General, Fashion.
Technology.

Submissions:

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

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Last Updated: 29 Jul 2026

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