Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Literary agents Jessica Faust and James McGowan discuss some of their recent favorite reads and how they inspire their MSWLs!

Books mentioned:
1:15 - Find Your Unicorn Space - Eve Rodsky
2:57 - The Stranger Upstairs - Lisa M. Matlin
3:50 - No One Can Know - Kate Alice Marshall
5:26 - Jade City (Green Bone Saga) - Fonda Lee
6:35 - Yellowface - R.F. Kuang
8:50 - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson

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Jessica Faust’s love for books is what first brought her to open BookEnds Literary Agency. It is her desire to be an advocate for all authors that pushed her to create her blog, the BookEnds YouTube channel and to maintain a vibrant presence on Twitter.

Jessica is proud to have grown BookEnds to an agency that represents authors of all genres for children and adults, allowing her to reach more readers and help more authors and illustrators achieve their dreams.
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James McGowan is a Literary Agent at BookEnds and writer for children. He began working with the agency as an intern in the summer of 2015, and basically never left. He represents a talented group of authors and illustrators working in everything from board books to middle grade graphic novels. He also works in adult nonfiction, and adult mystery and suspense projects. James is the author of GOOD NIGHT OPPY, which is available now.

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