Ammi-Joan Paquette
Ammi-Joan Paquette represents a wide range of children’s and young adult authors and illustrators, and a select list of authors writing for adults. Her clients’ books include New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, winners and finalists for the National Book Award, the Carnegie medal, the Kirkus Prize, the LA Times Book Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Printz Award, the Pura Belpre Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Walter Award, Ireland’s Great Reads Award, and many more. She represented Jeanne Ryan’s NYT bestselling YA novel Nerve, which was made into a major motion picture starring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco; and Michelle Ray’s Falling for Hamlet, which was made into the TV series “The Royals,” starring Elizabeth Hurley.
As an author herself, Joan has published twenty books for young readers, which have been translated into nine languages and have received numerous accolades, including a nomination for the Massachusetts Book Award and a PEN-New England Discovery Award honor. Her adult short fiction debut, Stories I Told My Dead Lover, was published in 2024. She brings this unique dual perspective on the publishing industry to her agenting career.
Joan accepts queries only by referral, or from creators who attend events where she is presenting. She is most excited by strongly voiced, bold stories that take risks and have depth and resonance. Tight pacing and rich, evocative language especially catch her eye. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Represents
Melvina Whitmoore (More or Less a Horror Story)
The United States of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals: 50 of America's Wildest and Weirdest Bygone Beasts
Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike
In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race
Animal Superpowers
Animal Architects
Good Night, Little Bookstore
Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife
Eye of the Storm: NASA, Drones, and the Race to Crack the Hurricane Code
Akiko (comic book series and young reader novels)
Billy Clikk
Miki Falls
Brody's Ghost
Mastering Manga
The Drawing Lesson
My Last Summer with Cass
Lost in Taiwan
The Mighty Onion
Gwen Benny
The Realism Challenge
Manga Art
Chibi!
The Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands
Go, Baby, Go, illustrated by Oliva Amoah
The Girl from Earth’s End
Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy, illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan
The Great Hibernation
The All Four Stars series
Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows
Loud Lula
Aliens Get the Sniffles, Too!
House Finds a Home
Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals
Start Your Engines!
We are the Keystones
Home Is Not a Country
Bright Red Fruit
The Unpoetic Life of August Grey
Licorice
Witchycakes, illustrated by Ariane Moreira
Extra Ezra, illustrated by Vincent Kirsch
Baby Clown, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
The ZomBert Chronicles, illustrated by Ryan Andrews
The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters, illustrated by Jen Hill
The Infamous Ratsos, illustrated by Matt Myers
Good Night, Little Monsters, illustrated by Brian Won
No Slurping, No Burping!: A Tale of Table Manners
Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story, illustrated by Scott Magoon
Otto: The Boy Who Loved Cars, illustrated by Scott Magoon
Rabbit & Squirrel: A Tale of War and Peas, illustrated by Scott Magoon
Ugly Fish, illustrated by Scott Magoon
Rocko and Spanky Have Company, illustrated by Jenna LaReau
Rocko and Spanky Go to a Party, illustrated by Jenna LaReau
Snowbaby Could Not Sleep, illustrated by Jim Ishikawa
Finding Wild, illustrated by Abigail Halpin
Fort-Building Time, illustrated by Abigail Halpin
Building Books, illustrated by Brianne Farley
Paper Mice, illustrated by Phoebe Wahl
Allergic, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure
Squished, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Super Pancake, illustrated by Abhi Alwar
The Creative Writing Playbook, illustrated by Madeline Garcia
Super Pancake and the Mini Muffin Mayhem, illustrated by Abhi Alwar
How to Catch Some Zzzs, illustrated by Jade Orlando
Winging It, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Talker 25
Talker 25: Invisible Monsters
One Can Be
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card and Helped Change History
See You Someday Soon
In Our Garden
Not So Small
When I'm With You
What Can You Do With a Rock?
Be Strong
My Brother the Duck
Remarkably You
When You Are Brave
Loretta's Gift
Be Kind
Wide-Awake Bear
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
Sophie's Squash Go to School
Sharing the Bread
Wherever You Go
Close By and Far Apart
A Dad Can ... (with Peter Mutabazi)
A Girl Can Build Anything (with e.E. Charlton-Trujillo)
Lupe Lopez series (with e.E. Charlton-Trujillo)
Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club
The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Elliot and the Goblin War
Elliot and the Pixie Plot
Elliot and the Last Underworld War
The False Prince
The Runaway King
The Shadow Throne
The Captive Kingdom
The Shattered Castle
Mark of the Thief
Rise of the Wolf
Wrath of the Storm
Infinity Ring 6: Behind Enemy Lines
Horizon 2: Deadzone
The Scourge
The Traitor's Game
The Deciever's Heart
The Warrior's Curse
The Climb
A Night Divided
Resistance
Words on Fire
Rescue
Lines of Courage
Iceberg
Uprising
One Wrong Step
The Free State of Jax
Magnitude
Red Panda & Moon Bear
Red Panda & Moon Bear: The Curse of the Evil Eye
Super Magic Boy: I Am a Dinosaur
Super Magic Boy: I Am a Space Tiger
Super Magic Boy: I Am a Slime Monster
Goodnight Ganesha
A Voice of Hope
A Rakhi for Rakesh
On an Ocean Journey: Animals in Motion Through the Seas
The Oddball Book of Armadillos
The Upside-Down Book of Sloths
Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas
Captain Freddy Counts Down to School
Oliver at the Window
Be a Changemaker
Emmanuel's Dream
My Dog Is the Best
Elizabeth Warren's Big, Bold Plans
Meet Your World series
Let the Light In
Newton's Paws
Two Truths and a Lie Series
Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini
Welcome to Dweeb Club
The Polter-Ghost Problem
Mind Over Monsters
Lola
Loteria
The Wrath of the Rain God
The Beginning of All Things
The Child King of Uxmal
The Heron Princess
Hispanic Stars: Selena Gomez
Hispanic Stars: Pedro Pascal
Esperanza Caramelo
Maria Mariposa
Marie Curie and the Power of Persistence
Alan Turing and the Power of Curiosity
The Great What If
All the Ways Home
Heartfelt
Mae and Gerty and the Matter with Matter
How to Make a Memory
Thankful
The Sweet Spot
Half Moon Summer
Paper Chains
Like Magic
Where There's Smoke
Fadeaway
The Government Manual for New Superheroes
The Government Manual for New Wizards
The Government Manual for New Pirates
How Not To Kill Your Baby
Hyacinth And The Secrets Beneath
Hyacinth And The Stone Thief
Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian
How To Remember Everything
Princess Unlimited
Live Smarter Now
Be Happier Now
What Rosa Brought
The Queen of Day
I'm Sorry For The Bagel Burps: A Yom Kippur Apology
Gwendolyn and the Light
Waiting for Tomorrow
New York, NY 10010
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