Currently closed to unsolicited queries! If you have an R&R or if your pitch was requested by Hillary at a pitch event or conference you may still query her.

Hillary Fazzari (she/her) joined the Bradford Literary Agency as the agency’s assistant in 2022 before moving into agenting in 2023. Prior to that, she served as a long-term reader and editor for another literary agency, interned at Writers House, and worked for Scholastic. She’s a highly editorial agent who represents a wide array of book types, although she is not always open to queries in every area that she reps; details can be found on her Manuscript Wishlist Page. Right now, she is most looking for:

Picture books with a focus most on:

• Funny, unexpected, character-centric picture books (like ELIOSE or DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!) for young readers aged 1-5.
• Offbeat or unexpected ecosystem-centric books (like CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS or BROWN BEAR WOOD: IT’S BUSY DOWN IN THE WOODS TODAY) for young readers aged 1-6.
• Interactive books (like I SPY or WHERE’S WALDO) for elementary aged kids.
• Nonfiction, myth, and history books for readers aged 6-8.

Middle-grade fiction with a focus on:

• Humor;
• Interactive, interesting format, and illustrated stories;
• Adventure, quest, and mystery books with voice-y, sometimes oddball protagonists. (THE FOURTH STALL, TIMMY FAILURE, SPACE CASE, DRAGON RUN, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, and the FUNJUNGLE books are very indicative of my taste). I also like big fantasy or second-world adventure (magical and non-magical), eco-adventure, and school/daily life-adventure books (think THE WORST SCHOOL TRIP EVER, HOOT, TAPPER TWINS, THE CHRONICLES OF EGG, LEMONY SNICKET, HALF UPON A TIME, LIAR & SPY, and anything that can make me laugh!);

YA with a focus on:

• Material that wraps around a simple, high impact hook regardless of genre;
• Books with characters and relationships that jump off the page; or
• Unreliable narrators you can’t help but love who lead you on twists and turns.
• Some books indicative of my taste in YA include: THE FALSE PRINCE series by Jennifer A. Nielsen; The HEIST SOCIETY and EMBASSY ROW series by Ally Carter; Maurene Goo’s books; Holly Black’s THE FOLK OF THE AIR series; A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE and its sequels by Brittany Cavallaro; The LEGENDBORN series by Tracy Deonn

For fiction and non-fiction, see our agency submission guidelines.