The Agency

Eclectic in taste but not in standards, the Stimola Literary Studio has helped build careers for writers and artists of picture books to young adult novels, adult fiction and non-fiction.

We are proud to count numerous New York Times-bestselling and award-winning authors and illustrators among our clients. They include those who have won the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor Medal, the Edgar Award, the Caldecott Medal, the Caldecott Honor Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Pura Belpré Medal, and the Pura Belpré Honor Medal, and the James Beard Award, among others. 

No matter the project, our goal is not just to sell that first book, but to strategize how, hand-in-hand with clients, to walk a path of successful publication for the long term. All the while, we aim to achieve the widest possible reach in the marketplace. 

We work to tap and stretch the talents of each author and illustrator. We also help to bring out the best each client has to offer–whether it’s their debut project or the next in a long line of successes–with a sense of timing, publisher insight, and market awareness that will serve them well. Our representation is based not only on a professional skill set but also on a personal passion and a relationship of mutual respect and compatibility. 

We always seek licensing opportunities and are proud to work as part of a very successful wider team of co-agents and subagents around the world, to license film, foreign and other subsidiary rights.