Allegra is all about magic, all the time. From bestseller lists, to book box placements, to national coverage—their client list represents a dynamic range of thoughtful, funny, ambitious, propulsive reads. They started agenting at Ladderbird Literary Agency in 2022 with a focus on science fiction & fantasy novels and they're also the editorial coordinator at Princeton University Press, formerly an editor at the University Press of Colorado, cofounder of Paths in Publishing, an artist, and a writer (under a pen name). Between the many hats they wear, they bring a well-rounded perspective to author-agent relationships and work expertly with various parties across the publishing industry.

They love cats, gardening, power tools, and books that love you back: sweeping stories, characters with big hearts, and prose that inspires. They focus on elevating marginalized authors and are always on the hunt for gorgeous prose. In the adult, crossover, and young adult spaces, Allegra is open to speculative fiction in the broadest sense, from science fiction and fantasy to the only lightly fantastical.

You can read more about their wishlist, review their sales, or check out their client list on their website.

Allegra is looking for marginalized writers with beautifully crafted speculative fiction in the Young Adult, Crossover, and Adult space. Fantasy, science fiction, fabulism, horror, romance, book club, thrillers, mystery—it doesn't matter the home genre so long as there is an added speculative or magical element. They are open to both novels and novellas, but are extraordinarily picky in the novella category. They get extra excited about characters with specialized jobs love subplots, settings that feel alive, historical fantasy, light fantasy, found family, feral people doing feral things, and anything to do with gods, myths, or immortal beings who make bad decisions.