After ten years as an editor, Senior Literary Agent Jessica Alvarez joined BookEnds in April 2011, and additionally spent five years as BookEnds' Director of Foreign Rights. She began her publishing career in 2001 as an editorial assistant at Harlequin Books. There, she had the opportunity to acquire and edit a wide array of fiction, specializing in historical romance, romantic suspense, and inspirational romance. Jessica left Harlequin in 2008 to pursue a freelance editing career, and completed projects for Harlequin, Scholastic Books, Thomas Nelson, and independent writers. She is a member of AALA and uses her editorial background to help writers hone their skills and develop strong, marketable books.

A New Jersey native, Jessica still resides in the Garden State. With three energetic dogs and a college-aged son, she is perpetually over-caffeinated. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, swimming, watching bad (but oh so good!) television, and volunteering with local animal rescues.

Jessica is actively building her client list, with a particular focus on most areas of romance and book club fiction, as well as subrights representation for indie and established authors. You can find more specifics about what she's looking for in her wishlist.

See below for some of the titles available from Jessica's talented team of writers. You can also look at Publishers Marketplace for more information on recent deals.

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Jessica is looking for romance, upmarket fiction, book club fiction, as well as some limited suspense and nonfiction. She is also always happy to hear from authors looking for subrights representation. Across the board, she's looking for books that celebrate diversity in all its forms, and would love to see novels with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ characters. Recent non-BookEnds titles she enjoyed include Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, All Fours by Miranda July, The Lion Women of Tehran by Marian Kamali, and The Wedding People by Alison Espach. Please note that Jessica is not looking for sci-fi/fantasy, young adult, or children's books at this time.

To submit to Jessica, please use the query form below.