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Jessica Alvarez

SENIOR LITERARY AGENT

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  • 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 romance, 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.

    Watch our interview with Jessica on YouTube!

  • Jessica is exclusively looking for romance right now. 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 Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez, Game Changer by Rachel Reid, and These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean. 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.

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Client Books

  • Book cover titled "The Next Chapter" with an illustration of two women in a colorful bookstore, one holding a pink book and the other wearing sunglasses. The cover includes the author's name, Camille Kellogg, and a tagline about their relationship.
  • Book cover of "People Watching" by Hannah Bonne-Young, depicting an illustrated scene of a man and woman lying on a blanket beside a lake with autumn trees and a yellow house in the background, with one image showing the man looking at the woman and another showing the woman looking at the man.
  • Book cover for "Swipe Bite" by Alexandra Vasti, featuring a pink background, large bold black text, a smartphone with a smiling mouth and vampire teeth, and red text that reads "this dating app sucks."
  • Book cover titled "Raging Waters" by Dana Mentink, featuring a river with rapids, a forested shoreline, and a dam in the background under a cloudy sky.
  • A book cover titled 'The Worst Wedding Date' by Pippa Grant, featuring a man holding a small dog and looking at a woman on a tropical beach with palm trees and flowers in the background.
  • Book cover for 'The Rules of Fortune' by Danielle Prescod, featuring a coiled snake with scales in gold and brown against a teal background with floral patterns, and a circular logo for Mindy's Book Studio.
  • Book cover titled 'Flirting with Alaska' by Belle Calhoun, featuring a mountain landscape with snow-capped peaks, a mountain lodge with warm lighting, a flowing river, and a pinkish-purple sky.
  • Book cover titled "The Governess's Guide to Spells and Managing Missfit Marquesses" by Amy Rose Bennett. The cover features Victorian-era characters, a man and woman, with a small dog, set against a background with a globe, castle, ship, and decorative pink floral and scroll patterns.
  • Book cover of "The Rebel with Broken Strings" by Stacey Kennedy. The scene features a guitar, cowboy boot, hat, and a hay bale on a farm with mountains in the background, under a sky with clouds and a warm sunset.
  • Book cover titled 'Once You're Mine' by Morgan Bridges, featuring a dark background with a skull, red flowers, and pink butterflies.
  • Book cover titled 'Only Lovers in the Building' by Nadine Gonzalez. Illustration of a pink building with teal accents, two people talking through the windows, palm trees, and umbrellas at the bottom.
  • Colorful illustrated cover of a book titled 'Baby Making for Everybody: Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents,' featuring diverse characters including a person holding a baby, a woman in a wheelchair with a child, a person with a pink hairstyle, and various adults representing different genders and skin tones.