Per interview with Kathy Temean from 11/25/2022 Ellen is interested in:
Fiction: Action/Adventure, Children's, Commercial, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical, Horror, Literary, Middle Grade, New Adult, Picture Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult

For picture books: Ellen is looking for author-illustrators, and projects that highlight the sparse and simple.

For MG: Ellen is looking contemporary realistic MG, also MG with hints of magical realism. Humor is a must!

For YA: She is interested in all genres and formats of any kind of YA. She especially likes anything spooky, historical fiction, martial arts, graphic novels, and novels-in-verse.

Older YA: The stuff you're not sure is YA but not sure it's adult either (anything you might label "New Adult" like Red, White, & Royal Blue)

Non-Fiction: Ellen might be convinced on a nonfiction project if it involves food. Cookbooks, History, Humor, Illustrated, Travel.

She has a soft spot for Shakespeare as well as southern stories that remind her of her home state of Kentucky.

Favorite sub-genres: Gothic, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction YA, Southern Gothic, Speculative Fiction, horror

Here are some of Ellen's favorite things:

YA (of any kind)

Novels in Verse

Middle Grade Humor

Graphic novels

Spooky stuff (ghosts, vampires, lore)

Gothic/Southern Gothic

Southern settings

Shakespeare-inspired & retellings

Historical Fiction (only YA)

Inventive Cookbooks

Illustrators

Hello querying friends! Just spoke with Ellen (so kind) and I want to correct a rumor that she may not have been/be open to queries earlier in the fall. She has been doing business as usual. Also I read somewhere else that she was on maternity leave earlier this year-- can confirm that's not the case. :) Good luck out there, all!

EQ: 8/4/22
CNR: 11/5/22

EQ: 7/10/22
Full Request: 12/10/22

84K YA Horror

EQ: 10/7/22

YA Contemporary Fantasy, 101k

Email Query: 9/20/22
Very kind, personalized rejection 10/3/22

No actionable feedback, but I really appreciated that she took the time to be specific. If I end up querying my next MS, I’ll definitely reach out to her again.

YA Contemporary Fantasy, 81k

EQ:28/09/22
Middle grade horror 48k

EQ: 9/3/22

YA contemporary 82k

EQ: 8/14/22
FR: 8/31/22
Got a similar response to what others reported, now with a "if you're still querying near the end of the year" please resubmit.

I got a "query again in the fall" response. figured first week of October is a safe bet.

I got the same response from her. I was thinking after labor day is technically "fall" in the publishing world.

To everyone who got an invite to query again in the fall, when do you think that means? September 1st? Oct 1st? I'm not sure and don't want to re-query at the wrong time.

Queried 8/4 and told me there were things she liked, but she didn't rep the sub-genre of this story (true crime-like subplot). Was very nice.

Should we nudge her?

YA/Adult GN

Queried: 10/27/21
Nudge: 2/15/22
CRN: 3/10/22