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Ms. Gemma Cooper
The Bent Agency
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Website: thebentagency.com
Twitter: gemma_cooper
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E-Mail: Yes
Online Form: No
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Please paste the first 10 pages of your manuscript under your query. I always read pages. I accept submissions from authors around the world, and have lived and worked in New York, London and now Chicago. I have a global approach to agenting.Agent Reports.
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ER: 5/13
YA Adventure/coming of age
A polite form rejection
Form Rejection: 4/2
MG Fantasy 30k
The rejection was, though a form response, very polite. She seems like a thoughtful agent.
Full Request from her colleague, James Mustelier, after her kind referral: 18 March (sent same day)
Coming-of-Age, 93k
FR: 3/7/22
YA sci-fi, 60k words
FR: 3/7/2022
MG Fantasy 39k
Upper MG Contemporary Fantasy 64k
Full Request: 10/8/21
Submitted & confirmed receipt: 10/8/21
Nudge: 1/7/22
Gemma replied within the hour, letting me know my manuscript was next in line. She has been very professional & prompt with every correspondence. Really crossing my fingers for this one!
Personalized Rejection: 1/12/22
A kind and lovely (but still heartbreaking) personalized rejection. She explained that while there were many elements she loved in my manuscript, she ultimately couldn't represent it because it was too sad/heavy in tone. If you have the opportunity to work with her, snatch it. She seems amazing. I'll definitely be querying her with my next manuscript.
FR: 2/1/22
MG Fantasy
FR: 01/17
MG
Fast turn around!
Personalized rejection: 01/10
She explained to me why she's not a good fit for my manuscript, which is wonderful! And she passed on my query to Desiree. Gemma is so nice. She's a dream.
MG fantasy 60k
Form R: 1-7-22
ER - 11/29 (very polite and encouraging though!)
MG Mystery - 54k
Form Rejection: 11/15
YA Contemporary 74K
Form Rejection: Nov 1, 2021
YA paranormal 72k
Form: 10/15
MG Fantasy Adventure 63k
Rejection Form 14th October, 2021
YA Historical 80k
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