Ms. Melanie Figueroa
Root Literary
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General
Melanie Figueroa
Root Literary
- Website:
- rootliterary.com
- Blog/Other:
- www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/melaniefigueroa/
- Twitter (X):
- @wellmelsbells
- AALA Member:
- Yes (Visit Site)
Query Methods
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Children's
Commercial
Contemporary
Family Saga
Fantasy
• Fantasy, Magical Realism
Historical
Horror
Literary Fiction
Middle Grade
• Middle Grade, Contemporary
• Middle Grade, Fantasy
• Middle Grade, Historical
• Middle Grade, Literary
• Middle Grade, Mystery
• Middle Grade, Science Fiction
Mystery
Speculative
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
• Young Adult, Contemporary
• Young Adult, Fantasy
• Young Adult, Historical
• Young Adult, Literary
• Young Adult, Mystery
• Young Adult, Romance
• Young Adult, Science Fiction
Non-Fiction
none
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Known Clients (current & past)
Caris Avendaño Cruz
Amelia Diane Coombs
M.T. Khan
Kate Sweeney
Jaime Theler
Elizabeth Urso
Lakita Wilson
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
ScribbleM
09/28/2024 12:21 PM
Thank you @winterwren and @katefables. That makes sense. And yes, she's a dream agent!
katefables
09/28/2024 11:30 AM
@ScribbleM, I wouldn't consider it a CNR. I hadn't heard for 67 days and she's a dream agent of mine, so I nudged and she said it was still under consideration and requested the full. I may have already messed up, because I said it was being reviewed by brilliant editors, and apparently literary agents never want to hear that ... according to a friend's advice. But you live and learn. No news may be good news in your case.
winterwren
09/27/2024 01:34 PM
@ScribbleM, I don't always consider it a CNR. Many agents say that they jump around their inbox, searching first for all the queries in a particular genre, for example. Others work through the queries in order but don't reply right away to ones they intend to come back to. I also have the impression that some agents don't reject "maybes" and only respond once you nudge them with an offer. Sometimes you can tell from the Query Timeline what kind of approach an agent is using, but a lot of the time it's just a mystery lol. If you want to query someone else at the agency I'd at least wait till the reply time stated on their website has passed, no matter what their "average" reply time is. It seems like many agents are taking a long time. I've had two recent rejections that each came more than a month after their posted reply time, long after I'd CNR'd them. And I often see requests for fulls in the Query Timelines that happened after the posted reply time. Best of luck!
ScribbleM
09/27/2024 07:51 AM
How do you guys interpret the timelines? (In general...not necessarily just for this agent) If your query is not rejected but others around you are, but then there are requests for pages after your query do you consider it a CNR?
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Profile History
- Last Update:
- 03/15/2024 - Genres updated.
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