Ms. Christa Heschke
McIntosh & Otis, Inc.
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General
Christa Heschke
McIntosh & Otis, Inc.
353 Lexington Avenue, Suite 202
New York, NY 10016
- Website:
- www.mcintoshandotis.com
- Blog/Other:
- christaheschke.blogspot.com/
- Twitter (X):
- @ChristaHeschke
- AALA Member:
- Yes (Visit Site)
Query Methods
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Children's
Fantasy
Horror
Middle Grade
• Middle Grade, Contemporary
• Middle Grade, Fantasy
• Middle Grade, Historical
• Middle Grade, Horror
• Middle Grade, Literary
• Middle Grade, Mystery
Picture Book
Romance
• Romance, Comedy
• Romance, Contemporary
Young Adult
• Young Adult, Contemporary
• Young Adult, Fantasy
• Young Adult, Historical
• Young Adult, Horror
• Young Adult, LGBTQ+
• Young Adult, Literary
• Young Adult, Mystery
• Young Adult, Paranormal
• Young Adult, Paranormal Romance
• Young Adult, Romance
• Young Adult, Thriller/Suspense
Non-Fiction
Juvenile/Graphic
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Known Clients (current & past)
Katelyn Aronson
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Eric Bell
Lindsay Bonilla
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Stacey Byer
Maribel Castells
Erica M. Chapman
Jessica Corra
Melanie Ellsworth
Linda Elovitz Marshall
Lezlie Evans
Ann Fraistat
Nancy Garden
Jamie Gehin
Eva Gibson
Tiffany Golden
Kashelle Gourley
Virginia Hamilton
Hilary Harwell
Skylar Hogan
Dahlov Ipcar
M.E. Kerr
Vincent X. Kirsch
Colleen Kong-Savage
Diana Ma
Sarah Marsh
Dawn Masi
Shelley Fraser Mickle
Jessica Olson
Rachel Pudelek
Karyn Riddle
Kristen Schroeder
Annie Sullivan
Stef Wade
Suzanne Warr
Teresa Yea
Ed Young
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
Highfantasy
07/22/2025 02:45 PM
FQ: 06/05/2024
FR: 07/21/2025 after 411 days
high fantasy
Thank you again for submitting to me! Please let me first apologize for my long delay; I was intrigued by this one and ended up sitting on it far longer than I meant to.
I enjoyed spending time with [TITLE], and I'm grateful that you gave me the opportunity to do so. However, I do not feel I'm the right agent for it, and I'm sorry to say that I am respectfully passing on your query.
Please know that, because I have such a full client list, I'm forced to be extremely selective with the queries I choose to request and pursue. While I'm not able to provide further feedback due to time constraints, please know how much I appreciate you choosing to share your work with me.
I thank you very much for querying me, and wish you the best of luck finding the right agent!
All best,
Christa
FR: 07/21/2025 after 411 days
high fantasy
Thank you again for submitting to me! Please let me first apologize for my long delay; I was intrigued by this one and ended up sitting on it far longer than I meant to.
I enjoyed spending time with [TITLE], and I'm grateful that you gave me the opportunity to do so. However, I do not feel I'm the right agent for it, and I'm sorry to say that I am respectfully passing on your query.
Please know that, because I have such a full client list, I'm forced to be extremely selective with the queries I choose to request and pursue. While I'm not able to provide further feedback due to time constraints, please know how much I appreciate you choosing to share your work with me.
I thank you very much for querying me, and wish you the best of luck finding the right agent!
All best,
Christa
Keanaflanders
07/22/2025 08:56 AM
same semi personalized rejection as Motowncountry at 194 days. bummer it didn’t align but will definitely query her with a new project
MotownCountry
07/21/2025 03:06 PM
upper mg horror
Q 8-1-24
X 7-21-25
wow... she apologized for hanging on to it for so long. i bet if she didn't have a full client list, she would have requested this one. so that's cool.
Q 8-1-24
X 7-21-25
wow... she apologized for hanging on to it for so long. i bet if she didn't have a full client list, she would have requested this one. so that's cool.
SSZwrites
07/13/2025 03:35 PM
Q: 7/13/25
80k adult low fantasy
80k adult low fantasy
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Profile History
- Last Update:
- 02/07/2025 - Open to queries.
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Nudged 06/09/25
QT Automatic CNR 07/08/25 (121 days)
Rejection 07/22/25 (135 days)
YA Fantasy, 67k