Status: Open to submissions. Update as of 2/7/2022: Kathleen has left her agency to launch KO Media Management. She is currently open to submissions but states she is likely to refer you to another agent at her agency.. Check the agency website to find out when she opens to submissions and her submission guidelines.
Her focus is on books and media for adults and children, especially with a visual element. She loves media and books that bring humor and joy and inspire others in life. She is on the Illustration committee in the Association of American Literary Agents, Licensing International, and Women in Toys.
For up-to-date information on publishing deals, please visit Publisher’s Marketplace." (From the agency website)
KO Media Management.
Publisher Marketplace page.
Twitter.
#mswl on Twitter.
QueryTracker, AgentQuery.
What She's Looking For:
Genres / Specialties:
Picture book, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult fiction. (From the agency website)
Dislikes:
Not following submission guidelines. Querying a genre she doesn't represent. Using "Dear Sir." Etc. (Link Defunct).
Editorial Agent?
Yes, she makes revisions requests and gives editorial guidance as needed.
Clients:
You can find clients that Ms. Ortiz represents on the agency website. Here clients include
Sarah Fine, Dan Haring, Bree Hester, Sarah Marino, Gail Perry Mason, Dawn Miller, Jamie Reed, Patricia Rushford (Jennie Series), and Kimberlee Turley, among others.
Query Methods:
E-mail: Yes.
Snail-Mail: No.
Online-Form: No.
Submission Guidelines (always verify):
Authors should send a query with a picture book text or the first five pages of a MG or YA manuscript pasted in the email. Illustrators should include a link to their portfolio.
Response Times: The agency only responds if interested. If you have not heard from Kathleen within four weeks, you should assume she's not interested.
Worth Your Time:
Interviews and Q&As:
Worth Your Time:
Interviews and Q&As:
Interview at Midwest Writers Workshop (04/2023)
Contact:
Please see the agency website for contact and query information.
Profile Details:
Last updated: 2/7/2025.
Agent Contacted For Review? Yes.
Last Reviewed By Agent? 5/21/10
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Have any experience with this agent? See something that needs updating? Please leave a comment or e-mail me at natalieiaguirre7(at)gmail(dot)com
Note: These agent profiles presently focus on agents who accept children's fiction. They are not interviews. Please take the time to verify anything you might use here before querying an agent. The information found herein is subject to change.
Contact:
Please see the agency website for contact and query information.
Profile Details:
Last updated: 2/7/2025.
Agent Contacted For Review? Yes.
Last Reviewed By Agent? 5/21/10
***
Have any experience with this agent? See something that needs updating? Please leave a comment or e-mail me at natalieiaguirre7(at)gmail(dot)com
Note: These agent profiles presently focus on agents who accept children's fiction. They are not interviews. Please take the time to verify anything you might use here before querying an agent. The information found herein is subject to change.
15 comments:
Kathleen recently spoke at a conference I attended. She's a class act.
Casey, congratulations on winning our underappreciated YA contest over at our blog! Thanks for this fantastic spotlight on Kathleen Ortiz. Martina and I are hunting for chapter book agents! Perfect timing :)
Marissa
another amazing spotlight, Casey! you're incredible :D
Thanks for this Spotlight, Casey!
Thanks for the spotlight. I'm going to add Kathleen Oritz to my list.
And congrats for winning the Adventures in Children's Publishing's contest.
GREAT job! You work so hard on these.
Kathleen has been on the top of my list (fingers crossed for me)b/c she wants a boy book AND she is so dang funny on Twitter!
You rock, Casey!
And this wonderful, awesome agent has also agreed to judge the next QueryTracker blog contest that was just announced.
The contest is for Young Adult and Middle Grade only.
It opens June 1 at 9 p.m. EST. Only 100 entries will be accepted.
Check out this post to see what Kathleen is doing. I love and have so much respect for people who give back. Good luck everyone! And thanks so much Kathleen for this great opportunity.
http://tinyurl.com/2e3qfa2
KOrtizzle is awesome!
I am thoroughly enjoying her "Ask the Agent" comments at www.absolutewrite.com.
Her response time is very quick!
Thanks to Buffy for the QueryTracker blog contest. I'll definitely give it a shot!
Thanks so much, everyone! Buffy, thank you for plugging the contest. Perfect timing!
Ms. Ortiz has reviewed her profile. Everything should be up-to-date as of today.
Casey, thanks for the great information about Ms. Ortiz. I calendared June 1st for the QueryTracker contest too.
Wow, that was a lot of info. Thanks. Perfect timing for the QT contest.
I loved this part: What teen girl DOESN'T want to know how a guy thinks when it comes to love? Seriously. it's a secret they want to unlock.
Too bad I haven't figured that out yet, either. Hmmm. I guess I could always interview my teenage nephew.
That was an ENORMOUS amount of info Casey - WELL DONE SHERLOCK McCormick/HOLMES!!
Funnily, I'd just been over to Ms. Ortiz's blog and saw the pics of mass destruction there! Glad to see that it's not only my boys who create such nuclear fall out!
I was also going to mention the competition but Buffy was quicker and has given ALL the details.
I ESPECIALLY love the fact that Ms. Ortiz understands that nobody is perfect and seems VERY flexible about overlooking minor blunders in a manuscript as long as the writng is good. VERY encouraging!
THANK YOU!
What a heap of information! She sounds like a proactive agent.
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