KELSEY DAY
Kelsey Day is an associate literary agent at Aragi Inc. Assisting Nicole Aragi, they cut their teeth working with bestselling phenomena such as Colson Whitehead, Tommy Orange, and Min Jin Lee. Within less than a year of assisting, Kelsey sold their first book, and began building their own list. Now an associate agent, Kelsey continues to work closely with Nicole with a focus on environmental works across multiple genres.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
Jack Forbes wrote in Columbus and Other Cannibals: “I can lose my hands, and still live. I can lose my legs and still live. I can lose my eyes and still live… But if I lose the air I die. If I lose the sun I die. If I lose the earth I die. If I lose the water I die. If I lose the plants and animals I die. All of these things are more a part of me, more essential to my every breath, than is my so-called body.”
In that vein, I am starving for stories about our relationship with land. Literary, speculative, horror, eco thrillers, and cli-fi are especially welcome. Think books like Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation, Tanya Tagaq’s Split Tooth, and Han Kang’s The Vegetarian. Grounded, but weird—and weird in the way that it reveals something deep and unsettling within us.
SAMPLE AUTHORS OR TITLES
Maria Zoccola - HELEN OF TROY, 1993.
David Naimon - CONVERSATIONS ON WRITING, with Ursula le Guin
Jay Martel - CODEBREAKER
Specializes In
FICTION: LGBTQIA+, Literary Fiction, Young Adult
NONFICTION:
Considers
FICTION: Children's, Horror, Humor/Satire, Middle Grade, Romance, Thrillers/Suspense
NONFICTION: