As a literary agency, we are thrilled to work with ambitious voices and ideas — like yours — and invest in the ideas inside you that are bursting to come out. Together, we will elevate your concepts, your words and your author brand to its full potential. Art + Deco Agency is an agency built around voices that the world has tried to silence — marginalized, underrepresented and unconventional voices. And even if an author is not from these communities themselves, they respect them and are ready to share their stories in ways that do not denigrate or subjugate these communities. We strongly affirm the principles of Diversity & Inclusion and live by those principles here every day.

We’re NOT a stuffy, old-school, corporate buttoned-up-blazer kind of agency. We’re a hands-on boutique agency seeking to work with new ideas and progressive minds who share, reflect and continue to elevate our stated ideals. We help our authors build brands, not just books, and we push them to be better writers than they were when they came to us, continuing to push themselves for new ideas. Good writing never goes out of style, and we live for the moment when we find the books that we know can change the world. Here at Art + Deco, our team works together to find the best quality of writing in a collaborative environment that encourages everyone to come as they are and bring their unique perspectives to the table. There's no need for "casual Fridays" here because we encourage every member of our team to come as they are: bold, brilliant, radically unique and ready to help our authors take the world by storm.

felice laverne

Felice’s publishing career has always been rooted in championing bold voices and writers from marginalized communities. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree in English, Creative Writing, from Georgia State University, she started her career at About Words Agency directly after college where she worked as an agent until leaving to complete her master’s degree in Publishing at Kingston University in London, England. There, Felice specialized in Diversity & Inclusion in Publishing, which drove her career-long passion for bold voices the world had never heard before.

After years of then partnering with major houses as a book editor and ghostwriter, including having edited phenomenal big-name books such as Zerlina Maxwell’s The End of White Politics (Hachette) and Paola Ramos’ Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity (Vintage), among so many others, she is now back to her roots as a literary agent with a growing list of bold titles.

See what submissions Felice is looking for here. 

shauna Turnmire

After graduating with her Masters in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago, Shauna moved to LA to pursue a career in the music industry. She quickly realized this particular avenue was not for her and decided to pursue her first and longest love, books. She is currently back home in Orlando and is excited to help authors develop their stories and be their biggest cheerleader. As an associate agent, Shauna is looking for New Adult fiction, YA Fantasy, and historical fiction - including a particular interest in books that give a glimpse into the Holocaust experience. She also has her own Booktube and Bookstagram accounts at "Shauna's Book Journal." When she doesn’t have her nose in a book she loves playing with dogs and relaxing with friends and family and a glass of wine. See what submissions Shauna is looking for here.

danielle colburn

Danielle Colburn is an associate agent at Art + Deco and is actively building her list. She graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in English Language & Literature and History, and she also completed previous internships at Candlewick Press and the Quarto Group.

A fan of SFF and historical fiction, Danielle is currently looking for manuscripts that feature layered world building and conflict or which place LGBT+ characters and narratives in the spotlight. When she’s not working, she can be found weightlifting, drinking too much coffee, writing stories of her own, or narrowing down the ever-growing TBR pile. See what submissions Danielle is looking for here.