Tina P. Schwartz is a literary agent with The Purcell Agency.

Current Wishlist:

Ages: Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, Women’s Fiction (mostly book club); Adult

Genres: Some Memoir; Narrative Nonfiction; Realistic Fiction, Coming-of-Age, Sports, Romance, Friendship, Family, BIPOC, and LGBTQ​.

Tina admits to being a reluctant reader as a child. In fact, she says she is still very picky when it comes to choosing a book, and isn’t afraid to judge one (at first) by its cover!

Ask her kids, and they won’t believe you! They’ll tell you her nose is constantly in a book, or staring at her Kindle Fire, her iPad mini, or even reading mss on her phone! When not reading manuscripts, marketing website, social media, or industry blogs, you can find Schwartz on her laptop enjoying her own writing time. (She’s written 10 traditionally published books.)

Schwartz is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), Chicago Writer’s Association, Author’s Guild, and the American Association of Literary Agents.

​Tina says, “I’m thrilled to have founded The Purcell Agency, LLC and look forward to reading many wonderful submissions from talent all over the world!”
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You can follow Agent Tina on X.com — Aka: Twitter (The Purcell Agency) at @TPurcellAgency, and on Instagram: @ThePurcellAgency

Tina’s Favorite Authors:

S.E. Hinton
John David Anderson
Carly Fortune
​Matt Eicheldinger
Stephen King
Michael Grant
Carolyn Mackler
Brent  Runyon
Jack Gantos
David Levithan
John Green
Laurie Halse Anderson
Suzanne Slade
Shawn Wickersheim
Gayle Forman
Ellen DeGeneres
Rob Lowe
Kathleen Bostrom