Storm Literary Agency

Boutique literary agency representing quality literature from exceptional authors and illustrators

First, there was a  teacher who loved books almost as much as she loved little children. Then, there was an artist who loved pirates, almost as much as he loved cats. As it turns out, that artist could also write, and that teacher loved the pirate stories he wrote. And she shared those stories with the children she taught. The children loved the pirate stories; they also loved the cats. They wanted more stories with pirates and cats. They also wanted an adventure. And the stories gave them so many adventures. And that is that: Storm Literary Agency came about because it needed to. The children requested it. And so did the cats. 

Storm Literary Agency welcomes submissions from unique and talented authors and illustrators, those who are not afraid to embrace their capacity to teach, to entertain, to engage and to honor people, young and old, who hopefully, will be changed by the work represented here.

Erin Cleary

 

Erin Cleary is a picture book and middle grade writer. She is a native Chicagoan who grew up diagramming sentences for fun and competing in family pun wars. She earned her bachelor’s in vocal performance and master’s in elementary education, both from Northwestern University. She served in the United States Peace Corps in Uganda as a primary school teacher trainer. After returning to the U.S., she taught elementary school before moving to educational publishing where she wrote and edited elementary classroom materials and managed projects for various publishing companies. She now works in her town’s library, where she plans programs and helps young readers find great books to read!

Erin has always been a creator, from making clothes from felt and glue for her small bear as a little girl, to baking extravagantly decorated cakes, sewing, singing songs, and writing down the stories she makes up in her head. She is happiest when she is making something, especially with words or music. She currently resides in a suburb of Chicago with her husband, two daughters, two dogs, and more children’s books than she has shelves to hold.