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.

Kate Stapleton

 

Kate Stapleton is a harpist, dancer, theatre and film producer, and writer. She grew up in the driftless ridges of Western Wisconsin, composing soap operas while hanging laundry on the line. She spent several years running a theatre company, unloading trucks of produce, getting lost in the mountains on the way to photograph farmers with secret stores of moonshine, and living in a cabin with no plumbing. She currently lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their 6 children.

Kate is a co-host of the Visitation Sessions podcast and a member of the folk band The Stapletons. Her band has independently released 2 critically acclaimed albums, Thieves and Dreamers and Ballads and Battles and has been featured in the NPR Tiny Desk Contest. She is currently directing and producing a documentary about open adoption.