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.

Natalie Rompella

 

Twitter: @NatalieRompella • Facebook: AuthorNatalieRompella • Website: natalierompella.com • LinkedIn: Natalie Rompella*Photo by Jessica Weinstock

Twitter: @NatalieRompella • Facebook: AuthorNatalieRompella • Website: natalierompella.com • LinkedIn: Natalie Rompella

*Photo by Jessica Weinstock

It all began with a cover of a National Geographic magazine in 1998 that got Natalie interested in insects and resulted in her attempting her first picture book. She has been writing ever since. And she’s gotten to do all sorts of fun stuff for research: test out cookie recipes, talk to cantaloupe farmers, interview an astronaut, go on insect hunts, and even travel to Alaska to see the start of the Iditarod.

Natalie Rompella is the author of more than sixty books and resources for children, including an insect picture book: The World Never Sleeps (Tilbury House) (a 2019 IL Reads selection); an #OwnVoices middle grade novel: Cookie Cutters & Sled Runners (Sky Pony Press); a writing workbook: Secrets of Storytelling (Rockridge Press); and a picture book addressing obsessive-compulsive disorder: Malik’s Number Thoughts: A Story about OCD (Albert Whitman & Co.). She is a former elementary and middle school teacher with a M.Ed in science education. She is also a former museum educator and curriculum coordinator for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago. Natalie enjoys writing sustainability science fiction picture books and novels.

Natalie lives in the Chicago suburbs with her two kids, husband, and dog where she enjoys playing pickle ball, baking, and writing.