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.

Nicki Jacobsmeyer

 

Nicki Jacobsmeyer started entertaining her imagination by writing stories down in elementary school. As she got older, she enjoyed inspiring and encouraging others through her writing. Over a decade ago, she realized writing was her true passion and hasn't stopped since.

She is obsessed with research and reading. Since she panics if she is without a book, you can find a trail of them throughout her house and truck. Although her laptop is not far away, she always writes her first draft with a #2 pencil and paper. Jacobsmeyer collects pencils when she travels or persuades family and friends to bring one back as a souvenir. Each pencil has a story, and it inspires her as she writes.

Jacobsmeyer writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She has a forthcoming middle grade nonfiction book, Spooky America: The Ghostly Tales of St. Charles (Arcadia Children’s Books, Fall 2025), an adult nonfiction book,, Images of America: Kentucky’s Packhorse Librarians (Arcadia Publishing, 2025), a middle-grade book, Surviving the Iditarod, You Choose: Surviving Extreme Sports (Capstone Press, 2017) and a historical non-fiction book, Images of America: Chesterfield (Arcadia Publishing, 2016). She is represented by Senior Agent Heather Cashman of Storm Literary Agency.

She is the Co-Host and Partner of the Way-Word Writers Podcast, a community that supports and encourages established writers. Jacobsmeyer is a PBParty Annual Contest Honorable Mention winner among 1100 entries (April 2024), the 3rd place winner of the Institute of Children’s Literature Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Contest (December 2023), and honor recipient of the 2021 SCBWI Works of Outstanding Promise (WOOP) Grant.

Besides reading and writing she loves to travel, knit, the outdoors, sunsets, family barbecues and watching a storm come in from her front porch.