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.

 Valentina Kris Utami

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Valentina Kris Utami is an Indonesian illustrator. She studied architectural design at Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University. After 5 years of working as an architectural designer, Valentina embarked on her children’s illustration journey. 

Children’s unpredictable and funny behavior, fascinates her. She relishes their spirit, highlighted by their giggles, and so, fiction and humorous stories are the projects she loves the most.

Valentina enjoys experimenting with various media, especially with collage of unused packaging and papers. For her, drawings can be made out of anything and everything, around us.

In 2021 and 2022 Valentina’s work was featured in the Asian Festival of Children Content, Singapore. Valentina always eagerly expands her skills in Illustration by embracing classes and workshops. The BIB-UNESCO Albín Brunovský Workshop 2023 was the most recent workshop in which she participated. This program was led by Ľuboslav Paľo. 

Valentina  currently resides in Bandung, Indonesia where she juggles her time illustrating and cooking for her lunch.