Jen Chen Tran

1. Women's upmarket fiction, in the vein of books by Celeste Ng, Min Jin Lee, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, etc. Stories with conflicted female characters, inter-generational relationships, inspired by lesser-known figures in history etc. are my jam. #MSWL

I've decided that TOMORROW is the day I reopen to #queries ! So excited, after being closed for more than a year, to re-open. And guess what: I'm on the hunt for #fiction this time. Woohoo! Updated #MSWL to come. Tell your friends and all the cool people you know. #amagenting

Happy 7/11 day! I'm SO excited to announce that I'll be re-opening to #queries in select categories in the next week or so. Please watch this space to find out more and thank you so much in advance for sending queries my way! Will also update my #mswl too! <3 #amquerying

Due to the volume of queries I receive, I regret that I will not be able to respond individually to each one but I will reach out if it's a good fit for my list. Stay tuned for a more specific #MSWL next week. Thank you for considering me, I truly appreciate you.

So excited to announce that I've joined Glass Literary Management! GLM is a world-class agency; I'm so excited to work with the best in the industry and continue to champion authors and creators! AND I'm re-opening to queries! Pls query me here: querymanager.com/query/jct

I will try to update my #MSWL from time to time (read probably every six months or so) but pls feel free to #query me if you think it's a good fit. Thank you so much for thinking of me and good luck! 💖

#MSWL: My adult #fiction list will be smaller but think upmarket #BookClub fiction or domestic suspense--something that will keep me up at night. Really enjoyed Angie Kim's Miracle Creek. Has to feel #contemporary, braiding together issues of social import & identity.

#MSWL: #ChildrensBooks send me yr #GraphicNovel projects, from high-concept to literary, or middle grade with visual elements. Something with heart & humor. See Remy Lai's Pie in the Sky as a good comp. Also enjoyed Witches of Brooklyn & Pilau of the Woods as GN comps.

#MSWL: For #ChildrensBooks I'm only looking for Middle Grade and Young Adult right now. In the NF children's space I want STEAM-focused titles, anything whimsical and transportive, but has to be light on fantasy/ grounded fantasy (no #scifi for me).

#MSWL: #Lifestyle titles (see Kate Oliver’s The Modern Caravan), humorous or visually-driven projects, (see @NatalyaLobanova's Everyone is Awful), and #business books that read like memoir (Tony Hsieh's Delivering Happiness is one of my all-time faves).

#MSWL: Always on the hunt for prescriptive non-fiction with practical takeaways, #cookbooks with a unique angle or narratives centered on #culinary or #foodie life. Currently loving Mooncakes & Milk Bread by Kristina Cho. Want more southern, Asian-forward, indigenous cookbooks!

#MSWL: Check out @stuartpalley's book Into the Inferno for a good example of what I'm looking to rep in this space. Also: medical narratives, anything shedding light on the #healthcare industry and weaving in history. Books like Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhur, for example.

Finally posting my #MSWL 1 week after joining @FolioLiterary & @FolioJr! Please RT to yr #writer friends who are actively #querying! My list will be primarily non-fiction focused, both in the adult and children's space. You can always check out my bio on the Folio webpage too.

So excited to announce that I’ve joined the super-talented team @FolioLiterary and @FolioJr, working with talented colleagues Steve Troha & Emily van Beek, among many others! A dream come true, but nearly a decade in the making. Will post my updated #MSWL this week. #publishing

A lot of ppl don’t know this about me but I’m a huge #foodie. My dad made doughnuts when my brother and I were growing up, my uncle had an ice cream shop, and my aunt runs an amazing Chinese restaurant on Long Island. Send me all your foodie stories! #mswl #amagenting

Love the Google Doodle today about Anna May Wong. I’d love to see more #MG books about #poc in the entertainment industry. Holla at me! #mswl

Because I have insomnia again, and why not, I’m looking for contemporary YA where the MC is an environmental activist. Specific, I know. Tag your friends. #MSWL

And let's not forget Marbles which I also enjoyed immensely. Send your graphic medical projects my way! #mswl

I am looking for graphic memoirs that touch on medicine and healing. I loved Pedro and Me so much, and Mom's Cancer. In that vein. #mswl

Still looking for a dark family drama like Bloodlines. Bonus points if your MC resembles Kyle Chandler or Ben Mendelsohn. #mswl