Ms. Emily Sylvan Kim
Prospect Agency
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General
Emily Sylvan Kim
Prospect Agency
285 Fifth Ave., PMB 445
Brooklyn, NY 11215
- Website:
- www.prospectagency.com
- AALA Member:
- Yes (Visit Site)
Query Methods
Accepts queries via...
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:
Fiction
Commercial
Middle Grade
Romance
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
• Young Adult, Literary
Non-Fiction
General Non-Fiction
Memoir
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Known Clients (current & past)
Kristen Ashley
Meagan Brothers
Marissa Doyle
Bonnie Edwards
Rachel Fordham
Jordan Stephanie Gray
Arin Greenwood
Ruthie Knox
Susan Lyons
Janice Maynard
Elizabeth Scott
Tim Tharp
Tracy Wolff
Author Comments
Comments by authors about this agent.
manyan
11/12/2025 11:50 AM
Queried before reading the comments 11/11
Full request 11/12
Thank you for your recent submission, XXX, to Prospect Agency. I'd be pleased to consider your complete manuscript. Please send it via email as a PDF, with the original query pasted in the body of the email, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Please be sure to include a number where I can reach you as well as a working email address. Should you receive another offer of representation, I would appreciate the opportunity to present my own response before you make a final decision. But in any case, I do ask to be informed right away should there be any change in the status of your submission.
Eek! Now what?!
Full request 11/12
Thank you for your recent submission, XXX, to Prospect Agency. I'd be pleased to consider your complete manuscript. Please send it via email as a PDF, with the original query pasted in the body of the email, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Please be sure to include a number where I can reach you as well as a working email address. Should you receive another offer of representation, I would appreciate the opportunity to present my own response before you make a final decision. But in any case, I do ask to be informed right away should there be any change in the status of your submission.
Eek! Now what?!
ladymalai
08/22/2025 09:22 AM
I can add that Emily Sylvan Kim ("ESK") is a big red flag. Beware!
I was approached by a publisher to see if I was interested in a write-for-hire contract, which I ultimately chose not to do. The day after they approached me about it, ESK emailed me to say that her "friends" at the publishing house gave her a tip that I might be looking for representation and whether we could set up a call to see if we were a good fit. She seemed nice enough on the phone and we were in contact several times via email, but in the end it was very clear she was in it only for the easy 20%, even though I was the one who brought the work in. (Another agent had previously cautioned me that most agents will not take 20% if their author brings in the work.) What truly sealed the deal was that when we met in person at a conference, she spent our entire meeting telling me about the boroughs of NYC rather than talking about what we were meeting about (potential representation), and then cut the meeting short because she double booked and had to meet with another author. I definitely feel, especially in light of this lawsuit, that I dodged a bullet on this one.
I was approached by a publisher to see if I was interested in a write-for-hire contract, which I ultimately chose not to do. The day after they approached me about it, ESK emailed me to say that her "friends" at the publishing house gave her a tip that I might be looking for representation and whether we could set up a call to see if we were a good fit. She seemed nice enough on the phone and we were in contact several times via email, but in the end it was very clear she was in it only for the easy 20%, even though I was the one who brought the work in. (Another agent had previously cautioned me that most agents will not take 20% if their author brings in the work.) What truly sealed the deal was that when we met in person at a conference, she spent our entire meeting telling me about the boroughs of NYC rather than talking about what we were meeting about (potential representation), and then cut the meeting short because she double booked and had to meet with another author. I definitely feel, especially in light of this lawsuit, that I dodged a bullet on this one.
Cass_Scotka
03/31/2025 05:31 PM
Q 3/31/25
Adult Romance 84,000 words
Queried before reading the comments. Will let the query be and expect not to get a response given the very low rates.
Adult Romance 84,000 words
Queried before reading the comments. Will let the query be and expect not to get a response given the very low rates.
Anthony_Curtis
01/26/2025 12:28 PM
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- 06/27/2019 - Genres updated.
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Full request: 12/4/25
Contemporary YA romance 79K
Queried before reading the comments. Doubted if I should send the full but after talking to some people I decided to send the full manuscript after all.