JDA is currently closed to queries. Check this space for further updates.
Due to the volume of queries we receive, we periodically have to pause queries, sometimes for months at a time. We regret this inconvenience, but it is impossible to keep up with the flow and do justice to the queries we are currently reviewing. We wish you the best in your search for representation. –Joelle […]
THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING, Emily Harding
A woman with amnesia wakes up a year after a terrible accident to discover that her life has irrevocably changed. She teams up with a charming neighbor to put the pieces of her life back together. (Gallery, World rights, Summer 2026).
THE POWER OF NEURODIVERSITY: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain, Thomas Armstrong PhD
From a bestselling author and psychologist, an exploration and celebration of neurodivergence, completely revised with the most up-to-date research and insights. “Parents, teachers, and policymakers should all read this thought-provoking book. I loved it.’’―Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures and The Autistic Brain From ADHD and dyslexia to autism, the number of diagnosis categories listed […]
WE SHARE THE SAME SKY has a new look!
Rachael Cerrotti’s WE SHARE THE SAME SKY: A Memoir of Memory and Migration has a new cover, which I love. “Rachael Cerrotti’s narrative, and all Holocaust-related memoirs, should be told and retold, read and reread. Though the survivors are leaving us now, their stories remain and will be part of our collective memory: the part […]
HOW FREAKING ROMANTIC, Emily Harding
From the co-author of the For the Love of Austen series comes a feisty debut rom-com, How Freaking Romantic (Gallery Books, July 2025). In this sharply funny solo debut, an aspiring lawyer is forced to work alongside the opposing counsel in her best friend’s divorce case, which leads to the biggest irreconcilable difference of all: love. Beatrice Nilsson is […]
THE MINIATURIST’S ASSISTANT, Katherine Scott Crawford
“The Miniaturist’s Assistant is a multifaceted love story wrapped in a mystery that unfurls on the changing winds of history. A rollicking, page-turning tale, this unforgettable novel explores time travel, art, passion, the complexity of past sins, and the abundant promises embedded in the here and now. Katherine Scott Crawford has written a beautiful book steeped […]
JDA is pausing new submissions as of 10/1/25
Due to an avalanche of submissions, we’ll be pausing new submissions as of 5/27/2025, unless we have specifically requested materials. Thank you for your understanding and good luck in your search for representation.–Joelle Delbourgo
FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World, Mark D. Usher
In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable world How should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and wide-ranging book, classicist and farmer M. D. […]
CRISIS ON MOUNT HOOD: Stories From 100 Years of Mountain Rescue, Christopher Van Tilburg
In Crisis on Mount Hood: Stories from 100 Years of Mountain Rescue (Mountaineers Books, May 2025), author and emergency room doctor Christopher Van Tilburg looks at the history of America’s oldest all-volunteer mountain rescue team, the Hood River Crag Rats, and his own three-decade commitment to search and rescue. Centered on Oregon’s iconic 11,249-foot-high Mount Hood, […]
SCOUT CAMP: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America, James Renner
In his most explosive book to date, SCOUT CAMP: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies inside the Boy Scouts of America (Citadel, February 2025), acclaimed journalist, author, creator of the True Crime This Week podcast, and former Boy Scout James Renner, explores the dark side of an American institution, its pervasive culture of sexual abuse, and the traumatic—even […]