Shelly Romero

Shelly Romero

Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency
Likely Closed
USA
Updated: 2/17/2026

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Agent Information

Agent Bio

Shelly Romero began her publishing career in 2017 at Scholastic where she rose up the ranks from editorial assistant to associate editor, where she acquired her own titles and assisted on series publishing for The Bad Guys and Goosebumps.

She later joined Cake Creative as Lead Editor and she was most recently a freelance editor.

She graduated from Stephens College with a bachelor’s degree in English and attended the 2017 NYU Summer Publishing Institute.

Shelly was selected as a 2020 Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree and is a member of Latinx in Publishing & People of Color in Publishing.

Born and raised in Miami by Honduran parents, she now resides in New York City where she might be found at a movie theatre viewing the latest release from her Letterboxd watchlist.

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Genres

Genres Represented

Fiction
  • Commercial Fiction
  • Erotica
  • Fantasy
  • Gothic
  • Historical Fiction
  • Horror
  • Mystery
  • Science Fiction
  • Thrillers
Nonfiction

    Genres Not Represented

    None listed or not available
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    About Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency

    Agency Profile

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