Jessica Saint Jean
Root Literary
Likely Open
Updated: 9/19/2025
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Jessica Saint Jean specializes in representing visual storytellers with a confident, unique, and striking artistic voice, aiming to build a signature style into a brand instantly recognizable to publishers and consumers.
As a literary agent, she primarily represents illustrators and author-illustrators, along with a select number of writers, working across all illustrated formats and genres in children's publishing, from board books and picture books to middle grade and graphic novels.
She is drawn to creators who share her deep passion for children's books, viewing them as nourishment and entertainment for kids and a rich literary art form.
She seeks writers and illustrators who work hard on their craft.
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