ABOUT LKLA
LK Literary Agency was founded in 2018 by literary agent Lori Kilkelly.
In 2008 Lori made the decision to leave the security of her marketing/advertising/sales background to pursue her passion for books, by attending 'The Denver Publishing Institute' a post-graduate program at The University of Denver. She subsequently secured an internship that became a near decade-long stint at boutique children’s literary agency Rodeen Literary Management, headed by Paul Rodeen—and home to award-winning authors Peter Brown, Victoria Jamieson, Lauren Castillo, and Ryan Higgins, among others.
During her tenure at RLM, Lori rose through the ranks, eventually representing her own clients, and assembled her own list of talented, best-selling, and award-winning authors and illustrator. Having worked independently for much of her career, she also began to lay the foundation to eventually open her own shop. In the fall of 2018, with the full support of Rodeen Literary, she formally announced the opening of LK Literary Agency, and was delighted to be joined by all of her clients in her new endeavor.
Now, with 200 books to her credit, and titles at every major trade publisher, she is dedicated to continue bringing meaningful, funny, informative, and moving children's and young adult literature to market, created by the incredibly talented group of authors and illustrators she feels fortunate to work with every day.