Meet the Fall Harvest Faculty

Trisha de Guzman is an Editor at Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, acquiring and editing picture books, middle grade and young adult novels. Born in the Philippines, she immigrated to NYC from Manila when she was seven years old. She's passionate about amplifying stories that capture the complexity of children’s lives. In her spare time, she likes to climb rocks, ride bikes, and drink way too much boba. Visit her at trishadeguzman.com.

Carina Licon (she/her) is an Associate Editor at Holt BYR. She is interested in picture books, middle-grade, and YA with a focus on underrepresented stories and voices. She is especially reeled in by character-driven stories with whip-smart protagonists; spooky and atmospheric MG speculative fiction; contemporary YA thrillers in the vein of Courtney Summers; friendship breakup stories; romance with lots of angst and stories rich with diverse cultural traditions and storytelling. Born and raised in El Paso, TX, Carina enjoys trying local restaurants, movie podcasts, and spending time with her very intimidating 8-pound guard dog.

Alyza Liu is an editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, where she is proud to have worked on books that have been #1 New York Times Bestsellers; William C. Morris Award Finalists; and Kirkus, Horn Book Magazine, Bank Street Best Books of the Year, among other honors. She is looking primarily for books written by authors of colour, queer authors, and disabled authors across all age ranges and formats (excepting board books), as well as translated genre fiction from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and is most drawn to emotionally-driven stories with strong voices, atmospheric writing, and complicated characters with a fresh point of view. She’s also a big fan of monsters, mean girls, and wuxia. Her dream is to become a Jin Yong heroine, but in the meantime she daylights in publishing.

Kaitlyn Sanchez (she/her) is an agent with Bradford Literary Agency and a middle school math teacher. She has been Kaitlyn has been agenting for 5 years and has sold over 60 books with her incredible clients. Kaitlyn is also the proud co-creator and co-host of the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest and Kidlit Zombie Week as well as creator and co-host of the Kidlit Fall Writing Frenzy Contest. In her free time, she loves to play soccer, binge-watch TV shows, and, of course, read. Especially when she's all cozied up with her husband and daughter reading together. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kaitlynleann17.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaitlynLeann17 Please follow my clients on social media: https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/literary-clients/

Stefanie joined Looking Glass Literary & Media in 2025 after spending four years at Ladderbird Literary Agency. She represents picture book through adult, both fiction and nonfiction. Before becoming an agent, she was a technical editor, a senior editor at the literary journal F(r)iction, and a book coach and editor for women of color. She is a board member at Literary Agents of Change. Stefanie is currently seeking MG, YA, and Adult fiction and nonfiction, primarily by BIPOC authors. She’s open to all genres in MG and YA, but prefers gutsy contemporary and grounded fantasy, horror, and mystery with a strong sense of adventure. In Adult fiction, she’s specifically seeking cozy mysteries, grounded fantasy, high-concept + plot-heavy romance, and romantic suspense helmed by BIPOC protagonists. In Adult nonfiction, she’s hunting for cookbooks and baking books from people of color, as well as health/fitness-centric, body-neutral cookbooks; and nonfiction that sits at the intersection of advocacy and the following: sports and exercise science, health and fitness, nutrition, medicine, and animals.

Natalia Vázquez Torres is a Latine associate editor at Charlesbridge, where she works on all sorts of children’s books in English and Spanish, such as Far, Far Away by Molly Beth Griffin; Turtles Heading Home! by Liza Ketchum, Phyllis Root, and Jacqueline Briggs Martin; and Ways Papi Says I Love You by Delia Ruiz. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College and resides in Massachusetts with her husband and daughter.