Carter Hasegawa, Tugeau 2 Art and Literary Agency
Bio
Carter Hasegawa (he/him) has been in the children’s book world for over 20 years—as a book seller for various indies across the US, as an editor at Candlewick Press, and now, as a literary agent with Tugeau 2 Art and Literary Agency. “The thing I’ve always loved about children’s literature,” he says, “is that beyond the sheer range of incredible stories, it’s always served as a sort of testing ground for me: of new ideas, of new experiences, of new viewpoints, of emotional extremes.” Some of his favorite books include WATERCRESS, MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE, BIG, TAR BEACH, WEDNESDAY WARS, ENDER’S GAME, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, THE NOTORIOUS BENEDICT ARNOLD, and SO MANY others. Originally from Seattle, Carter now lives in Boston with his librarian wife and their two young sons.
Critique Categories
Author, Author-Illustrator, and Illustrator submissions in fiction and nonfiction from PB to YA.
Carter is not a good fit for GN manuscript only or novels in verse. View more specifics of Carter’s wishlist.
Roundtable Topics
- Round 1: Nonfiction picture books: There's a trend that I've been seeing in nf picture books lately that has me really excited for the genre and the future. We'll identify a few examples and discuss their worth.
- Round 2: Do publishers still want books that look like mine?: We'll discuss trends and what is and is not selling and discuss strategies to approach today's market.
- Round 3: The beginning of the artist-agent partnership: You've been focused on querying for so long that now you have an agent, you don't know what happens next. I'll share my strategies for onboarding clients.
- Round 4: Nonfiction picture books: There's a trend that I've been seeing in nf picture books lately that has me really excited for the genre and the future. We'll identify a few examples and discuss their worth.
- Round 5: Do publishers still want books that look like mine?: We'll discuss trends and what is and is not selling and discuss strategies to approach today's market.
- Round 6: Pitches
