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Meet and Pitch with Kristen Ostby of Green House Literary

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Meet & Pitch is a new series of Zoom events that five of the smaller SCBWI regions – Alaska, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, and Brazos Valley, TX — are collaborating on to bring notable agents and editors to our regional members. The 90-minute format will follow an introduction of the agency, manuscript wishlist, Q&A, and a pitch session/first look from participants.

Kristin Ostby represents authors of middle grade and young adult fiction, as well as picture book author/illustrators. She is primarily seeking voice- and character-driven contemporary middle-grade and young adult fiction, with a focus on BIPOC creators.
Prior to becoming a literary agent, Kristin moved from Michigan to New York to begin her career in publishing at Penguin Random House and rose to become a senior editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She has edited children’s book legend Tomie dePaola; *New York Times* bestselling authors like Stuart Gibbs (Spy School) and US soccer star Alex Morgan (The Kicks); and award-winning creators including Daniel Miyares (<em>Float</em>), Jessica Lawson (<em>Nooks & Crannies</em>), and Heather Vogel Frederick (The Mother-Daughter Book Club). She also edited bestselling *I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark* by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley. She loves guiding authors and illustrators toward their best work and advocating for them in service of building successful, sustainable artistic careers.

Kristin lives in Brooklyn, New York. Follow her on Twitter at [@kristinostby](https://twitter.com/kristinostby).

About Kristen

Meet & Pitch is a new series of Zoom events that five of the smaller SCBWI regions – Alaska, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, and Brazos Valley, TX — are collaborating on to bring notable agents and editors to our regional members. The 90-minute format will follow an introduction of the agency, manuscript wishlist, Q&A, and a pitch session/first look from participants.