Susan Velazquez Colmant

literary agent and subrights director at JABberwocky Literary Agency

About Me

I am a literary agent and the director of subsidiary rights at JABberwocky Literary Agency, where I have been since 2017. In addition to managing the agency’s subsidiary rights, I represent an eclectic range of fiction and non-fiction.

From the blog

  • #AmAgenting: So What the Hell Am I Looking for Exactly in a Query?

    When I announced that I would be opening for queries for Summer 2025, I hit 200 followers on Bluesky so in honor of the milestone, I offered an “ask me anything” session. Someone asked, “What’s the first thing that jumps out to you in a query?” Off the cuff, I simply wrote, “A strong hook…

  • Things I Liked And Now Want: Under Your Spell by Laura Wood

    This mini-review series is to share updates about things I recently read or watched, and what aspects of them I’d like to see in my manuscript wishlist. I was actually gifted an ARC copy of UNDER YOUR SPELL by Lauren Wood when I went to London Book Fair this year and it’s just released today…

  • Things I Liked and Now Want: Música

    This mini-review series is to share updates about things I recently read or watched, and what aspects of them I’d like to see in my manuscript wishlist. My Brazilian client recommended Música when it premiered on Amazon and I’ve taken a while to get around to it because as much as I love rom-coms, very…

Where You Can Find Me

Official JABberwocky website:

https://awfulagent.com/agents/susan-velazquez/

Query Manager:

https://QueryManager.com/susanvcolmant

Twitter (I’m not calling it X):

https://twitter.com/susanvcolmant

Bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/susanvcolmant.bsky.social