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Mackenzie Brady Watson

Mackenzie began her career in publishing in 2010 and joined the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency in 2016. Her clients have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, and frequently win or are finalists for some of publishing’s highest honors, such as the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the NBCC Award, ALA Carnegie Medal, various PEN awards, and the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.

She represents an array of excellent writers, illustrators, and comic artists, and is actively taking on clients writing investigative journalism, history, science, memoir, poetry, non-fiction for children, and upmarket and literary fiction. She particularly appreciates books that explore today’s most pressing issues through a compelling story and can be used as tools for social change.

In addition to being an agent, she is also a Founding Board Member of the 501(c)(3) non-profit INKLUDED, whose mission is to make the publishing industry more accessible and inclusive.

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