Hi! I’m Avery.
I’m looking for an agent to represent my debut science fiction novel, The Wounded Planet. My target publishers are Tor, Orbit, and Harper Voyager.
A bit about me: I attended college in Singapore, I’m proficient in Mandarin Chinese, and I’ve visited Mongolia twice! I grew up on Jesus and Star Trek, and I still love them both.
I’m the Director of Marketing at a national marketing agency. I spend my days in Meta Ads, HubSpot, and whatever AI has come up with this week.
I’m the developmental editor on the National Park Mystery Series, which is currently #1 in Children’s Mystery Series on Amazon…and often outranks Harry Potter.
I’m also the winner of…
- National Scholastic Gold Key (Sci-Fi)
- 5+ Honorable Mentions in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest
- 2024 Aurora Awards Runner-Up for The Wounded Planet
The Wounded Planet
Kazan, an alien from a species that can’t heal, crash-lands in futuristic Mongolia. He falls in love with Earth, its people, and even its mysterious Living God — but when he uncovers a plot by his own species to conquer and corrupt Earth for the Goddess Who Wounds, he must choose between two very different worlds and gods.
Think CS Lewis + Ursula K. LeGuin plus a dash of Brandon Sanderson.
Word count: 163,000
Status: In final revisions.
Contact me for a copy of the full manuscript!
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