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

  • Pitch to Me Guidelines July/Aug 2026

    Hi! I’m so excited to see what comes in during these Pitch to Me Threads. As a reminder, I am ONLY hosting two Threads on Saturday, July 25 and Saturday, August 1 starting at 12pm EST until midnight as a limited opportunity to pitch to me.  I will create and pin the Thread on my…

  • Closed to Queries for 2026

    I have gotten several questions about when I’ll be opening to queries since I typically start opening on June 1 and remain open through the end of the summer. Unfortunately, I will not be opening this year because I have some exciting personal news: I’m having a baby girl, due in December! This is very…

  • #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…

Where You Can Find Me

Official JABberwocky website:

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

Query Manager:

https://QueryManager.com/susanvcolmant

Threads:

https://www.threads.com/@susaninprogress

Twitter (I’m not calling it X):

https://twitter.com/susanvcolmant

Bluesky

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