Anna Olswanger joined Liza Dawson Associates in 2005. She represents Jim Carroll's THE BOY AND THE MOON (Sleeping Bear Press), Devorah Goldman's THE NEW JEWISH FAMILY KITCHEN (Pomegranate), Luli Gray's award-winning FALCON series (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Michael Hall's MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO and PERFECT SQUARE (Greenwillow), Zack Miller's TRADESTREAM YOUR WAY TO PROFITS: Building a Killer Portfolio in the Age of Social Media (Wiley), Jennifer Sattler's SYLVIE (Random House Children's Books) and CHICK 'N' PUG (Bloomsbury Children's Books), and upcoming books by Cathy Fishman (Cavendish), Luli Gray (McElderry), Michelle Markel (Balzer & Bray, Eerdmans, and Chronicle), Margaret Peot (Boyds Mills Press), Barry Rothstein (Chronicle) and composer Marvin Hamlisch (Dutton).

Interviews with Anna appear in the 2007 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (Writers Digest Books) and online at CYNSATIONS, the blog of Cynthia Leitich Smith.

A native of Memphis, she earned her B.A. with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Rhodes College, and her M.A. from the University of Memphis.

Anna is the author of SHLEMIEL CROOKS (Junebug/NewSouth), a Sydney Taylor Honor Book winner, Koret International Jewish Book Award finalist, and PJ Library Book.

Anna specializes in: illustrated work, both fiction and nonfiction, for young readers and adults, and has an interest in Judaica. Contact her at queryanna@LizaDawsonAssociates.com. Visit Anna's website HERE.