Paige Terlip is a literary agent with Starling Literary + Media (formerly with Andrea Brown Literary Agency).

Paige represents all categories of children’s books from picture books to young adult, as well as adult fiction and platform-based prescriptive nonfiction.

Paige is a co-founder of Starling Literary + Media, and co-chair of the Association of American Literary Agents’ Communications Committee. She began her agenting career with the Andrea Brown Literary Agency in 2017 before starting Starling at the end of 2025. She is proud to represent award-winning and bestselling authors, as well as debuts. She comes to agenting with a background in marketing, design, and freelance editorial. She is also the founder of COwrite, which offers writing classes and workshops for writers of all levels, and has an MA in Children’s Literature and an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. If she’s not reading, you’ll find her hiking with her Husky-Shepherd mix.

Some of Paige’s specific wish list items include:

Horror that dismantles the gender binary (and societal norms)

Stories that examine contemporary issues using horror/speculative elements as the vehicle (think Jordan Peele or Stephen Graham Jones)

Sentient plants or natural settings with a sinister undertone (a la Annihilation)—bonus if it speaks to our climate crisis without being too heavy handed

Occult conspiracies

Cozy mysteries that center BIPOC and/or queer characters

Exploring a magical matrilineal inheritance through a trans POV

Whip-smart protagonists and playful banter with dialogue that makes me literally LOL

Real burgeoning science taken to the next level

Platform-based nonfiction in the pop culture, lifestyle, and health and wellness arena

Accessible nonfiction about neuroscience, sex, and relationships (especially by Queer or underrepresented voices)

Pop science about the natural world with a narrative approach (like Sy Montgomery’s SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS or Juli Berwald’s SPINELESS)

Queer takes on subjects other than queer history (along the lines of Sabrina Imbler’s HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES)

Nonfiction that makes me feel something and teaches me new things (a la Bonnie Tsui’s WHY WE SWIM)