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Janet Kobobel Grant

About Janet

Janet Kobobel Grant had two goals as a grade-schooler: to read all the books in the library and to write a novel each summer. Her dream was to win the Pulitzer Prize. Well, she never did read all those books, she seldom completed her summer writing project, and she certainly never won a Pulitzer Prize. But those unusual aspirations were indicative of her love of books.

She personally knows the pressures, uncertainties, and joys of writing because she’s written the following books: But Can She Type? with InterVarsity; Where Is God When I Need Him Most? with NavPress; Growing in Prayer; Experiencing God’s Presence; Every Child Needs a Praying Mom (with Fern Nichols and a Silver Medallion winner); The Breast Cancer Care Book (with Sally M. Knox, M.D. and a Retailers Choice finalist); and collaborated on several Women of Faith books (all with Zondervan).

But she understands the inside scoop on publishing as well, having helped to launch Here’s Life Publisher, managed her own imprint with Zondervan, and served as managing editor of books for Focus on the Family. Working in these capacities provided her with a strong publishing network, experience in negotiating contracts, and comprehension of each production stage a book must move through, from acquisition to printed matter.

Her desire to help authors create the most marketable, carefully-crafted manuscripts and to see those authors succeed in their careers was probably born in the library she frequented as a child. And while her long-ago goals weren’t met, her love of books has endured.

Janet acquires adult fiction & nonfiction books.

Query Instructions

Books & Such will accept e-mail queries for the following genres:

-Adult fiction and nonfiction.
-Teen and young adult fiction and nonfiction.
-Middle grade fiction and nonfiction.

We do not accept e-mail queries with attachments, or unsolicited phone or postal mail queries.

When submitting a query, please follow these guidelines:

Limit your query to the equivalent of one page.

Write a brief description of what your project is about (one succinct paragraph). Include the genre and subject of your manuscript, its unique elements, and target audience.

Highlight your vision for marketing your book, your writing experience, the name of the person (if any) who referred you to Books & Such, and whether you’re currently submitting your query to other agents.


If we’re interested in seeing more of your work, we’ll ask you to send the following as an email attachment:

For a novel (including young adult novels)

  • a synopsis (5-6 pages double-spaced) in which you tell us the basic plot and introduce us to your main characters.
  • the first three chapters (approximately 50 pages of the work).
  • your biography, with an emphasis on your qualifications for writing the manuscript and how you can help to market it.


For a nonfiction manuscript

  • a proposal, detailing the audience for your work, why you believe the work will attract significant readership, what current titles would compete with your book for readers, how you can help to market the book, and ideas on how a series could be developed, if applicable.
  • a chapter outline in which you write a paragraph description of each chapter.
  • your biography.
  • the first three chapters (approximately 50 pages of the work).
We do not accept submissions via the postal service.

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