Founded in February 2022 by Janine Le, Janine Le Literary Agency is a full-service agency representing authors and illustrators of award-winning and critically acclaimed books for children and young adults. Janine brings to her venture the classic training of over twelve years working closely with leading children's book agents, experience supporting the various career needs of children’s book luminaries and debut creators alike, and an entrepreneurial spirit to meet today's challenges. 

Janine is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA). She was previously Agent and Foreign Rights Manager at Sheldon Fogelman Agency, where she spent nearly twelve years negotiating contracts, bookkeeping, managing foreign rights, and otherwise supporting agency clients, while building her own client list. Prior to that, she was an intern in the children’s department at Sterling Lord Literistic and completed NYU's Summer Publishing Institute. Janine graduated summa cum laude from Bucknell University with honors in English (Creative Writing), where she interned with literary magazine West Branch. 

Janine enjoys the balance of creative-minded and business-minded work and loves pushing her clients to reach their projects’ potential in the developmental stages and advocating for them from submissions onward. Janine has served as faculty for events with SCBWI, RUCCL, Inked Voices, Children's Book Academy, and more and has donated critiques for many charitable campaigns. Since January 2024, Janine also serves as trustee of the James Marshall Trust. She finds balance in life by adventuring with her husband, three children, and dog.