Molly O’Neill
Molly O’Neill founded the art department at Root Literary, establishing it as a home for acclaimed illustrators and graphic novelists when she and her clients joined the agency in 2017. She’s been the editor and agent of #1 New York Times bestsellers and global publishing phenomenons, a publishing/tech start-up executive, and a marketing and publicity expert; all of these experiences now power her work as an advocate for talented bookmakers. Her clients and their books benefit from her decades of industry experience, her multifaceted professional background and deep professional network, and her richly-contextualized lens on the publishing industry and its processes, trends, and decisions. Clients on her list include emerging, established, and award-winning authors, illustrators, author-illustrators, cartoonists, graphic novelists, and other talented creators whose successes span multiple categories and genres.
