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'Every Version of You' by Grace Chan
'Family Matters' by Ellie O'Neill
'Someone Else's Child' by Kylie Orr
'The Mother' by Jane Caro
'Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia' edited by Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees and Bobuq Sayed
'Tinder Translator: An A–Z of Modern Misogyny' by Aileen Barratt
'So Far, So Good' by Aaron Fa'Aoso, with Michelle Scott Tucker
Triple Helix: My donor-conceived story
'Completely Normal (and Other Lies)' by Biffy James
'When Souls Tear' by Karen Ginnane
Social Queue
The Monster of Her Age
'Mia: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones' by Dianne Wolfer, edited by Lyn White
'Wednesday Weeks and the Dungeon of Fire' by Cristy Burne & Denis Knight
'How to Tackle Your Dreams' by Fiona Hardy
'Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon' by Gabrielle Wang
'Ella and the Useless Day' by Meg McKinlay, illustrator Karen Blair
'I’m a Dirty Dinosaur Hide and Seek' by Janeen Brian, illustrated by Ann James
'It's Noisy on the Farm' by Jedda Robaard
'Be Careful, Xiao Xin!' by Alice Pung, illustrated by Sher Rill Ng
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About Us Our Team

Jacinta di Mase Management is a literary agency committed to the creation of quality books that engage, entertain, and inspire.

The agency represents a diverse range of award winning and emerging writers and illustrators across all areas of the publishing market including fiction, non fiction, and books for children and young adults.

Jacinta di Mase

Founder, Director & Lead Agent

Jacinta has a background in book selling and publishing, and worked for ten years in two of Australia’s premier literary agencies: Australian Literary Management (ALM), and Jenny Darling & Associates. She graduated with distinction from the RMIT Graduate Diploma of Editing & Publishing (1996) and studied Copyright Law at Melbourne University.

Jacinta was a member of the Australia Council for the Arts Visiting International Publishers Program committee 2013-2016. She is the past President of the Australian Literary Agents’ Association (ALAA), a current member of the RMIT Program Advisory Committee for the Master of Writing and Publishing, and ALAA representative for the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative working across industry to make ‘inclusive by design’ a reality for Australian readers with a print disability.

Danielle Binks

Middle Grade & Young Adult Agent

Danielle Binks joined JDM in 2016 following a successful career as a freelance commentator of Australian Young Adult literature, and chair-person of the grassroots #LoveOzYA committee. In 2017, she edited and contributed to Begin, End, Begin, an anthology of new Australian young adult writing inspired by the #LoveOzYA movement, which won the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children (Ages 13+). The Year the Maps Changed, Danielle’s bestselling middle-grade novel, was a 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Book, and is 2022-forthcoming in North America with Quill Tree Books. Her first solo YA novel The Monster of Her Age, released in 2021.

Danielle is also teaching Fiction & Young Adult Writing in the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University.

Karen Tayleur

Picture-Book Agent

Editor Karen Tayleur has joined Jacinta di Mase Management as an agent and will work closely with our picture-book authors and illustrators. Her experience spans advertising, magazines, and book publishing where she has worked with creative people from every discipline.

Karen’s extensive experience brings a deep understanding of the issues that creators face and of the changing face of the publishing industry. She is able to guide a creator’s career, offer sound and considered advice, and represent their business interests.

Interviews with the Agents

Listen to Jacinta di Mase in this Words & Nerds Podcast

Danielle Binks was on an In Conversation with Jen Storer

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