[box type="note"]Note from Sooz: I'm so excited to share this post with you all from Mackenzie Brady, an agent at New Leaf Literary & Media. She reps some awesome projects (as you'll see below) and specializes in non-fiction for all ages as well as select YA and adult fiction. Like me, she has a scientist's background—she was a microbiologist in her pre-publishing life! And now I'll pass the mic to Mackenzie...[/box]