Jamie Seitz
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Author of The Weight of Water
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In the Press
Garden Gate Magazine's In the Weeds columist, Jamie Seitz's THE WEIGHT OF WATER, in which a teenager, who has been held back by her mother's grief her entire life, breaks out of her cocoon, developing the resolve to pave her own path to a brighter future, to Nancy Schumacher at Fire & Ice, for publication in fall 2024, by Katie Salvo and Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
Jamie Seitz's debut JENNY WITH A WHY, in which a young girl from an abusive household learns the true meaning of family with the help of a new friend, to Sheri Williams at TouchPoint Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Katie Salvo at Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
Chipmunks Vs. Garden! Can you relate? In our humor column, In the Weeds, Jamie Seitz shares her garden struggles and triumphs with a dose of hilarity every gardner can relate to. For a good laugh, visit the link to read about her battle with chipmunks!
Kristin Beane Sullivan,
Garden Gate Magazine
Sheri Williams,
Publishers Marketplace
Nancy Shumacher,
Publishers Marketplace
Bio
Jamie Seitz is a middle-grade and young adult fiction author. Her funny backyard garden adventures also become stories that pop up in the monthly humor column, In the Weeds, in Garden Gate Magazine. Besides writing, her talents include being an expert maker of guacamole and the perfect mixed CD for any road trip, knitting extremely long scarves, and having a knack for finding the funny in everyday life. She lives in Iowa with her husband, four teens, two dogs, two cats, and a partridge in a pear tree. Jamie loves to travel with her family, and their yearly two-week road trip vacations often serve as inspiration for her books. She is represented by Katie Salvo at Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
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Jamie's debut, The Weight of Water, in which a teenager, who has been held back by her mother's grief her entire life, breaks out of her cocoon, developing the resolve to pave her own path to a brighter future, will be out for publication Fall of 2024, with Fire & Ice Publishing.
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