JCA Literary Agency

http://www.jcalit.com belongs to them, but doesn't appear to be active.

Registrant:
JCA Literary Agency
27 West 20th Street Suite 1103
NEW YORK, NY 10011
US

Domain Name: JCALIT.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
JCA Literary Agency
27 West 20th Street Suite 1103
NEW YORK, NY 10011
US
212) 807-0888

Record expires on 13-Oct-2009.
Record created on 13-Oct-1999.
Database last updated on 12-Sep-2009 16:25:05 EDT.

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Googling finds them listed on a number of agent search sites as either not accepting submissions, not accepting unsolicited queries, or inactive.

Sorry, not much help.

JCA Literary (Cushman)

Anyone know anything about this agency?

http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=640

http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=639

They rep my genre, but I can't find much on them. It looks like Jeff Gerecke worked there a long time before going out on his own and doing pretty well: http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/jeffg/

It's done some pretty decent stuff in the past, it seems, but there's been a pretty big regime change it seems, and I'm wondering about some of the recent agents.

http://www.freewebs.com/alabamaworley/AGENT_JCA Literary.htm

They also have a blog of sorts here: http://www.jcabooks.com/ with a lot of book trailers, but I'm a little unsure what it all means. I guess their lack of a presence here (unless they do have one and I just can't find it because the search won't let me do a three letter search) is worrying me a little.

So, legit? Making sales? Making YA sales? Anyone?

There was a bankruptcy filing notice for the JCA agency in the NYTimes a couple years ago---not a particular shock, since my agent at this agency essentially went AWOL a year before that. Stay clear if it ever comes back.

The bankruptcy thing was a disgruntled ex-employee trying to get back for perceived slights. Nothing came of it. The agency keeps a lower profile than many (e.g., no more website), but they are by no means out of business nor, unless someone here knows something I don't, in any way suspect.

If anyone here does not something I don't, please advise.

"Low-profile literary agent" is always cause for some concern. At minimum, it calls for some extra rounds of research to make sure they're still making sales.