Ether...cool that you received a request because this was under Karen's name on the new site's submission page:
"Authors:
Due to my current focus on developing the illustration division of Red Fox Literary, I am only accepting middle grade and young adult novel submissions from authors who have attended conferences at which I’ve spoken. You can find a calendar on our blog with information about upcoming conferences. I am not accepting picture book manuscripts unless these are written by an illustrator I am interested in representing."
Did you cite a conference you attended? Or was this request due to the fact she hadn't merged yet?
Just in case others want to query her!
I just went and poked around the website and realized that this quote above is mistakenly attributed to Karen. This is actually from the section from Abi (Abigail) who represents illustrators. Karen represents authors and her submission information reads (in addition to the bit about accepting submissions from the 1st to the 7th of the month):
PICTURE BOOKS: Submit a query letter with the full manuscript.
FICTION: Submit a query letter, synopsis, and the first ten pages.
NON-FICTION: Submit a query letter, proposal, and one sample chapter.
I am not interested in:
Mass Market Board or Novelty Books
Activity Books/Workbooks
Self-Help
Science Fiction
High Fantasy
Dystopia
Memoir
Hope that helps clarify. (And points out the necessity of scrolling slowly when visiting an agency's website.)