James McGowan

Since interning at BookEnds as an undergrad in the summer of 2015, James has (basically) never left. He's just continuously leveled up inside of BookEnds. Now he is the literary assistant and social media manager for the team.

James is a Staten Island native and holds a master’s degree in English from the College of Staten Island. He’s been a reader since his mom gave him the first A Series of Unfortunate Events book and ordered the sequels regularly through Scholastic book orders. He only recently learned he could be a writer, and his debut picture book, GOOD NIGHT, OPPY, publishes in Fall 2021 from Boyds Mills Kane Press.

James is currently open to submissions in picture book fiction and nonfiction, middle grade fiction and nonfiction, and adult fiction. More information can be found on the BookEnds submissions page, and you can query him here: http://QueryMe.Online/jmcgowan.

Follow him on twitter at @jmcgowanbks or Instagram at @jmcgowanbks.