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Tracy Marchini (she/her) is a children’s author and Senior Literary Agent at BookEnds, Jr.

She joined BookEnds in June 2016 as their first picture book and illustration agent, and is thrilled to represent a diverse and inclusive list of debut and award-winning creators of fiction, non-fiction, and illustration for children. She came to BookEnds with more than ten years of experience in children's literature, including at an agency, as a freelance editor and children's book reviewer.

As a children's author, her picture book debut Chicken Wants A Nap (Creative Editions) was called "A surprising gem" in a starred Kirkus review and was nominated for the 2019 Bridge to Reading Picture Book Awards. Her sophomore picture book, Princesses Can Fix It! (Page Street Kids), was praised by Kirkus as “A fix for tired gender roles.”

She holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons College and a BA in English, with a concentration in Rhetoric from Binghamton University, and as an author has won grants from the Highlights Foundation, the Puffin Foundation and La Muse Writer’s Retreat in Southern France.