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Jake Babad
Proprietor and President · Westwood Creative Artists
Toronto, ON · CA
Unclaimed — compiled from public sourcesAbout
Became WCA's President after acquiring the agency with Hilary McMahon in March 2025. Studied film and English literature at the University of Toronto, then the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College. Also a lawyer (Osgoode Hall Law School), practicing in defamation, IP, and corporate law alongside agenting.
Wishlist — looking for
- ·Building a small list: crime and mystery with a strong sense of place, upmarket literary fiction (especially family dynamics), sci-fi and fantasy. Nonfiction: behaviour and neuroscience, economics, family and parenting, labour and the culture of work, law and social justice, popular culture.
Query method
Submission requirements
Credentials/bio, contact info, social handles, brief synopsis, and a 10-20 page writing sample in the body of the email, plus prior submission history, to the agency's submissions address.
Response expectations
Up to six months; replies only to successful queries.