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Hi everyone! I’m on the lookout for YA fiction under any genre (speculative, contemporary, historical). Bonus points if you have plucky protagonists, found families, subplot slow-burn romances and your characters are navigating a world like Tahereh Mafi’s Reestablishment, Chloe Gong’s 1920s Shanghai, or even Suzanne Collins’s Panem. More extra points for representation or a unique … Read more
I’m also looking for faith-based/Christian fiction and nonfiction for our Christian vertical, especially works that explore belief, doubt, grace, morality, community, history, or spiritual life with depth and nuance. I’m especially interested in thoughtful, compassionate works that engage critically and honestly with faith. Examples: any Christian writers writing on self-help through a faith-based lens any writers … Read more
Thank you for choosing to query me! I’m currently on the lookout for horror that unsettles rather than overwhelms—stories that don’t rely on excessive gore to make their impact. I’m drawn to gripping, atmospheric narratives in the vein of Nothing But Blackened Teeth and The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw. I’m especially interested in gradual, tension-driven build-ups where … Read more
Think: protagonists with the absolute, charming audacity of Anthony Lockwood in Lockwood and Co., and the grit of Alizeh in This Woven Kingdom. Bonus points if your WIP is: contemporary YA talking about larger issues OR  SFF YA set in something magic, urban or cozy fantasy or not.
American Monarchy I would love a project that has discussion on what America would look like as a Monarchy with complicated political issues, birthright discussions, unlawful (untraditical marrages), unlikely friendships, complicated- ambitious missions, ensemble cast, powerful- strategetic female leads with equal make counterparts. I would love for those sort of projects to be led by … Read more