Gabriela Laracuente Sánchez

With a BA in English: Editing, Writing, and Media and a minor in Women’s Studies under my belt and experience aiding authors through the process of publication, I am working to build my list of literary and upmarket adult fiction. My Hispanic upbringing has drawn me to projects that explore: 

• Adaptation: Touch on emigration, americanization, culture shock, outsider perspective, “from here nor there” experience
• Cultural identity: Portray the Latine experience in the US, the marginalized and underrepresented experience, strong historical and cultural influence
• Family dynamics: Include complex family dynamics, especially as influenced by culture
• Food: Use food as a way to reconnect with heritage and as central to the plot, themes, or setting
• Code-switching: Intentionally and seamlessly blend English and Spanish
• Womanhood: Explore womanhood and the feminine experience and its intersectionality with culture
• Elements of speculative and magical realism: Bring a hint of the out-of-this-world to the real and mundane; subtly blur the lines between dream and reality;  show far-fetched hypothetical futures

Additionally, in non-fiction, I am looking for cookbooks of Latin-American and Caribbean cuisine. 

Submission Guidelines

I am only accepting submissions via my personal Query Manager link. Please include your title, word count, genre, synopsis, and query letter. For fiction, please include the first 20 pages of your manuscript. For nonfiction, please include your book proposal.