Grace Demyan

Harvey Klinger Literary

My Manuscript Wish List®

I’m seeking adult and young adult fiction in the following genres:

Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
Historical
Mystery
Thriller/Suspense

The key to my heart is fast-paced plotting, complex characters, and an interesting setting. In all genres, my tastes lean toward the dark, macabre, outlandish, violent, and shocking.

Things I Love:

Unreliable narrators
Women behaving badly
Dark romance
Time loops/alternate realities
Cyberpunk sci-fi
Hackers, con artists, and scammers
Cosmic terror
Unusual settings
Space opera/adventure
Demons, witches, and vampires
Female rage
Darkly funny voices
Madness and mayhem
Morally grey heroes
Horror/monster romance
Characters with unusual/interesting obsessions

Not The Best Fit For:

Mermaids
Theater/Reality TV settings
Cozy mysteries
Stories about the Bible
Middle grade, chapter books, picture books, graphic novels
Nonfiction
Memoir
Romantic comedies

*When in doubt, feel free to just query me!

Submission Guidelines

To query me, please use this link: https://QueryTracker.net/query/GraceDemyan

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Associate Literary Agent

Fiction:

Bookclub, Commercial, CyberPunk, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gothic, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative, Speculative Literary, Sports, Steampunk, Thriller, Upmarket Speculative, Western, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult

Favorite sub-genres:

#ownvoices, Climate Fiction, Cyberpunk, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Domestic Suspense/Thriller, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Feminist Horror, Feminist SF/F, Folklore, Geek Culture, Gothic, Historical Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Monsters, Mystery / Crime, Mythic Horror, Nature, Near future, Paranormal, Post-apocalyptic, Psychological Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Thriller, Sci-fi Thriller, Space Opera, Speculative, Steampunk, Superheroes, Supernatural, Thriller, Time Travel, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Sci-fi, YA horror, Zombies, alternate history, body horror, book club fiction, dark academia, dark fantasy, historical, historical mystery, horror, quirky, space horror, weird fiction, witches

I’d like the next…

My favorites include…

Authors: Beatriz Williams, Leigh Bardugo, Charlotte McConaghy, Ann Leckie, Adriana Trigiani, Mike Chen, V.E. Schwab, Emily Tesh, and Adrienne Young

Books: The Girl He Used to Know, The Invisible Life of Adie LaRue, Ring Shout, The Night Guest, Daisy Darker, Here and Now and Then, Rose/House, The Mountain in the Sea, Magic for Liars, and What the River Knows

TV: The Originals, The Boys, Severance, The 100, Yellowjackets, Lost, The Mentalist, Black Sails, Justified, 1883, The Office, Supernatural, Peaky Blinders, Fleabag, and The Mindy Project