Liv Ivanov

I’ve always had a passion for reading wildly immersive, character-driven novels and am absolutely ecstatic that I now have a chance to champion new voices in the industry who have the potential to make an impact on other people’s lives.

Overall, I’m looking for character-driven stories, compelling premises, fantastically immersive settings, and most of all — I want to find that next unputdownable story I can’t stop raving to my friends and family about! I’m particularly interested in:

• Stories written by authors who identify with a marginalized or traditionally underrepresented group
• A strong voice — this is especially important to me; I want to be fully immersed in the mind and world of the main character
• Well-developed, complex, and/or flawed main characters
• Enthralling, robustly-structured plots that are full of twists and tension
• Witty banter, and well-written dialogue
• Prose that makes me want to laugh, cry, or think about life more deeply (I want to feel ALL the feelings)
• For SFF — creative, well-thought-out magic systems, as well as unique sci-fi elements that really make a story stand out in the genre

MSWL

I’m especially on the lookout for a sapphic fantasy full of messy, morally-gray characters, a bone-chilling psychological thriller, a hilarious queer rom-com, and a reality-bending eco-horror or stories where nature/settings are sentient. If your story has a music-related or computer science-influenced magic system, I want to see it! I’m also really interested in representing stories that focus on and/or are written by underrepresented voices and authors from a diverse set of cultures and backgrounds, such as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, disability, and mental health issues.

Adult

All genres can include romance, but I like when a story is multi-faceted.

• Coming-of-age (the coming-of-age can happen at any age!)
• Horror/Paranormal
  • All things eerie and atmospheric, paranormal, monsters
  • Okay with gore and body horror
• Mystery/Thriller (Bring on the twists & turns!)
  • Small-town settings and eerie atmospheres (think Sharp Objects)
  • Innovative whodunits (think Glass Onion, Knives Out, and The White Lotus)
  • Psychological or domestic thrillers with a close first person POV (think Never Lie by Frieda McFadden)
• Dark Academia
• LGBTQIA+
  • Would love a funny queer rom-com!
• Sci-Fi
  • Anything from a light touch of sci-fi to dystopian to space-based settings
  • Multiple Timelines
  • Sci-Fantasy (Gideon the Ninth and The Fifth Season are my all time favorite books)
  • Sci-Fi Thrillers (think Project Hail Mary or Recursion)
• Fantasy
  • Light, Whimsical, or Humorous Fantasy (Assistant to the Villain)
  • Urban and Paranormal Fantasy
  • Gothic
  • Romantasy (Would love a sapphic fantasy with messy, morally gray characters)
  • Secondary worlds and high fantasy (think Foundryside)
• Dark Academia
• LGBTQIA+
  • Would love a funny queer rom-com!

YA

All genres can include romance, but I like when a story is multi-faceted.

• LGBTQIA+
  • Similar to Adult — would love a hilarious queer rom-com
• Mystery/Thriller/Horror
  • Small-town settings and eerie atmospheres
  • Whodunits and inheritance-based mysteries
  • Big on horror—if it’s creepy and unsettling I’m all here for it!

• Fantasy
  • Open to fantasies set both in our world and in a secondary world setting (Six of Crows and Strange the Dreamer are some favorites of mine)
  • Dark Academia in a Fantasy setting

Submission Guidelines

Liv only accepts queries via Query Manager