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Morgan Hughes

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My Manuscript Wish List®

*Please note that for all of the below, I’m looking for marginalized voices and characters.*

Update 1/9/2026 – I’m looking to focus my children’s + NA list in 2026. I’d love to find a great MG Fantasy with series potential and am still on the hunt for mysteries in MG and YA. I’m most open in the NA category, but there should be a romance b plot at least.

While I will still consider Adult romance, I am looking for high concept contemporary (with maybe a magical/speculative element). I would love to find something that emotionally breaks me and puts me back together!

Picture Books

  • Sweet, lyrical stories
  • Smart (but age appropriate) humor
  • Author/illustrator

Middle Grade

  • Grounded, accessible fantasy
  • Mysteries
  • Contemporary stories focused on different types of relationships (mother/daughter, sisters, friends, etc)
  • Voicey narratives that feel authentic
  • Lower MG Chapter Books
  • Anything you can comp to THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES by Suzanne Collins or the CHARLIE BONE series by Jenny Nimmo
  • For MG graphic novels, I’d love to see a mystery or heist!

Young Adult (or crossover)

  • Accessible fantasy / romantasy
  • Love triangles!!
  • Thriller / mysteries with unique settings
    • Would love a good whodunnit, Clue-style murder mystery
  • Something with puzzles that the reader can try to solve like THE INHERITANCE GAMES
  • Villain POV (think Klaus from The Originals)
  • Swoony YA romances with a unique hook
  • For YA graphic novels, a fantasy / dark academia story would be intriguing!

New Adult

  • Contemporary Romance or Romantasy (on a limited basis)
  • Campus settings / college stories
  • Travel / wanderlust – Study Abroad college romance

Adult

  • Romantasy (on a limited basis. I tend to pick up more grounded or lite fantasy rather than high fantasy. Something more crossover than true adult…)
  • Light-hearted rom-coms, sweeping contemporary romances with unique hooks
  • Paranormal romance
  • Forbidden love
  • Fresh conflicts and fresh takes on tropes
  • Book Club Fiction with high concepts
  • Travel / wanderlust

I am not a good fit for:

  • Historical Romance
  • Heavy Science Fiction (ex: space operas, military, aliens)
  • Non-Fiction
  • Animal deaths

Submission Guidelines

Please query me here: https://QueryManager.com/morganhughes

Guidelines & Details

Vital Info

morgan@fineprintlit.com

@mohughes22

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Fiction:

Bookclub, Children's, Commercial, Contemporary, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Literary, Middle Grade, New Adult, Romance, Romcom, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult

Favorite sub-genres:

Adult Rom Com, Adult Romantasy, Book Club, Children's, Commercial MG, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial YA, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary YA, Family Drama, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy YA, Funny MG, Grounded fantasy, High Concept, High-concept YA, High-concept YA/MG, Literary Middle Grade, Literary YA, Literary YA & MG, Literary YA/MG, MG, MG Action Adventure, MG Fantasy, MG Horror, MG adventure, MG contemporary, MG mystery, MG/YA, Magical Realism, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Contemporary, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Mystery, Mothers and Daughters, Paranormal Romance, Picture Book, Retellings, Romance, Romantic Drama, Whodunit, YA, YA Contemporary, YA Contemporary Romance, YA Crossover, YA Fantasy, YA Mystery, YA Rom-Coms, YA RomCom, YA Romance, YA Romantasy, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA rom com, YA/MG graphic novel, Young Adult, book club fiction, campus novel, chapter books, dark academia, friendship, friendship stories, picture books, rivals to lovers, rom-coms, romantasy, romantic New Adult, romantic fantasy, whodunnit, witches

I’d like the next…

  • City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  • The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
  • Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  • Fate: The Winx Saga
  • The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

My favorites include…

Books: Number the Stars, The Underland Chronicles, Ella Enchanted, I’ll Give You the Sun, We Are Okay, Love and Other Words,

TV: One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Grey’s Anatomy, Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, Ginny & Georgia, Stranger Things, Bridgerton

Movies: Save the Last Dance, Star Wars, Knives Out, Ever After

Music: Taylor Swift, Kelsea Ballerini, Olivia Rodrigo, Dan + Shay, Fall Out Boy, any Broadway musical soundtrack

Video Games: Elder Scrolls