Morgan Wilson

I am dedicated to supporting marginalized voices and focused on increasing the representation of those voices in the publishing industry. I am only open to receiving work from authors who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+, ND, and/or DIS. Please note that I will not ask you to disclose your marginalization unless you feel comfortable doing so.

I am open to the following age groups and genres:

In Both Adult and YA I am Looking For:

Fantasy

• I am more interested in stories that break conventional western methods, however I am open to western stories written by historically marginalized voices.
• I love most subgenres but in Adult my preferences lean towards cozy fantasy like Travis Baldree or Delemhach, blends like sci fantasy, romantasy or fantasy with horror elements and contemporary/urban fantasy like Whitney Hill.
• I would also love to see queernorm fantasy worlds and accessible fantasies!
• For YA Fantasy I would love to see more retellings, cozy fantasy and blends like sci fantasy and romantasy, or stories with strong horror elements.
• I am not the best fit for epic fantasy at this time in either age category.

Science Fiction

I am more interested in stories that contain hard science, or extrapolations on current science. I love stories set in space or involve space travel, cli-fi, are blended with horror or set after an apocalypse. I would love some science fiction horror in the vein of Mira Grant.

Horror

I am interested in almost all forms of horror, but am not the best fit for hauntings or ghosts. I love monsters and sentient forests/waters/natural settings and things that are more psychological than physical.

Romantasy

• I am most interested in sapphic romantasy or ones that involve trans/nonbinary MCs or LIs.
• I would love a YA version of Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli!

MG:

Fantasy

I love all things fantasy with middle grade but would love to see dragons and other magical creatures set in our world, witches and magical schools with diverse casts!

Horror

I love all things horror in middle grade, but would especially love haunted houses/schools, monster hunting and sentient natural settings!

Graphic Novels:

I am also open to graphic novels especially if they are fantasy, science fiction or horror. Some of my recent favorites have been Lore Olympus and Mooncakes and I love manga-inspired art, but am not a good fit for noir art styles.

Anti-MSWL

These are things I do not want to read so please do not send them to me!

• On page rape or sexual assault
• On page child abuse
• On page death of a parent, especially death from cancer
• Any military fiction or military based story line
• Pro-cop story lines
• Abusive love interests (that the MC ends up with at the end)

Not For Me (These are other agents’ favorite tropes/books but they’re not for me!):

• Superheroes
• Any nonfiction
• Women’s Fiction
• Talking Animals
• “I Can Fix Him” storylines
• Picture books or chapter books

Tropes (and other things) I Love:

• Found family, friends to lovers, rivals to lovers, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine or stabby/cinnamon roll, there’s only one bed, slow burn, anti heroes, morally gray main characters, main characters descending into darkness, outbreaks/contagions, apocalypses, anything where the food is Studio Ghibli-esque

Favorite Books/Movies/TV Shows (this is not an exhaustive list):

• Books: House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer, Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean, Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli, Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee, The Luminaries by Susan Dennard, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, The Do’s and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar, Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (or anything by her really), Small Favors by Erin A Craig, Witchlings by Claribel Ortega, The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix, An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson, Elemental by Whitney Hill, Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (and lots more)
• Movies: Parasite, Alien, Anything Studio Ghibli but especially Nausicaa and Spirited Away, Lisa Frankenstein, Queen of the Damned, The Invitation, Night Teeth, Vampires V The Bronx, Midsommar, Jurassic Park, Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Predator, Wish Dragon
• TV Shows: All of Us Are Dead, Mr Midnight: Beware the Monsters, Yu Yu Hakusho, Cowboy BeBop, Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall, Good Omens, 1899, The Silent Sea, Midnight Mass

Submission Guidelines

Please query using a Query Manager submission form here: Query Submission (querymanager.com)