Paige Terlip
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
My Manuscript Wish List®
Paige Terlip represents all categories of children’s books from picture books to young adult, as well as select adult fiction and nonfiction.
Across age categories, Paige is drawn to high concept novels with captivating hooks, snarky characters with hearts of gold, creative magic systems, complicated relationships, and found families. She loves well-plotted twists, being a little bit scared, and stories that explore the fluidity of gender and bring queer experiences to light. Regardless of genre, she is seeking inclusive, intersectional voices and gorgeous line-level writing with emotionally compelling narratives.
On the adult side she is open to thrillers/psychological suspense, fantasy, upmarket fiction, cozy mysteries, as well as platform-based nonfiction and self-help that centers the mind, body, and spirit. She loves stories that make her feel a range of emotions, even if that means she ugly cries while reading. She wants a narrative that will stick with her long after reading.
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Submission Guidelines
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Vital Info
I’d like the next…
I would love to find compelling adult fiction:
- thought-provoking fiction with complex emotional relationships–think The Vanishing Half
- BIPOC/queer commercial fiction (including cozy mysteries and rom-coms!)–like The Boyfriend Project
- dark and twisty thrillers (that surprise me and address the “why” not just the “who” done it)–in the vein of Tana French,
- literary horror a la Lovecraft Country or The Haunting of Bly Manor.
My favorites include…
I have so many favorites, I’m sure I’m forgetting some, but here are a few…
Picture Books: Eyes That Kiss At the Corners; All Because You Matter; This is Not My Hat; Haylee and Comet; Pink is for Blobfish; Radiant Child; We Are Water Protectors; Libby Loves Science; The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles; The Undefeated
Middle Grade: Once Crazy Summer; Better With Butter; Keeper of the Lost Cities; Ella Enchanted; Love Sugar Magic; Brown Girl Dreaming; New Kid; The Parker Inheritance; Measuring Up; The Girl That Drank the Moon; Coraline; Julieta and the Diamond Enigma; Dollbones
Young Adult: The Scorpio Races; You Bring the Distant Near; Burn Baby Burn; Sawkill Girls; Merciful Crow; Graceling; A Study in Charlotte; The Hero and the Crown; A Line in the Dark; We Are Okay; Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All; When Dimple Met Rishi
Adult: Once There Were Wolves; How Far the Light Reaches; The Poison Thread; City of Brass; Daughter of the Forest; Mystic and Rider; In the Woods; Soul of an Octopus; The Water Dancer; She Who Became the Sun
TV/Movies: Abbott Elementary; Schitt’s Creek; Great British Baking Show; You’ve Got Mail; Gilmore Girls; Kim’s Convenience; Castle; Miss Congeniality; Bones; The Magicians; Parks and Rec; Kid’s Baking Championship; The Good Place; Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist; Bunheads
