Stephanie Katz
GiraffeLight Media Agency
My Manuscript Wish List®
My Manuscript Wish List® Items
FICTION WISHLIST: I’m looking for literary and upmarket manuscripts that flip genres on their heads with complex, multidimensional characters. I’m drawn to smart dark comedies (think How To Get To Heaven from Belfast) and humorous octogenarian escapades a la Jonas Jonasson as well as traum-com, messy family dramas that make me laugh but also bring healing, and coming of age stories from female and/or LGBTQ protagonists. Currently digging road trip novels not only set in America as well as contemporary women’s fiction.
For real-world genre fiction, give me anything set in Ireland, Antarctica, or an exotic locale. I’m seeking thrillers with unreliable narrators, mysteries with fish-out-of-water sleuths playing detective badly, and wry, sardonic cold war espionage (looking at you, Slow Horses).Â
For out of this world fiction, send fantasy in all its form (love a never before seen magic system and bonus points for dragons!). Give me spec fic that makes me think, gothic lit that won’t keep me up at night but might require sleeping with a light on, and anything with a temporal twist along.
NONFICTION WISHLIST: For my nonfiction acquisition, I want well-researched materials that teach me something practical. From business leadership and macroeconomics to personal development and psychology, I’m looking for voices contributing new information to fields with a clear thesis supported by lived experience and well-crafted arguments. Special interests include landmark legal cases relevant to social justice, intelligence and whistleblowers, investigative journalism, examinations of Ukraine and Russian relations, certain post 1900 historical narrative nonfiction from marginalized perspectives, as well as the occasional inspirational nonfiction that explores liberal interpretations of religion.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to info@giraffelightmedia.com
Please query through my website.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
"Big Idea/Think", 'big think', Accessible Literary Fiction, Adult, Adult SFF, African Fantasy, Africanfuturism, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Artificial Intelligence, BIPOC Fantasy, Bible studies, Business, Character -Driven History, Christian, Christian Living, Crime & Thriller, Cross-genre, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Dark topics with a light touch, Detective, Diaspora Narratives, Diverse Protagonists, Dystopia, Dystopian, Epic Fantasy, Family Drama, Fantasy, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist SF/F, Found Families, Gothic, Gothic Fantasy, Health, Health and Wellness, High Concept, High Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Historical Women's Fiction, Humor, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Inspirational, Inspirational Fiction, Intersectional Feminism, Intersectionality, Investigative Journalism, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ+ Fantasy, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAP, Leadership, Literary Crossover, Literary Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Low Fantasy, Magic, Magic Realism, Magical Realism, Mental Health, Mind/Body/Spirit, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Mysteries, Mystery / Crime, Narrative, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, Personal Development, Political Thriller, Portal fantasy, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, Racial Justice, Self-help, Shakespeare Retellings, Slice of life, Social Issues, Social Justice, Speculative, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Thriller, Strong Females, Suspense, Time Travel, Trauma, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, WWI, WWII, Whodunit, Women's Fiction, Worldbuilding, afrofuturism, award-winners!, bad at feelings, book club fiction, character-focused fiction, classic retellings, comedy, coming of age, contemporary women's fiction, crossover, crossover appeal, dark academia, dark fantasy, diverse, diverse voices, dramedy, family saga, fantastical, feminine narratives, fun SF/F, gothic romance, groundbreaking structures, high concept fiction, literary, literary mystery, literary suspense, nonfiction, personal finance, psychology, queer narratives, science fantasy, traditional fantasy, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, whodunnit
I’d like the next…
Jonas Jonasson, Stuart Turton, Kaveh Akbar, N.K. Jemisin, Erin Morgenstern
My favorites include…
Favorite Books: Rebecca, The Safekeep, The Glass Room, The Fifth Season, Wild Dark Shore, Lady Macbeth, Exile Music, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., Austerlitz, The Name of the Wind, The 7.5 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Night Circus, The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared, The Dublin Trilogy,Â
Favorite TV Shows:Â The Newsroom, Slow Horses, How To Get To Heaven from Belfast, Bad Sisters, Wheel of Time, 30 Rock, Ted Lasso, Derry Girls
Favorite Movies: anything by Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow, Aaron Sorkin, or Alfred Hitchcock; anything starring Patricia Clarkson, Jessica Chastain, or Cate Blanchett. Molly’s Game, Zero Dark Thirty, Casablanca, Lord of the Rings, Hacksaw Ridge, I Tonya, Miss Sloane, My Cousin Vinny, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,Â
