Taylor Geldermann
Sourcebooks
My Manuscript Wish List®
I’m looking to acquire both Young Adult and New Adult fiction for our Sourcebooks Fire imprint.
I am drawn to works with a distinct voice, with characters that grab hold of you and don’t let go, or anything with a high concept that might be deemed a bit “weird” or “unusual”! New twists and takes on beloved genres and tropes is always a plus.
Some of my favorite fiction tropes are: found family, burn the world for you (except they REALLY will), villain redemption, hero-to-villain arc, morally gray characters, the power of friendship!, betrayal, heists, grizzled and world-weary mentor assists child with heroic duties, sunshine character loses their mind to protect their lover/friends etc., etc.
I am particularly passionate about diverse works, and I am on the lookout for books with queer, BIPOC, and neurodivergent characters and by authors with these identities!
**I am only accepting agented submissions at this time.**
Fun facts about me:
- I was born and raised in Chicago, and I went to school at the University of Iowa where I pursued a B.A. in English (Publishing Track) and a B.A. in Psychology! I also received a Certificate in Publishing from the Denver Publishing Institute in 2021.
- I’m rarely at my computer without my 15-year-old yorkie who grumbles her opinion at regular intervals.
- I consistently lose many hours to Archive of Our Own reading about characters who never became or will never become canon.
- I still firmly believe that Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender has one of the best redemption arcs of all time in any media.
- My Spotify Wrapped top song is always that song I played 200+ times that one random week in March.
- My hobbies include watching the Watcher channel on YouTube or Lord of the Rings lore videos and wandering aimlessly in Barnes & Noble with a pair of headphones on.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to taylor.geldermann@sourcebooks.com
I’m Currently Looking For…
YA/NA Fiction:
· Fantasy – high, epic, urban, dark, cozy, folklore-inspired, etc.
· Romantasy (low/medium/high spice OK for New Adult)
· Contemporary Romance (low/medium/high spice OK)
· LGBTQ+/queer fiction and/or romance
· Dark Academia
· Horror
· Thriller
· Mystery
· Graphic Novel (fantasy, romance, mystery/thriller, horror)
Right Now Please Don’t Send Me…
· Adult fiction/nonfiction
· Historical fiction
· True crime
· Spiritual/religious/inspirational fiction or nonfiction
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
#ownvoices, BIPOC, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Commercial YA, Commercial and Literary, Complicated Relationships, Contemporary Fantasy, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary YA, Cozy Fantasy, Cross-genre, Cultural Criticism, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Dark topics with a light touch, Disability, Diversity, Dystopia, Ensemble Casts, Epic Fantasy, Experimental, Fairytale Retellings, Family Drama, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy YA, Female Friendships, Feminist, Folklore, Gaming, Geek Culture, Gothic Fantasy, Gothic Horror, Graphic Novels, Hauntings, High Concept, High Fantasy, High-concept YA, Historical Fantasy, Humor YA, Immigrant Voices, Intersectionality, LGBT YA, LGBTQ+, Layered Family Stories with multiple narrators, Literary YA, Low Fantasy, Magic, Magical Realism YA, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health, Modern Retellings of Fairy Tales, Modernized Mythologies, Monsters, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural, Multicultural and Diverse Thriller and Mystery, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Mysteries, Mystery / Crime, Mythic, Mythic Horror, Narrative, Neurodiversity, New Adult, Novels in Verse, Occult, POC, Paranormal, Paranormal Horror, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal Thriller, Pop Culture, Popular Science/Psychology, Portal fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Psychological Thrillers, Racial Justice, Reference & Social Sciences, Retellings, Rom-com, Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy Favorite sub-genres: Absolutely all of them!, Series Romance, Sexuality, Shakespeare Retellings, Smart Beach Reads, Social Issues, Social Science, Speculative Fiction, Steamy RomComs, Supernatural, Tarot, Trauma, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket YA, Urban Fantasy, Worldbuilding, YA, YA Contemporary, YA Contemporary Romance with layers, YA Crossover, YA Fantasy, YA Mystery, YA Rom-Coms, YA Romantasy, YA Thrillers, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA horror, YA/MG graphic novel, Young Adult, bad at feelings, campus novel, chapter books, character-focused fiction, classic retellings, coming of age, creatures, crime, crossover appeal, dark academia, dark fantasy, diverse, diverse and own voices, dramedy, enemies to lovers, epistolary novels, erotic romance, fairy tales, found family, friendship, gender, ghost story, gothic romance, hopepunk, horror, hurt/comfort, invisible disability, just one bed, just... all the tropes, locked room, love stories, mental illness, non-Western fantasy, non-western settings, pining, psychology, queer, queer horror, queer narratives, quirky, rivals to lovers, romantic New Adult, slow burn, slow burn romance, small-town romance, stories that don't fit neatly into a genre, thoughtful graphic novels, traditional fantasy, tropes tropes tropes, two people one bed, visible disability, weird fiction, whimsical, who did this to you, whodunnit, witchcraft, witches
I’d like the next…
Young Adult version of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, Laura Nowlin-level contemporary tearjerker, and coming-of-age supernatural mystery with Gravity Falls vibes.
My favorites include…
Books
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
- Babel by R.F. Kuang
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
TV Shows
- Shadow and Bone
- House of the Dragon
- Rings of Power
- Peaky Blinders
- The Umbrella Academy
- Killing Eve
- Queen’s Gambit
- The Haunting of Hill House
- Hannibal
- Merlin
- Sherlock
- The Witcher
- Sex Education
- Anne with an E
- Fleabag
- Yellowjackets
- The Last of Us
- The Bear
- Fallout
- Gravity Falls
Video Games
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Dragon Age Inquisition
- Final Fantasy 6, 7 (OG/Remake/Rebirth), 14-16
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- God of War
