Trinica Sampson-Vera

New Leaf Literary & Media

My Manuscript Wish List®

Trinica’s Manuscript Wishlist

  • In all projects, I am prioritizing #OwnVoices. I am eagerly seeking stories by authors who have historically been marginalized. I would especially love more projects by authors of color, trans and nonbinary authors, authors with disabilities, and neurodiverse authors.
  • Speculative fiction (especially horror, cozy-to-high fantasy, and anything that blends genres)
  • Romance and romcoms with a speculative twist (especially featuring #OwnVoices queer relationships)
    • I love the dynamic of someone who feels monstrous (literally or metaphorically)/unlovable and the person who’s devoted to them anyway!
    • Hyper-specific: I’d love to see a cannibalism romance! Love as consumption, however you interpret that!
  • Horror-romance/romantic horror. When it comes to horror, I prefer an elevated take that has something to say about the world.
  • NA campus stories (especially dark academia)
  • Caribbean (especially Trinidad & Tobago) characters/settings (#OwnVoices only, please!)
  • Reality TV premises with a strong hook
  • Unreliable narrators
  • Stories that support women’s wrongs
  • Found family
  • Messy, doomed, heartbreakingly passionate tragic romances featuring people who make each other worse (aka lovers to enemies with the intensity of Louis/Lestat/Armand in AMC’s Interview with the Vampire)
  • Anything that reads like fanfiction!

Trinica’s Anti-MSWL

  • Picture books
  • Chapter books/early readers
  • Law enforcement protagonists
  • Animal protagonists
  • Mental illness/disability used as a shock/horror factor
  • There are very few instances in which I’ll be excited to read POC POV characters written by authors who don’t share that identity.

Fun facts about me:

  • I play online Survivor (like the CBS show!) and live reality games . . . and I’ve won three times!
  • I’m in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign that is going on seven years (I’m partial to druids).
  • My name comes from Trinidad and California, where each of my parents was born.
  • I’ve cooked my way through two cookbooks and am always looking for new recipes to try!

Submissions should be emailed to querymanager.com/trinicasampsonvera

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Fiction:

Action/Adventure, BIPOC Literature, Bookclub, Caribbean Literature, Children's, Commercial, Contemporary, CyberPunk, Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Mystery, New Adult, Romance, Romcom, Science Fiction, Speculative, Steampunk, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult

Favorite sub-genres:

#ownvoices, Adventure, Contemporary Romance, Cozy Fantasy, High Fantasy, LGBTQIAP, Magical Realism, Speculative Fiction, Urban Fantasy, contemporary, light Sci-Fi

I’d like the next…

MG

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Young Wizards by Diane Duane

The Immortals by Tamora Pierce

Septimus Heap by Angie Sage

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

YA

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud

Tithe by Holly Black

Adult

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

My favorites include…

TV: The Last of Us, Heartstopper, Hannibal, Our Flag Means Death, Black Mirror, The Dragon Prince, The Bear, Interview with the Vampire, Orphan Black, The Good Place, Arcane, Yellowjackets

Videogames: The Last of Us, Mass Effect, Celeste, Spiritfarer, Stardew Valley, Firewatch