Tyler Monson

Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

My Manuscript Wish List®

Tyler joined Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. in 2023. Tyler loves books about everyday life and the moments that rupture its routine to surprise, delight, frustrate, reroute, and renew our humanity and bend toward hope. He seeks out fiction and nonfiction that imagines otherwise and other ways of being in the world. In fiction, he enjoys writing about place, family, desire, and time in playful or inventive ways. Tyler values nonfiction that centers the voices of those who live in the margins of the social, political, and cultural mainstream, especially queer and trans folks. Also, he is interested in literary criticism and essays, data collection and its uses, and everything about tennis.

Submission Guidelines

SLL requires a query letter, summary, and first three chapters of the manuscript.

Guidelines & Details

Vital Info

tyler@sll.com

Website

(Assistant) Literary Agent, Agent

Fiction:

Action/Adventure, BIPOC Literature, Bookclub, Caribbean Literature, Contemporary, Crime, East Asian Literature, Family Saga, General, Historical, LGBTQ, Literary, Magical Realism, Neo-Western, Poetry, Short Story, South Asian Literature, South East Asian Literature, Speculative, Speculative Literary, Sports, Thriller, Upmarket Speculative, West African Literature, Western, Women’s Fiction

Non-Fiction:

Art, Cultural criticism, Current Events, Fashion, Feminism and women\'s issues, History, LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, Sports, Witches/Witchcraft

Favorite sub-genres:

African Diaspora, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, BIPOC, Book Club, Caribbean Literature, Crime & Thriller, Cultural Criticism, Diaspora Narratives, Domestic Fiction, Essay collections, Film & Theater & TV, Gothic, Grounded, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Latine Diaspora, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Multicultural, Multigenerational, Mystery / Crime, Noir, POC, Poetry, Pop Culture, Racial Justice, Sexuality, Short Stories, Slice of life, Social Issues, Social Justice, South Asian, South East Asian Literature, Southern Fiction, Southern Gothic, Southern Literary, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Thriller, Strong Females, Suspense, Thriller, Transformative Justice, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Fiction, West African Literature, Westerns, coming of age, contemporary, gender, literary, migration, narrative non-fiction, nonfiction, novella, queer, subversive, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, weird fiction