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I am in the market for more upmarket women’s fiction and romance in adult and young adult, as well as horror, science fiction/fantasy, mystery/thriller/suspense and graphic novel. I'm now open to nonfiction categories as well. Particularly excited to see more humor, cooking, history, parenting, and mind/body/spirit books.
**If you'd like to learn more about what your query, synopsis, or nonfiction proposal should look like, check out The Learning Spot for more information.** In the Adult romance market, I'm particularly interested in #OwnVoices contemporary romance stories featuring persons of color, cowboys/vaqueros, intercultural relationships, small-town contemporary romances and historical romance set in 19th century America and the Caribbean. Would also love to see a historical romance set in 1920s through 1940s or during the 1980s in the South, specifically. Small town male/male romantic comedies are my jam! I'm also looking for hard science fiction romance (space opera, interplanetary adventure with a romance story at its core). **I'm not seeing enough lesbian romance in my query inbox. See specifics at bottom of this post.** I'm also looking for Adult and YA Horror with a focus on works that twist a classic trope into a contemporary setting. Give me terrifying works where you Bram Stoker's vampires and maybe a Romerian zombie in the White House (then again, this could be less fiction than I thought). I want gothic horror, classic monsters reimagined. Scare me and thrill me at the same time. I dare you. Science Fiction/Fantasy with a focus on works that blend the genres in new and inventive ways; where magic and science collide. Books like Binti by Nnedi Okorafor do this beautifully. I'd love to see some manuscripts for both adult and YA SFF that play with theme and form. Love hard science and space opera, galactic battles, spacefaring bandits and adventure stories set in space! Thriller/Suspense with a focus on psychological thrillers that really mess with your mind. Think Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer. I love strong female leads and if it's #OwnVoices or written by author of color, even better! Mystery and Crime fiction with that whodunit you're chasing to uncover in a small town or metropolis. I like cozy mysteries LOVE murder mysteries with a thrilling pace. Would love a YA mystery featuring a diverse cast of kids solving a crime! In the YA market, I'm always looking for stories that feature POC main characters in contemporary romance, science fiction/fantasy romance or historical romance settings. I'd love to see a gothic romance story featuring young love where The Addams Family meets Beetlejuice meets Modern Family. Would love an urban fantasy romance featuring dragon shifters or gargoyles (or both) featuring Latinx main character. Dying for character-driven stories of young people making a difference in the world and finding love in the process. In the MG market, I'm especially drawn to #OwnVoices historical fiction, horror and graphic novels. Would love a book about historical eras and places we don't always cover in school. Would love more Latinx historical fiction in middle grade! In the LGBTQIA market, I'm always looking for more erotic romance and sweet romance stories featuring characters who identify as “queer”. I'm also actively seeking #OwnVoices young adult and new adult LGBTQIA romance titles. Would love a sports romance featuring LGBTQIA characters in non-traditional sports: lacrosse, extreme sports, martial arts, rodeo, parkour, longboard, rock climbing, geocaching, stand-up paddling, etc. And because I'm a geek, a fun romance story featuring gaming at its core: tabletop, video games, or RPGs. Where are all my lesbian romance writers? Send me more beautiful love stories across all genres featuring women loving each other. From chaste, sweet contemporary romances, to steamy, historical romance novels, I'm eager to see more of these in my inbox. Query me via QueryManager following my agency's submission guidelines. |
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