Lauren Abramo
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
And in honor of #MSWL day, I have to revisit this confession: twitter.com/LaurenAbramo/s…Remembered another #MSWL: #ownvoices MG/YA/adult w/ disabled MCs, including novels where disability isn't the focus, esp intersectional.
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Would love more voice-driven intersectional nonfiction on contemporary society (think Rabia Chaudry, Ijeoma Oluo, or Dylan Marron). #MSWLFor my whole #MSWL, eager for #ownvoices stories about marginalized communities AND authors from marginalized communities (OV or not).
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
A feminist psychological thriller in YA or adult that makes me wary of everyone I know. #MSWLWould love more voice-driven intersectional nonfiction on contemporary society (think Rabia Chaudry, Ijeoma Oluo, or Dylan Marron). #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
#ownvoices stories with Muslim protagonists and/or novels by Muslim authors. #MSWLA feminist psychological thriller in YA or adult that makes me wary of everyone I know. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Very accessible popular science, especially on psychology or neurology. #MSWL#ownvoices stories with Muslim protagonists and/or novels by Muslim authors. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Very eager for #ownvoices trans stories in MG, YA, and adult, including those where the MC's identity is not the central focus. #MSWLVery accessible popular science, especially on psychology or neurology. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
#MSWL Still/forever looking for this: twitter.com/LaurenAbramo/s…Very eager for #ownvoices trans stories in MG, YA, and adult, including those where the MC's identity is not the central focus. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Romance novels with heroes and/or heroines of color, especially #ownvoices. #MSWLThink you've got the contemporary answer to The Westing Game or The Outsiders? That's a high bar, but I want to see it. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
I will never not be a sucker for novels about friendship, from MG to YA to adult. Also romances with strong friend groups. #MSWLRomance novels with heroes and/or heroines of color, especially #ownvoices. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Always looking for #ownvoices #actuallyautistic contemporary fiction in MG, YA, and adult. Adventure/fantasy in MG as well. #MSWLI will never not be a sucker for novels about friendship, from MG to YA to adult. Also romances with strong friend groups. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Still very much looking for submissions from indigenous/Native/American Indian writers in MG & YA fiction & adult fiction & non. #MSWLAlways looking for #ownvoices #actuallyautistic contemporary fiction in MG, YA, and adult. Adventure/fantasy in MG as well. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
#MSWL THIS FOR SURE: twitter.com/Ioveglows/stat…Still very much looking for submissions from indigenous/Native/American Indian writers in MG & YA fiction & adult fiction & non. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Novels based on historical unsolved mysteries, especially the Somerton man, the Hinterkaifeck murder, & the Sodder kid disappearance. #MSWLAnd to double-down on the last one, someone PLEASE write me a novel inspired by Jestyn in the Somerton man case, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
More #ownvoices intersectional queer adult romance, YA, and MG. #MSWLNovels based on historical unsolved mysteries, especially the Somerton man, the Hinterkaifeck murder, & the Sodder kid disappearance. #MSWL
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Okay, #MSWL Day, here's what I'd love to see: more books by authors from marginalized communities underrepresented in publishing generally!More #ownvoices intersectional queer adult romance, YA, and MG. #MSWL
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Okay, #MSWL Day, here's what I'd love to see: more books by authors from marginalized communities underrepresented in publishing generally!
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Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Most compelling historical unsolved mysteries? Need new creepy things to be obsessed with. (Think Somerton Man, Hinterkaifeck, Sodder kids)Also, perpetual #MSWL (manuscript NEED list, even) for novels based on any of those three ⤵️.