Alex Slater
@abuckslater
Literary agent at Trident Media Group. Enthrall me with your acumen.
Manhattan, NY
Alex Slater @abuckslater · 2w
Nebraska girl DQ'd from soccer game because she was listed as a boy. So her teammates cut their hair in solidarity… https://t.co/nfIJw5IcVX
Here the climactic scene of my favorite, unwritten middle grade novel. #MSWL https://t.co/InbiUKJ2sz
Alex Slater @abuckslater · 2w
Do you read a lot of Junot Díaz? Jesmyn Ward? If writers like them are your heroes, we will get along. Send me their progeny. #MSWL #YA #MG
Alex Slater @abuckslater · 2w
I'm also looking for the weird, surreal, hilarious literary #YA that blends genres and punches guts. #OwnVoices are 🔑. #MSWL
Alex Slater @abuckslater · 2w
While these excellent #PitMad pitches are scrolling by, thought I'd re-up the old #MSWL ...
Please send me #YA & #MG stories about the immigrant experience. Can be set either in this world or another, but make it authetic. #MSWL
Alex Slater @abuckslater · May 17
Tiny meatball-shaped Janus plays catch-up with big sister moon Rhea. https://t.co/t9yhKm2c4f https://t.co/CqLhP1sJh2
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Apr 13
8-year-old learns to drive on YouTube, heads to McDonald's https://t.co/PirtcbmTqz
#MSWL and what this headline doesn't say is that he brought along his younger sister and obeyed every street sign. https://t.co/bu2jDZFhtS
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Mar 27
No one bothered to tell contestants living in the wild that the reality show they were shooting had been canceled… https://t.co/C8HSE4VExD
omg #MSWL forever. https://t.co/lCHGBjlEQp
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Mar 21
Got a weird, hard-to-categorize, scary but hopeful, personal yet timely, teen-voiced novel that you don't really know what to do with? #MSWL
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Feb 8
What I wish for? Evidence that youre aware of the conversation already going on. Is your character underpresented in fiction? Send it. #MSWL
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Feb 8
"How about some great comps? Like, 'Atlanta' meets 'Bone Gap' or 'Speak' meets 'Moonlight'? Brave, bold, diverse #YA ...#MSWL...
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Feb 8
"Hmm...I'll also do some dark, literary middle grade...Ooo, is that a retelling? Of the Vanishing Hitchhiker? Throw that on... #MSWL ...
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Feb 8
I love #MSWL . It's like picking ice cream toppings - "I'll take some #YA fantasy based on Pakistani myths...#ownvoices please...
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Jan 30
#MSWL Your YA series based on non-western myths...Your middle grade that feels slightly creepy and your not sure what to call it...Your best
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Jan 24
#MSWL : Spiritual sci-fi, like Arrival or The OA, with diverse characters for young adults. 🙏👊🌀
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Jan 17
Had a great discussion with a new client today. Told her I really admire her trust in her readers. #MSWL : narrative voice with confidence.
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Jan 12
This teenager discovered her doppelgänger in a mall. And then another. And then another. And then another. https://t.co/CBEAPuXuxj
Uhhh....#MSWL!!! https://t.co/BjiYempvTj
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Jan 3
New year, same #MSWL . But I do wish for: more teeth. More ferocity. Higher stakes. Lives in the balance. Unnormal books for unnormal times.
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Dec 2
My #MSWL is #diverse . I'm not here to help. I'm here cuz my liberation is bound to yours. Publishing needs to include all voices. #OwnVoices
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Dec 2
As for #MG I want adventure! I want creepy! I want a spare, measured prose that crackles with insight from an idiosyncratic character. #MSWL
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Dec 2
#MSWL time! Gimme #YA told in new ways. Mix up chronology. Mess with convention, Tarantino-style. A jewelbox click with the final sentence.
My #MSWL also includes Southern Gothic #YA , especially if it involves the Blues or Gospel. Think CARAVAL meets the Rolling Thunder Revue.
