Annie Hwang

...And for me, that's the whole goddamn point of it all.

If you feel like we'd be a good fit, please query me here. I'd love to hear from you:
pandeliterary.com/queries-pandeliterary

a clear, discernible emotional logic driving the momentum of the book that's integral to the plot & characters)
2⃣Phenomenal opening pages (confidence to the prose, rhythm to the language, a voice that burrows into the brain)
3⃣ Clear understanding of the work I look to rep & why

Queries that make me reach out with a request for more pages tend to have the following:
1⃣ Compelling query letter (the way the writer talks about the book—the characters, the world, the stakes—makes me curious enough to care instead of making me wonder "so what?" and move on...

Have also been craving more stories of "model minorities" behaving badly (think The Brothers Sun, Beef, etc)—one of my favorite genres that I'm still trying to figure out how to classify is "completely unhinged and yet completely believable".

I'm mostly looking for evocative and atmospheric literary fiction these days (my dark little heart tends to love being surprised and tenderized by the weird, strange, uncanny, gothic).

I've officially re-opened to queries today after a long hiatus away from my query inbox, so here's an updated #mswl of what I'm looking for these days:

The subversive cannibalism story I am 💯 percent here for. There's a small part of me that wants to hate how excited I am for this one but can't.

And while I'm at it, consider this a vibe for my #mswl (pls dear god don't make me regret this one...)

Loving all the book recs, though more what I'm looking for are projects in the vein of these titles to represent, so please query me with your dark "bad mom" books! #MSWL

So...I recently had my first kid and now I want all the dark "bad mom" books. Think Nightbitch, The School for Good Mothers, The Push, etc. #mswl

More books about "model minorities" behaving badly, please—thank you @vanessahua for this wonderful roundup: bit.ly/2vOeZHt And while we're at it, consider this a #mswl.

Putting it out there: I want to see a book about "Tiger Girls". #mswl

Have been dying to work on a flower book! wapo.st/2L8arxw meets The Language of Flowers #mswl

Literary Cli-Fi, please! #mswl

#MSWL: Just got back from Taiwan and now I want a Madame Chiang novel more than ever. #MondayMotivation

More intersectionality in submissions please! #MondayMotivations #MSWL

Talk about refreshing: Inaugural @Staunch2018 Book Prize will be awarded to the author of a thriller in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered. Can we do it? Yes, we can: bit.ly/2nnFYSq & while we're @ it, consider this a #mswl #DoBetter

Really craving something that is: dark, subversive, literary, haunting, folkloric, mythical, and utterly irresistible #MSWL

Always want more #ownvoices projects! #mswl #FridayFeeling

Mood: Would love to see some dark fairy tale retellings...#MSWL

Would love a book about a food scientist #MSWL