Ali Herring
Literary Agent
Spencerhill Associates
Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 π Eclectic in life & books. I π Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens π½ rock!

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Kiley Autumn @KileyAWrites
Looking for #MG where the narrator every once in awhile casually addresses the reader (i.e. "You know how sometimes..." or "Have you ever had a stone stuck in your shoe?"), but NOT in a "This is what happened to me last summer & I'm going to tell you about it" type way. Thoughts?You know, #MSWL for when I reopen.

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Ali Herring (closed to queries until 8/16) @HerringAli
I have now answered every query in QM I received PRIOR to closing to queries at the beginning of summer. I've got inbox zero for when I reopen tomorrow.#MSWL -YA historical realistic centered on a historical but fictionalized MC -High-concept fast-moving YA -Contemporary MG -space opera -generation ship setting -western settings / adventure -inspy & category romance -accessible scifi -diverse scifi -Hallmark-esque MG 1st love

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Ashlie Danielle Stevens @AshlieD_Stevens
Some of you never read "The Boxcar Children" and had a summer of daydreaming about harvesting blueberries and keeping bottles of milk cool in a stream and it shows.I adore the summer I got to dream all this and if someone ever sent me a MG novel that gave me these feels, I would sign them in a heart beat. #MSWL

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#MSWL Middle Grade kid chefs. Lots of unique fun-for-kids recipes the character make themselves that kid readers can try to make.

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#MSWL Middle Grade Mystery w/a girl protag! Think THE INHERITANCE GAMES but for middle grade (not that exact concept; Iβm just giving an example of π₯-high-concept mystery). Fast plotting. Short chapters. Chapter cliff hangers, pls. Commercial but some emotional nuance too pls!

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Sarah McCabe @sarahrmccabe
Dear agents,Just want to put out the call again that I'd love to see more fantasy/sci-fi middle grade submissions in my inbox! I have a TON of space for mg on my list right now, so [*insert grabby hands here*]!! #MSWL pic.twitter.com/ra3pNds2li
Iβd love some middle grade sci-fi too! #MSWL

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Really happy to see my MIDDLE GRADE HORROR list growing with @saskwriter and @Lora013's debuts. I'm always looking for horror across the board from MG to YA to Adult, though not of the gross-out variety, but do give me eerie, tension-filled, scary with heart! #MSWL #MG #horror

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Ali Herring (is closed to queries) @HerringAli
Itβs a weird goal, but I really want to be known as the middle grade horror queen literary agent extraordinaire (flashy title, ha!). I love MG horror. I love how it stretches kids. How it can be used as a vehicle for talking about things like anxiety, grief & other big emotions.So send me your MG horror #MSWL when I reopen. Iβm picky as all get-out, so the road is narrow. And obviously if I sign several authors in the same genre, they have to have different flavors to set them apart. But I want to see it.

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Janyre Tromp @JanyreTromp
My kids built a fort and named it Fort Skittles π€£ pic.twitter.com/TULsZy7hnoOh thatβs sooooo cool!!! I call #MSWL. Someone give me an awesome middle grade novel about a group of normal everyday neighborhood kids who go into a forest everyday after school and live out magical lives. Like a happy Bridge to Terabithia.

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Lamar Giles @LRGiles
My Hollywood peeps...a question for you? Why canβt we get some Black kids doing light, fun stuff? Going on adventures? Like, whatβs it take? Societal ills need to be addressed. Racism gotta get got. There are still 19 notable slaves yet to get a biopic. I get it.This is one of my eternal #MSWLβs. Iβd really love some middle grade here. Think Goonies. Think space adventure. Think Indiana Jones. Think Flipped. Think Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys. Maybe a contemporary about a boy gymnast. Something! Anything light & fun with diverse characters.

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Angie Thomas @angiecthomas
Somebody please write this YA book. Preferably a Black man. Thank you. twitter.com/SlaylerJ/statuβ¦I would love to see this, but I kinda want it as an MG. #MSWL

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I would REALLY REALLY like a βDumplinβ for the middle grade audience. In these formative years, there needs to be a book about accepting/loving yourself, how to handle bullies, positive coping mechs, finding true friends, and just general body positivity. #MSWL

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On the hunt for middle grade and young adult manuscripts that are really joyful and feature characters from marginalized backgrounds. #MSWL

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Middle grade contemporary fantasy. #mswl

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Horror & horror. All types & ages (mg, ya, adult). Could be super scary. Psychological. Thriller. Mystery. Warm Bodies-esque. Odd Thomas-esque. Any way you slice it. #MSWL

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#MSWL middle grade with a sense of adventure, fantasy, fantastic word building. Super voicey. Something that belongs on a shelf near other Rick Riordan Presents books.

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#MSWL Would love to see some fantasy based on non-western cultures. Adult, YA and MG. I will look at it all but especially like darker elements.