Ali Herring
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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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Kristin Daly Rens @kristin_rens
@rosiesrambles Rosie, I have been telling people for ages that I am dying for a high fantasy rom com!!! Itβs at the top of my #MSWL.#MSWL I will rep it! High-fantasy Rom-Com! Pleasssseee...

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Where is my ya contemporary story of a black male gymnastβs rise to glory? #MSWL

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If you can comp a YA contemporary to Princess Diaries, I want to see it in my inbox. In referral line, please put #MSWL Princess Diaries.

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Iβd π€ a scifi novel about all the aliens whoβve been quietly monitoring us for years who suddenly show up all at the same time when they start getting satellite images back of our planet after it went βquietβ due to coronavirus #MSWL so I want worried mothering alien overlords!

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Kristine Swartz @KristineESwartz
Why can't we support a woman for president. We expect women to raise a family but not a nation? twitter.com/nytimes/statusβ¦Can I please, #MSWL, have an adult fiction written documentary style (as if memoir maybe, or interview style like SLEEPING GIANTS) where a woman becomes president and overcomes all the crap.

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Oh my goodness, also Scooby Doo! #MSWL with diverse characters!

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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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ZabΓ©/Z.R. Ellor @ZREllor
My two cents on YA sci-fiβit works best when the science fiction elements line up with actual teen struggles. Uglies and Divergent are two great examples. Body image? Cliques and belonging? These books use science fiction to speak directly to the unique needs of teensIβm all for YA sci-fi, but totally agree πππ, so if you can show me how your YA SF aligns to teen struggles, then #MSWL, yβall.

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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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Ali Herring @HerringAli
I had a weird dream about a girl who lives at the base of a dormant volcano in a part of the world covered in ice/snow. Reminded me of Sueβs remote airfield in Nat Geoβs Life Below Zero. Huge red building housed all life. Transient hikers come through. #MSWL isolated teen in YA!#MSWL Same feel as The Space Between Usβthat isolation, but the action/romance/loss takes place at her remote location rather than the girl going to βcivilization.β

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I had a weird dream about a girl who lives at the base of a dormant volcano in a part of the world covered in ice/snow. Reminded me of Sueβs remote airfield in Nat Geoβs Life Below Zero. Huge red building housed all life. Transient hikers come through. #MSWL isolated teen in YA!

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Thank you to the TikTok video my kids were watching this morning. May I please have a contemporary YA set in a boarding school. Could be bubbly, could be broody. You do you. #MSWL

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Kerry Johnson @candidkerry
#WritingCommunity I donβt write scary stuff but check this out π±ππ³#amwriting twitter.com/profwaynegarciβ¦Oh wow. Thatβs #MSWL material right there.

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Can I have a horror novel about a young girl who carries around a doll (like a modern day American girl doll type doll - not old school creepy). And wherever she goes, bad things happenβbut is it the girl or the doll? #MSWL SCARE ME. MAKE ME QUESTION THINGS.

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Would love a YA where a Korean teenager sees her life as a mirror to her favorite Korean soap opera. Grew up watching these with my best friend, and think it could be unique set up. High humor, some romance, a whole lotta' drama, & strong plot. #MSWL