Hillary Fazzari

You can find me on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/hillaryfazzari.bsky.social

I don't really use Threads/Insta, so your best bet to follow #MSWL updates or updates on querying me will be Bluesky or my Manuscript Wishlist page at manuscriptwishlist.com, which I do plan to keep updated!

Specific #MSWL :

Lower MG with the heart and humor of Ivy + Bean or a lower MG version of Eloise. Illustrations in projects like these are welcome!!!

Specific #MSWL :

A fun, pace-y (maybe humorous) mystery series for MG or YA à la A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE, TROUBLE IS A FRIEND OF MINE, THE FOURTH STALL, Stuart Gibbs’ SPACE CASE or FunJungle books, or an updated Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden (especially Trixie Belden!).

Specific #MSWL :

Settings outside the U.S. tied to big idea, high concept premises with sticky hooks.

Specific #MSWL :

High concept, upmarket work that explores family/culture/history à la THE JOY LUCK CLUB.

Specific #MSWL :

Stories that involve managing fame/fortune as an emerging adult (could be ensemble cast as in the protagonist is a member of an idol group) & could involve pace-y elements of suspense/romance. Really looking for high concept, not too introspective stuff.

Specific #MSWL :

Stories that involve elements of fandom.

Specific #MSWL :

High concept, fun New Adult books that can start to branch out the emerging category with material that has tones comparable to Ally Carter, Stephanie Tromly, Jenny Han but with storylines for a New Adult audience.

Specific #MSWL :

Highly commercial MG books that play with format and have robust storylines: think DIARY OF A WIMPY KID or TAPPER TWINS.

Specific #MSWL :

Shorter books in the MG space (i.e., 250 pages or less): highly commercial, fun, tightly plotted and accessible to reluctant readers w/high concept premises and standout protagonists, especially w/tones like Stuart Gibbs’, Varian Johnson’s, or Geoff Rodkey’s.

Specific #MSWL :

I’d love a snappy, highly commercial YA series with a sticky hook and a memorable/endearing main character; probably contemporary (any subgenre), comparable to what GALLAGHER GIRLS was but with an unrelated premise.

General #MSWL 3:

Very commercial books for New Adult and Adult Gen-Z and Millennial audiences that feature sticky hooks and feel like they’re doing something fun, new, and BIGGER with their genre.

General #MSWL 2:

Select Adult upmarket/literary work that is super high concept and feels fresh and hyper relevant (especially work that explores or intersects family/culture/history à la THE JOY LUCK CLUB).

General #MSWL 1:

Highly accessible, super high concept kids’ books in all age bands (especially with an emphasis on throw-back tones/formats but with *new*, unrelated-to-the-older-work premises).

You can query me here: QueryManager.com/HillaryFazzari

For my full Manuscript Wishlist page visit here:
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hillary-fazzari/

🚨Super excited to announce I've REOPENED to queries!!

Below, is my updated, general #MSWL (left image) and my more specific, particular #MSWL (right image), both of which I'll be threading here so that they're easy to find. 🧵 1/?

#MSWL

Query link: QueryManager.com/HillaryFazzariyFazzari/MSWL

Please note which #MSWL item your book fits in your query.

If you have something similar but you’re not sure it’s an exact match, feel free to ask me if I’d like to see it now or wait until I open to all queries again soon!

These are not every #MSWL item I’ve ever posted (since some of those are broad) but just the specific things in the image below (and also 🧵'd in tweets below), so if you have something that fits an item on this list, feel free to send it my way on the link at the end of this 🧵:

I’ve been hungry for some specific things lately, so as I’m reading through the wonderful fulls I’ve got, I’m going to temporarily open to queries for some very specific #MSWL items. 🧵WITH INSTRUCTIONS BELOW 👇