Laura Zats
Literary Agent
Headwater Literary Management
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
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My kingdom for a book featuring a sex worker who doesn’t wind up dead or horribly punished in some way #mswl

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Forever waiting on a Lake Superior horror novel #MSWL

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Writers, I'm back open to queries, with a few added genres and updated #MSWL! Head on over to headwaterliterary.com to learn more and submit.
I look forward to reading your work!

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what if horse girls are like that bc they’re secretly vying for their place as one of the next four horsemen of the apocalypseOkay so I’m not usually a fan of Christian apocalypse stuff but, uh, #mswl

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Laura (Closed to Queries) Zats @LZats
My little treat to myself today is rewriting my #mswl. I think you’re all in for some fun surprises 😉Pssst—I’ve put my new #mswl featuring some shiny new categories up on the @HeadwaterLit site!

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Laura Zats @LZats
Me: *going to be very chill about agents flying into my city*Also me: hey @ericsmithrocks you’re three blocks from where Hemingway was born and lemme tell you real quick about Saint Paul during prohibition and why the gangsters hung out here and also who lives where and why
Listen, I have a deep and abiding #mswl about John O’Connor and Nina Clifford

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Why don't I ever see an "I'm in love with my BFF's ex but am not allowed to date him" book end with the BFFs dating? #MSWL

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If your YA could be described as "fluff" by "serious" non-YA readers, query me! #MSWL

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If your SF/F is bordering on horror, tell me about it! #MSWL

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If the protagonist in your YA has weird-ass enthusiasms, I want to read about them #MSWL

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If your book contains a heist, mash that send button #MSWL

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If your worlds are non-Western in inspiration, hit me up #MSWL

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#MSWL if your MS contains the following hobbies/interests, consider me intrigued:
beer
bourbon
tea
cheese
baking
cooking
boxing
fencing
tabletop gaming
themed festivals

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If your romance has an enemies-to-lovers and/or a forced-proximity trope I'm in. #MSWL

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If your romance hero is Wounded but Soft, I'm in #MSWL

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If everyone in your book is queer, I want to see it #MSWL

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If a reader thinks that your book is SF and a completely different reader is CONVINCED that it's LitFic, I want to see it #MSWL