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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Q193: A mystery/thriller. I rep neither. #500queries
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Q192: I'm still convinced that the only person who can do succubi right is Louisa Burton. #500queries
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Q191: More YA about dreams and the people who control them. Not a twist in sight. #500queries
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Q190: It's finally happened. I'm getting queries that aren't good fits just so authors can see me tweet about them on #500queries.
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Q189: MG where adults are the bad guys. Adult = villain isn't exciting enough for me. Give me something more complicated! #500queries
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Q188: "I have allowed 6 people to read the MS." No. You're LUCKY they beta'd. If they didn't rip it apart, you need to have more #500queries
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Q187: Any character named anything close to Illyria will just make me sad that Fred died, and I get distracted and don't req. #500queries
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Q186: Unless you can deliver Tom Hiddleston to me, I'm not terribly interested in books with Loki and Thor at the moment. #500queries
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Q185: Litfic about how tough it is to be a privileged while male. There's a lot of that out there, and it's not for me. #500queries
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Q184: SF. Too many proper nouns. Got bored then confused. #500queries
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Q183: Erotica with characters with cool jobs. Unfortunately, I'm not drawn to the characters themselves. #500queries
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Q182: C WF. Characters really need to stand out in this genre, and these characters don't. #500queries
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Q181: Query is attached. I don't open attachments. #500queries
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Q180: interesting premise, but is sold as YA even though it doesn't feel YA. Pass. #500queries
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Q179: DEXTER meets LORD OF THE FLIES. Intrigued. Request. #500queries
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Q178: Short stories. I do not do short stories. Protip: an agent only reps what they say they rep on their website. #500queries
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Q177: Query that doesn't tell me about the book, and instead attaches pages. This is a lazy query, gentle readers. LAZY! #500queries
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Q176: Oh, joy. A female protagonist whose only motivation is to get a boyfriend. #500queries
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Q175: Fantasy novel AND metafiction. My brain hurts. #500queries
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Q174: I have discovered that I'm leery of any YA with a secret society of "Guardians." It means a special snowflake is lurking. #500queries