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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Q73: A zombie by any other name is still a zombie. And I can't sell that right now. Pass. #500queries.
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Q72: Ya. Angels. Blergh. #500queries
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Q71: YA with characters that are 20-something, and didactic. Pass #500queries
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Q70: Book 2 of a trilogy. I'm looking for new ideas, not the continuation of old ones. Pass #500queries
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Q69: YA historical. Super interesting setting and high stakes, and kick-ass female lead. Intrigued. Request. #500queries
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Q68: One book per query. If you pitch several, it's an auto pass #500queries
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Q67: It's been only a few weeks of the empath trend in YA and I'm already tired of it. Does this make me a hipster? #500queries
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Q66: Fantasy about a black man who get a gift and turns white. Uh, no. No, no, no. #500queries
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Q65: High fantasy. Setting inspired by medieval Europe. Meh. #500queries
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Q64: Didactic 90k MG. Two of these things are not my bag. Guess which ones. #500queries
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Q63: YA lesbian noir. YES PLEASE GIVE NOW. #500queries
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Q62: WF. Is 150k long. Not surprised at that, as the hook is about 200 words. Pass. #500queries
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Q61: Thriller/satire with a resume attached. A non-writing resume. Huh. #500queries
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Q60: "I'm not a good one at categorizing and marketing" I can tell, as you spent 95% of the query discussing writing the book. #500queries
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Q59: I really don't like beauty pageants, so even though this WF has a fun premise, I'm not the right agent for it. #500queries
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Q58: fantasy reminiscent of American Horror Story: Asylum. Ok, I'll bite. Req. #500queries
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Q57: Really confusing SF that's maybe about secret government groups and revenge? No idea. Pass. #500queries
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Q56: query in attachment. Don't open. Also, an angel book from the title. Double no. #500queries
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Q55: C YA with a bit of magic. Utterly confused by it, yet intrigued, so req. #500queries
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Q54: NA R. Love triangle (which I usually hate), but the writing format of the book is really innovative, so req. #500queries