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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Q333 Seeing a trend of young women forced to be assassins. This is not the best of them #500queries
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Q332 I love F where the world is based on a small-scale indigenous culture. #500queries
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Q331 WF, not in my categories #500queries
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Q330 MG. Too much plot, not enough MC to make me care #500queries
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Q329: YA C. Query made the plot seem very muddled. Pass. #500queries
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Q328: Books about rape are hugely important. But some I just can’t handle. #500queries
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Q327: Author has awesome bio; YA retelling. Req. #500queries
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Q326: SF. Almost, but not quite there for me. Good world, needed more MC #500queries
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Q325: African folk magic. REQUEST! #500queries
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Q324: Not into demons, but these are not from Christian mythology. REQ! #500queries
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Q323: YA F that’s too…something. Not quite sure, but def not for me. #500queries
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Q322: Note: not all books with magical elements are fantasy. Really think about your category #500queries
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Q321 MG very reminiscent of a PB. Not for me. #500queries
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Q320: YA F that is basically a mashup of two current bestsellers. Pass. #500queries
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Q319: Going to school does not a YA story make. Need more! #500queries
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Q318: Greeting card in the query? It’s a first… #500queries
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Q317: Plot doesn’t matter if you never mention a character. Pass. #500queries
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Q316: Spiritual fiction. Do. Not. Rep. #500queries
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Q315: I auto-no queries that begin “Imagine a world” #500queries
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Q314: Another author that doesn’t understand what romance novels are. Pass. #500queries