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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Q173: Native characters! Yay! Zombie apocalypse? Boo. Unfortunate pass. #500queries
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Q172: Guaranteeing a $100 million in sales for a book/movie is NOT a way to win me over. FYI. #500queries
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Q171: "My writing style is ornate original. I don't get a lot of critique." Dude. You need a new CP. #500queries
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Q170: YA REAR WINDOW. Not loving it. #500queries
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Q169: MG F. For once, I'd like to see gargoyles in books as protectors, like they were originally meant to be. Pass. #500queries
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Q168: Awesome setting, no query letter to speak of. Pass. #500queries
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Q167: NA R where the hero has a mental disorder. Diversity! Request. #500queries
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Q166: YA F. Not grabbing me, plus author nameed two characters ALMOST the same thing and it's almost unpronounceable. #500queries
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Q165: Rom Suspense. Excellent hook, but one too many genre elements. Reluctant pass. #500queries
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Q164: Lucifer + cowboys + sexy times = pass. #500queries
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Q163: MG but the story doesn't seem MG. Too bad, because it's an interesting hook. #500queries
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Q162: Query letter is entirely made up of a string of "imagine…" hypotheticals. I just vomited a little in my mouth. #500queries
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Q161: YA F. Not about a cat, but sort of. Request. WATCH ME BE A HYPOCRITE. WATCH ME! #500queries
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Q160: MG novels about animals are a bit too precious for me. I like to keep my cats on my twitter feed, thanks. #500queries
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Q159: YA. Mysterious boy, mysterious house, special girl. *yawn* #500queries
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Q158: YA UF. Snarky and diverse. Request. #500queries
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Q157: YA F. EXCELLENT query, but the concept isn't grabbing me like I want. Pass. #500queries
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Q156: A cross between TWILIGHT and VAMPIRE ACADEMY? My! How you know my tastes! #pass #500queries
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Q155: 220k horror. I don't rep straight horror. Also, tl;dr #500queries
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154: C YA. Diversity! Pit bulls! Hooray! #500queries