
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!
- #mswl (213)
- #tenqueries (92)
- #100Queries (1)
- #100partials (20)
- #500queries (3011)
- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)

Literary Agent
Q456: YA F. Too long and rather unremarkable. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q455: YA F that sounded great, but WAY too similar to something I already have in my list. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q454: YA Paranormal. Very vague on themes and didn’t really give me a plot. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q453: Tone felt off for this SF. Neither serious enough nor fun enough for the subject matter. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q452: Steampunk is a hard sell, and this one didn’t give me quite enough information to suss out a hook. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q451: Too many names and places and concepts in this query. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q450: No address; mass query. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q449: YA SF thriller, but had no tension to it. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q448: Was sent a synopsis instead of a query. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q447: Rehash of a classic, but not with a twist. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q446: Not a bad concept for YA, but the query is clumsy, which makes me fear for the writing in the actual novel. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q445: This MS walks the line a bit too much between romance and WF. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q444: Too much science, not enough fiction. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q442: this query has no metadata and no bio. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q440: Thriller. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q439: Only query one book at a time, folks! Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q436: This SF might be perfectly fine, but I just got bored. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q434: C YA. Could be good, but there’s not enough story there to judge. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q433: I really do not enjoy cancer books. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q432: Psychological thriller. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
