
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
Q160: YA SF. Will be excellent on someone else’s list, but not mine. Pass. #500queries

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Q158: This SF is fine, but I’m meh about it. Pass. #500queries

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Q157: I have very little interest in “perfect” women in my list. Pass. #500queries

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Q156: More erotic memoirs. Pass. #500queries

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Q155: Sf. Too short. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q152: An excerpt does not a query make. Pass. #500queries

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Q151: I don’t hate common concepts (like superheroes) but this one doesn’t distinguish itself, so I’m going to pass. #500queries

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Q149: this YA is not YA. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q148: Excellent query, and a perfectly pleasant author, but I didn’t love the magic system in this F. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q147: memoir. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q146: Copy + Pasting an entire book into an email does not a query make. Pass. #500queries

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Q143: I just sort of...got bored while reading this one. Pass. #500queries

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Q141: This F is, I’m sure, a fun story, but the tension was bled out of the query. Pass. #500queries

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Q140: I’m also a tough sell for evil pharmaceutical corporations. Pass. #500queries

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Q139: I’m a tough sell for solving generations-old crimes. This one didn’t make the cut. Pass. #500queries

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Q138: I’m not sure what genre this book is, but it’s definitely not in my strictly defined categories. Pass. #500queries

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Q136: MG. Do not rep! #500queries

Literary Agent
Q135: If it’s not addressed to me, I don’t request pages. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q133: PB. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q132: The pitch for this romance felt derivative instead of inspired by. Pass. #500queries
