
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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Q164: Literary WF. I'm looking for lighter stuff. #500queries

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Q162: anything that's not low MG and clocks in at 23k isn't going to get a request. It's far too short! #500queries

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Q161: Elementals. Ugh. #500queries

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Q160: Coming out story. While important, I don't have a spot for them on my list. #500queries

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Q159: YA FREAKY FRIDAY fantasy. Meh. #500queries

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Q158: F. amazing setting, subpar plot. #500queries

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Q157: YA sweet summer romance. Not my thing. #500queries

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Q156: I'm surprising myself here, but pirates aren't really doing it for me right now #500queries

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Q155: Synopsis only with no line breaks. Pass. #500queries

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Q154: Mystery. I still don't rep these. I promise. #500queries

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Q153: Self-help with a tinge of academia. Very strange. Pass. #500queries

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Q152: MG that wants to be LABYRINTH by is too cute for it. #500queries

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Q151: PB. Don't do those. #500queries

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Q150: Poorly formatted cover letter. What? #500queries

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Q146: more folktales and less fairytales, please #500queries

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Q145: query entirely consisting of parentheticals. I never thought I'd see that. #500queries

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Q144: baffled a little by this contemp f. Going to pass with an eyebrow raise. #500queries

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Q143: YA F very similar to one I'm already working with. Pass #500queries

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Q139: While I love to read them, familiar, trope-driven romance isn't my thing to represent. #500queries

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Q138: Paragraph about why author didn't summarize and follow guidelines. Did they ever think I would make a request? #500queries
