
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
Q457: Erotica YA. No. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q456: too short, no plot. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q455: YA that’s actually genfic. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q454: YA with a super adult voice. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q453: I don’t need stories that think they need to teach me something. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q452: UF is a hard sell right now, and this was 20K too long. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q450: Forwarded query. DNR. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q449: PB. Do not rep. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q448: NA. Do not rep. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q447: I don’t need weight loss narratives in my YA, thank you very much. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q446: I can’t request a book where the MC is completely absent. I need a guide! #500queries

Literary Agent
Q445: Badly constructed synopsis masquerading as a query. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q444: Religious books aren’t my thing. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q443: Fantasy without enough info about MC or world. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q441: Query way too long and not up my alley. Passss. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q439: mythology, but one that’s overused. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q438: one big, unskimmable paragraph. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q437: too short, no genre. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q436: very traditional UF. Needs a hook for me to be able to sell now. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q435: YA. Very muddled plot-wise. Pass. #500queries
