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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Unfortunately, I'm unable to participate in #APIpit today as I'm buried under contracts, but I'd LOVE to see your queries in my inbox! My #MSWL and link to submit is here: headwaterliterary.com
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I love a Murder Book that somehow also feels like a warm hug #MSWL
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I love beautiful historical fiction that reminds us that trans people have always been here #mswl
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I love litfic that tricks Very Serious Contemporary Readers into reading about magic #mswl
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I love YA that in its surface is about monsters or magic but is actually about family or community or growing up #mswl
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Are you winky-nodding to the audience with a story that feels like the most fun D&D session you've ever played? Cool. Or does your SF break hearts with how unflinchingly it depicts the human condition? I'll take a look. #MSWL
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I am a HUGE sucker for books that cross genres or that pull in familiar tropes from other genres. Want to put a heist inside a romance? Here for it. #MSWL
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In all things, I am looking for compassionate writing, community-focused politics, strong BIPOC and LGBTQ+ representation, and to have lots of feelings and/or fun while reading
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I'm closed to queries for the next couple months for dedicated reading time, but in honor of #MSWL Day I redid my MSWL! I am looking for all types of romance, SFF (plus horror), mysteries, thrillers, YA, and some small subsets of literary and commercial fiction!
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My kingdom for a book featuring a sex worker who doesn’t wind up dead or horribly punished in some way #mswl
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sara @saraofswords
an adventuring party that forms in the women’s bathroom of the tavern because someone is crying and random drunk girls at a bar will do anything for youOkay but this would be incredible #mswl
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Forever waiting on a Lake Superior horror novel #MSWL
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Writers, I'm back open to queries, with a few added genres and updated #MSWL! Head on over to headwaterliterary.com to learn more and submit.
I look forward to reading your work!
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what if horse girls are like that bc they’re secretly vying for their place as one of the next four horsemen of the apocalypseOkay so I’m not usually a fan of Christian apocalypse stuff but, uh, #mswl
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Laura (Closed to Queries) Zats @LZats
My little treat to myself today is rewriting my #mswl. I think you’re all in for some fun surprises 😉Pssst—I’ve put my new #mswl featuring some shiny new categories up on the @HeadwaterLit site!
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Laura Zats @LZats
Me: *going to be very chill about agents flying into my city*Also me: hey @ericsmithrocks you’re three blocks from where Hemingway was born and lemme tell you real quick about Saint Paul during prohibition and why the gangsters hung out here and also who lives where and why
Listen, I have a deep and abiding #mswl about John O’Connor and Nina Clifford
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Why don't I ever see an "I'm in love with my BFF's ex but am not allowed to date him" book end with the BFFs dating? #MSWL
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If your YA could be described as "fluff" by "serious" non-YA readers, query me! #MSWL