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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YA where the parents are like, real characters. Not dead. Not absent. But there and actually parents #MSWL
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I want MG and YA (not exclusively though) w/ charas of color who aren't just white kids with a tan in terms of how they see the world #MSWL
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More ace/aro characters, please #MSWL
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More bisexuals in books, please. #MSWL
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Characters (in books in my categories) with very specific enthusiasms. Beekeeping? Miniature baking? Making Adirondack chairs? Want. #MSWL
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YA friendship stories #MSWL
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Kink in romance that is not B&D for beginners #MSWL
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Enemies-to-lovers and other banter-friendly tropes in romance #MSWL
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YA and MG horror. Scare the beejesus out of me #MSWL
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Reverse coming-out story (straight kid in queer family and has to come to terms with their outsider status and relative privilege) #MSWL
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Uproariously funny YA that also breaks my heart #MSWL
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Honestly, anything that has a Veronica Mars or Buffy comp and *grabby hands* #MSWL
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Sympathetic and interesting MCs who aren't particularly likable #MSWL
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Interesting storytelling techniques (think frame like THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE) or voice or something else even #MSWL
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Straight romance where the hero and heroine occupy traditionally female and male spaces, respectively #MSWL
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LGBTQIA+ romance #MSWL
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I'm still looking for a super great alien book. Not sure what it looks like, but it might be yours! #MSWL
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Specific SE and central Asian SFF please. #MSWL
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Not a specific #MSWL, but I'm obsessed with cultural systems and how an individual move through and engages with them.
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SFF that appropriately and authentically handles cultural exchange in an expanded world #MSWL