Laura Zats

@LZats

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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· 22 Feb 2018

I love lyrical, literary writing in all of my represented genres. I also love having the pants scared off me. #mswl

Literary

· 22 Feb 2018

If you're going to base your world in mythology/historical time periods, please give me non-Western settings. #MSWL

· 22 Feb 2018

In terms of narratives, I'm very interested in postcolonialism (not from the POV of the colonizer) and would love to see more de-colonized narratives #MSWL

· 22 Feb 2018

In adult SF/F, i am very interested in emic worldbuilding. Make me believe the universe in terms of the people in it. Not from me, live reader in 2018 #MSWL

· 22 Feb 2018

For adult romance, I am a sucker for:
-enemies-to-lovers
-forced proximity tropes
-banter
-MCs with cool, specific, and unexpected jobs, particularly in fields that are typically gendered
-verbal consent
#MSWL

· 22 Feb 2018

Please, hearty northern writer, write me a curling book #MSWL

· 22 Feb 2018

I would also DIE if someone sent me a mystery and the protagonist had to use their tabletop RPG skills to solve it #MSWL

Mystery

· 22 Feb 2018

I want protagonists with specific enthusiasms. Coding, beekeeping, skiing--doesn't matter what it is, but I want to see passion! #MSWL

· 22 Feb 2018

I want YA with NB protagonists. I want to see the whole LGBTQ+ spectrum normalized and represented. #MSWL

YA
LGBT

· 22 Feb 2018

I want YA that gives equal weight to "small" things (friends, grades, etc) and "big" things (bringing justice to the world). It's all connected! #MSWL

YA

· 22 Feb 2018

Laura Zats @LZats

One week from today, I open back up to queries. I figured now would be a good time to go through my #MSWL!

The Chocolate War posed the question "Do I dare disturb the universe?" I want a book that barrels right past that question and into HOW. Give me YA where teens are changing the world #MSWL

YA

· 18 Jan 2018

hannah moskowitz @hannahmosk

someone write me a romance that's entirely chats from this app thanks twitter.com/driesdepoorter…

Romance

· 2 Dec 2017

Warsaw Suicide Pact @DOGGEAUX

zheng shi was a sex worker in Canton who was captured & wedded to a pirate lord and so quickly proved her ability to command that she took over and at one point commanded 300+ ships with 40,000 men and was so fearsome that she forced china and britain to let her peacefully retire twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

· 11 Nov 2017

Joe Pack @JoePack

This good news is not out there enough. Congratulations to Caroline Ouellette 🇨🇦 and Julie Chu 🇺🇸 Olympic rivals, CWHL teammates who had their first child today. pic.twitter.com/57BeJUP5AH

I would like a romance novel about this please and thank you #mswl

Romance

· 12 Sep 2017

Amanda Isabel Ramirez @AmandaIsA_Ram

A WOC choosing to not have a quince (or the equivalent in her culture) & what that means for her & her fam #MG #YA #MSWL

THIS (alternately accepting bar/bat mitzvahs too) #MSWL

· 12 Sep 2017

Heroes and heroines of color in romance #MSWL

Romance

· 12 Sep 2017

I'd be interested in repping more stories informed by trans-generational trauma and the intersection of power and dignity #MSWL

· 12 Sep 2017

I love luscious, lyrical writing in YA--think Stiefvater, Black, and more. #MSWL

YA

· 12 Sep 2017

Poly relationships both in and out of the romance genre #MSWL

Romance

· 12 Sep 2017

YA that has a romance but the two don't end up together in the end. Give me hopeful instead of an HEA #MSWL

Romance
YA