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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I love lyrical, literary writing in all of my represented genres. I also love having the pants scared off me. #mswl
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If you're going to base your world in mythology/historical time periods, please give me non-Western settings. #MSWL
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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
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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
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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
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Please, hearty northern writer, write me a curling book #MSWL
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I would also DIE if someone sent me a mystery and the protagonist had to use their tabletop RPG skills to solve it #MSWL
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I want protagonists with specific enthusiasms. Coding, beekeeping, skiing--doesn't matter what it is, but I want to see passion! #MSWL
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I want YA with NB protagonists. I want to see the whole LGBTQ+ spectrum normalized and represented. #MSWL
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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
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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
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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…Literary Agent
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/57BeJUP5AHI would like a romance novel about this please and thank you #mswl
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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 #MSWLTHIS (alternately accepting bar/bat mitzvahs too) #MSWL
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Heroes and heroines of color in romance #MSWL
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I'd be interested in repping more stories informed by trans-generational trauma and the intersection of power and dignity #MSWL
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I love luscious, lyrical writing in YA--think Stiefvater, Black, and more. #MSWL
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Poly relationships both in and out of the romance genre #MSWL
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YA that has a romance but the two don't end up together in the end. Give me hopeful instead of an HEA #MSWL