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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Literary Agent
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!

Literary Agent
If your SF/F is bordering on horror, tell me about it! #MSWL

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If a reader thinks that your book is SF and a completely different reader is CONVINCED that it's LitFic, I want to see it #MSWL

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If you writing haunting, lyrical YA or adult SFF, I also want to see it. #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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Specific SE and central Asian SFF please. #MSWL

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SFF that appropriately and authentically handles cultural exchange in an expanded world #MSWL

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SFF based on a (specific) African setting that is not Egypt. #MSWL

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More literary SF like AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS, Colson Whitehead, and STATION ELEVEN #MSWL

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I just described a SF book I want as "will punch you in the stomach but won't wrinkle its suit"
This whole #MSWL thing is hard.

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New desperate #MSWL: A YA or adult romantic comedy of errors set at an SFF convention.

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Do you have historical YA, romance, or SFF? Is it set in a place/time not often written about? #MSWL

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SFF with worldbuilding with highly logical and fresh elements that shape who your character is #MSWL

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Literary F and SF. Cinematic action/adventure SF. #MSWL

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SF/F based on African folklore/mythology, or set in an African-based world. #MSWL

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SF as resonant as BLACK MIRROR #MSWL

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I want more African-inspired SFF. I want Muslim characters in YA. I want native characters EVERYWHERE #MSWL

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Did you know that I am aggressively acquiring feminist and diverse adult SF/F? #MSWL

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#MSWL SFF based on non-western cultures. Give me new family structures, gender roles, and more

Literary Agent
Middle-of-the-day #MSWL reminder: if a tweet fits your book, check that your book is in the agent's categories! I do MG, YA, SF/F, Rom/E!