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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Q1: R with time travel, which I'm a bit sick of lately. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q10: ya f about a carnival and the comp is Veronica Mars. I will take this please and thank you #tenqueries
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Q9: c ya. Too short and I have a hard time liking the mc. Pass #tenqueries
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Q8: ya sf. Intrigued. Reminds me a little of divergent, but I'm willing to give it a try #tenqueries
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Q7: c ya but set in the 80s. Which isn't contemporary. pass #tenqueries
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Q6:multicultural wf, but it's 40k too long and a bit confusing. Pass #tenqueries
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Q5: portal ya. Hard sell for me right now and this one isn't grabbing me #tenqueries
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Q4: demon para ya. So tired of this right now. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q3: c ya. One of those bullies bully the bulliers. Meh. #tenqueries
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Q2; 120000 word teen erotica. No. #tenqueries
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Q1: post-modern feminist memoir. You had me with the two descriptors, but I don't rep this #tenqueries
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Q10: YA R with a twist, and @robynschneider is a comp, so I'm in. Req partial. #tenqueries
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Q9: WF but not contemporary, so I don't rep. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q8: YA portal F. Query is a little muddled and not quirky enough for me. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q7: NA that wants to be a romance but has about a million other things going on so it's jumbled. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q6: Para/F YA. Well-written, but not enough details to make it memorable or pique my interest. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q5: YA that wants to be Jodi Piccoult but doesn't quite make it. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q4: no idea what the genre is, and writer spends three paras selling me the book without telling me what it is. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q3: Para YA. Not a bad premise, but just doesn't grab me. Pass. #tenqueries
Literary Agent
Q2: Memoir masquerading as YA. Pass. #tenqueries