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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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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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
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Q2: Memoir masquerading as YA. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q10: Oh joy, a memoir. Calling it a biographical novel doesn't make it so. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q9: SF but nothing interesting enough to distinguish it from the other space stories I get. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q6: erotica, but the query makes it sound like a nasty breakup story and that's not sexy at all. Pass #tenqueries
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Q5: dystopian MG, but I'm worn out on all things dystopian. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q4: Labeled as YA, but is MG. Also compared the book to the food you get at a restaurant, so I'm mega confused. Pass #tenqueries
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Q3: YA SF. Story is fine, not great, but it's half as long as it needs to be. Pass #tenqueries
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Q2: Literary novel, which I don't rep. Also doesn't sound great. Pass #tenqueries
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Q10: YA C about grief. Interesting premise, but don't love how here's not a big conflict to drive along the story. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q9: F romance that combines the "chosen one" and pure, unexamined love. Not my thing. Pass #tenqueries