Linda Epstein (is Taking A Break)
@LindaEpstein
Agent @EmeraldCityLit repping books for kids/teens (emeraldcityliterary.com) + a writer (lindaepsteinauthor.com). Yes it’s hard. Repped by @renarossner she/her
Pretty over it.
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Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jun 24
Rebecca Kuss @reebsthereader
...bc yt stories & yt history were all i had. i was 27 the first time i read about a biracial korean girl, written by a korean author (thank you @jennyhan).i'm 33 & i still haven't seen a biracial, korean, jewish character in YA...
#mswl ffs! If a Jewish biracial person has a YA or MG ms, I don’t care if I’m open to queries or not, SEND IT TO ME. We need more BIPOC Jewish fiction! (FYI I don’t read Holocaust stories though.)
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · May 12
Rena *THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD* Rossner @renarossner
I read Mists of Avalon when I was 12 and it changed my life. I’d love to see an updated version of this, but make it queer AF, and non-problematic. YA or Adult. #MSWLYou and me both, Rena! (Yet another thing we have in common.) It's the book I've read the most times (I used to re-read it every summer). So yeah, I'm samesies on the #MSWL except only YA.
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Mar 4
I’ve toyed with the idea of writing a Grateful Dead picture book for years but can’t figure a way into the story without mentioning drugs so... Someone else might have a good idea though so I guess I should tag it with a #mswl ✌🏼❤️😊💀
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Mar 2
I'm thinking about Biblical re-imaginings & can we re-claim Lilith? What about a feminist YA about the badass 1st partner of Adam? Remember how evil Morgan Le Fay was reclaimed as awesome Morgaine in The Mists of Avalon? Somebody do that for Lilith in a YA & SEND IT TO ME! #mswl
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Mar 2
It's almost Purim! Who's going to send me a YA retelling of the Book of Esther (and my girl Vashti)? Perhaps a little f/f/ queer? Definitely feminist though and #ownvoices Jewish. #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Feb 26
This is fascinating. What if, like tomorrow, Earth captured a new moon that was even larger than a car? Then what might happen? Could we go to it? Could we build on it? #YA #mswl newscientist.com/article/223542…
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Feb 12
Jess Hernandez (on semi-hiatus) @FinkHernandez
Can a Japanese American #ownvoices author write a picture book about the bonsai grown in an internment camp? Would read the heck out of that book. Also, whoever took them, give the damn trees back, you monsters. twitter.com/wendysparrow/s…I'd read the heck out of that, too. #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 27
Becca Podato Latkes @RebeccaPodos
Are you ready for the sweetest, funniest, queerest, most Jewish winter wonderland of a romcom?! Then watch out for @BlumAgainCurios, who I am BEYOND thrilled to represent!!! twitter.com/blumagaincurio…Mazel tov! Also, I’m very very VERY jealous. So: #mswl for a sweet, funny, queer, Jewish romcom, please and thank you! (We just can’t have too many of these, in my opinion...)
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 24
How’s about a #middlegrade haunted White House #mystery with humor and not scary ghosts? #mswl
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
Linda Epstein @LindaEpstein
Something I want to see in my inbox: a YA romcom set in space; even better if the main character is BIPOC and extra points if it's LGBTQ+ too! Not too sciencey & not fantasy or characters w/superpowers (other than being smarty pants and/or physically fit). #MSWLI unexpectedly decided to open to #middlegrade and #YoungAdult queries again! 🙃Here's a thread about some of the things I'm hoping for in my inbox. #MSWL 🤞🏽📚☮️❤️🌈
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
For anyone who doesn't already know me, let me state loud & clear once again: Please send me your #BIPOC #LGBTQ+ #ownvoices #middlegrade & #YoungAdult manuscripts! Look at what I'm asking for in my other #MSWL tweets to see if we'd be a good match. (Ah! So many hashtags!)
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
And yes, my friends, not to worry, I'm still very much looking for MG & YA books with all types of Jewish rep by ALL types of Jewish people who practice (or don't) all kinds of Judaism. #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
If you write middle grade stories that might be compared to (the incomparable) @Nnedi then you should query me! I LOVE Nnedi Okorafor's books. #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
Some middle grade fantasy books I love are @TaherehMafi's Furthermore; @sofipasternack's Anya & the Dragon; @LaurelSnyder's Orphan Island; EVERYTHING ever written by @kellybarnhill; @AdamGidwitz's The Inquisitors Tale. If you have have a MG like any of these? Query me! #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
Honestly, I'd really like a realistic contemporary YA romcom or romance featuring BIPOC characters! Hit me up with something akin to Jenny Han or Sandhya Menon's books. #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
Something I want to see in my inbox: a YA romcom set in space; even better if the main character is BIPOC and extra points if it's LGBTQ+ too! Not too sciencey & not fantasy or characters w/superpowers (other than being smarty pants and/or physically fit). #MSWL
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
Now that I'm open to queries again, please check #MSWL to see what kind of manuscripts I'm CURRENTLY on the lookout for.
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jan 8
Guess what?! I'm open to queries!
Chapter book, middle grade, and YA only.
Check #MSWL for the kind of projects I like & don't like.