Victoria Marini
@LitAgentMarini
Literary Agent at Irene Goodman. Books. Cats. Naps. She/Her.
Brooklyn, NY
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · Jun 10
Eternally here for YA Rosemary's Baby. Not in the super-natural sense, but in the social horror sense. #MSWL
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · May 9
Lauren Owsley @Owsley_Lauren
Are any of my YA role models working on a book about the dangers of suburban white boys being recruited for extremist ideals over video games and Reddit? Because there need to be A LOT of books about it. @LitAgentMarini @halseanderson @JasonReynolds83 @angiecthomas @AcevedoWrites#MSWL y'all 👇👇👇
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · Apr 8
Derek Milman @DerekMilman
My 6 year old niece just got in a lot of trouble for some sort of Breaking Bad—Kindergarten—Black Market—lunch money scheme and I need to find out the details so I can write the world’s edgiest chapter book.Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 14 Nov 2018
Kent D. Wolf @kentdwolf
Still on the lookout for more literary horror. Help an agent out? #mswlstraight up hopping on this train. #mswl
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 10 Oct 2018
#MSWL horror please! Think the creepy, shadowy, social horrors. Fav's include THE WINTER PEOPLE or THE LONEY or ROSEMARY'S BABY or THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE or A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS and lots of Mr. King, of course. But not so much the slasher fic kind.
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 14 Sep 2018
#MSWL I always fall for the "best friends should be dating" trope but lately I'd also love a bff pair who love and admire one another's beautiful selves but also do not want to bang. Think Jack & Liz or Harry & Hermione or John Kimble & Phoebe O'Hara (Kindergarten Cop, y'all).
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 26 Jun 2018
And, as always, #MSWL utterly gripping literary or upmarket commercial adult fiction - be in speculative or historical or contemporary - with strong stories rooted in secrets.
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 26 Jun 2018
Also #MSWL High-concept YA contemporary or historical with easily digested strong hooks (light or dark). Everything from HEIST SOCIETY to SAVE THE DATE to WE WERE LIARS...
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 26 Jun 2018
#MSWL I am eternally on the hunt for adventure / quest-y #MG with great characters!
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 14 May 2018
Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers
There's *so* much history we can take advantage of for YA. Victims of colonization going after the British Empire??? Like, subvert the colonial English genre! Imagine The Little Princess or The Jungle Book but instead of quaint British stories, they're tales of anger & revenge!!#MSWL these !!!!!
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 16 Apr 2018
was reminded last week of how much I adored THE WINTER PEOPLE so if you have ever used that as a comp #MSWL
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 22 Mar 2018
#MSWL YA Historical Mystery! Whether it's fun & funny (think MISS FISHER) gothic, noir, procedural or lawless... get at me!
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 15 Mar 2018
I have a lot of feelings about using need as a metric by which to judge works of art, particularly those that represent marginalized voices. So if you're concerned that teens may no longer "need" your marginalized rep. YA, no worries. That's still on my #MSWL
Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini · 9 Mar 2018
A big congrats to @RyanDouglas and huge thanks for the phrase "YA Social Thriller" which is a thing eternally on my #MSWL and I never knew how to describe it until now! @renarossner @PWKidsBookshelf