Victoria Marini

It's that time of yeay! A very basic one-sheet #MSWL for 2024, but as always: I love to be surprised! Next week when I re-open, you can find my queries at Query Tracker!

#mswl I’d love some YA, MG, and or Adult Adventure … heists, treasures, puzzles, rom-venture! Think Heist Society, Inheritance Game, Lost City, Indiana Jones, etc.

#MSWL TV show edition! Psychological thrillers, suspense, horror, mystery. Adult and YA. magic welcome. Things that feel bottled-up and breathless with all the unrevealed secrets... SEVERENCE, PIECES OF HER, YELLOW JACKETS, KNIVES OUT.

Eternally here for YA Rosemary's Baby. Not in the super-natural sense, but in the social horror sense. #MSWL

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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...

#MSWL YA Historical Mystery! Whether it's fun & funny (think MISS FISHER) gothic, noir, procedural or lawless... get at me!

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

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

Straight Up Cribbing This. #MSWL

#MSWL searching for these for years edition: workplace YA, Native Austral-Asia Stories (sf/f or contemp), Irish troubles circa 90s stories!

#MSWL still looking for that YA workplace rom com a la EMPIRE RECORDS or PARTY DOWN

#MSWL weird, maybe magical / speculative but also maybe not amazing YA a la BONE GAP or THE WALLS AROUND US or MORE HAPPY THAN NOT

As ever, as always Marginalized and underrepresented voices in YA, MG, and Adult #mswl

Strong premise and Strong character contemp. YA like DONE DIRT CHEAP or DEAR READER #MSWL

A YA work place novel like Party Down or Empire Records #MSWL

#MSWL lush YA fantasy w/ a fresh concept a la WINTERSONG and high concept voicey contemp with killer characters a la John Corey Whaley

#MSWL spooky whimsical adventure MG a la NIGHT GARDENER or GRAVEYARD BOOK and spooky gothic lush YA

#mswl a YA "workplace" or "setting" novel! Think YA superstore or mallrats / clerks or office space!

#mswl a story driven YA historical