Melissa Edwards

@MelissaLaurenE

@melissaedwards.bsky.social

Literary Agent

Stonesong

Literary Agent at @stonesongNYC. Lawyer. Lover of TV, movies, and books. Slow runner. Let Bartlet be Bartlet.

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· 17 May 2018

#MSWL for a PB that deals with consent to touch at the 3-5 year old level

Picture books

· 16 Apr 2018

Melissa Edwards @MelissaLaurenE

One of my weird obsessions is Wicked Tuna, a show about tuna fishermen. I’d love a novel about a career that is essentially a whole community lifestyle. See, eg. farming, fishing, etc. #MSWL

This could be especially interesting in YA, if a kid either wants to join the family business or break free from it... #MSWL

YA
Family

· 16 Apr 2018

One of my weird obsessions is Wicked Tuna, a show about tuna fishermen. I’d love a novel about a career that is essentially a whole community lifestyle. See, eg. farming, fishing, etc. #MSWL

· 15 Apr 2018

Katherine Locke @Bibliogato

"It’s like suddenly, a kid’s able to start to comprehend the Holocaust, and that becomes the only story we give them."

I don't want to decrease the number of Holocaust books. I want to increase the number of OTHER Jewish books we're giving children, both Jewish and not.

EVERGREEN #MSWL

· 11 Apr 2018

I know the market is tight with franchises and they're almost impossible to place, but goddamnit I love an espionage thriller. I want one. #MSWL

Thriller

· 24 Mar 2018

Guys, I want light and sparkly contemporary YA romance with an unusual voice. Something sunny and fun. #MSWL

· 21 Mar 2018

Where are the female POC thriller writers? #MSWL

Thriller
POC

· 27 Feb 2018

Body positivity in YA or WF, with a character who actually *likes* exercise! We exist!! #MSWL

· 9 Feb 2018

After a bit of brainstorming with @maria_ribas, I'd love to see some "women behaving badly" fiction. Give me your Miranda Priestly, your Cersei Lannister, your Bellatrix Lestrange. #MSWL

Women

· 6 Feb 2018

Maybe some *funny* historical fiction? That's a thing, right? #MSWL

· 6 Feb 2018

Hey y'all, I'd love an action-adventure novel for kids a la Jumanji. Bonus points if it's body positive. #MSWL

Adventure

· 29 Jan 2018

I'd love a book on the history of dieting in America. When did we get this obsessed? #MSWL

· 22 Jan 2018

The New York Times @nytimes

With neither a ticket nor a passport, a 66-year-old woman slipped into Chicago O’Hare International Airport, sneaked onto a British Airways flight and traveled to London nyti.ms/2DZCJbi

This is a badass thriller that needs to be written. The Spy Who Grannied! #MSWL

Thriller

· 16 Jan 2018

Yas! #Mswl for stories about kids with chutzpah! dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

· 13 Jan 2018

I want a magical novel where magic informs the plot, but isn’t the plot. #mswl

Magic

· 2 Jan 2018

I'm not proud of it but I'd be into a YA novel about a shitty teenage Youtube celebrity #MSWL

YA

· 13 Dec 2017

Peter Senftleben @gr8thepeter

@MelissaLaurenE LOL, I just made it up after seeing more GIRL books. But I kind of like the idea... If only I were a writer.

Replying to @gr8thepeter

But for real #MSWL, adult thrillers with gay/ gay couple protagonists...

· 12 Dec 2017

Huge #MSWL for a fictional Dirty John story because that podcast was bananas.

· 30 Oct 2017

Special K @SpecialK

Strong women defy expectations. Here’s to the homecoming queen football players out there who #OwnIt. pic.twitter.com/mrSBKwRdLW

#MSWL on this Special K ad.

· 20 Oct 2017

New York Magazine @NYMag

An 11-year-old girl invented a device that detects lead levels in water faster than devices already on the market nym.ag/2ikRU83

#MSWL because I love this