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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· 2 Oct 2018

#MSWL for commercial romance in start up culture. Or really any genre book based in start up culture.

Romance

· 12 Sep 2018

MG or YA about a kid with an unusual hobby or interest. #MSWL

MG
YA

· 12 Sep 2018

What about a YA novel involving enmeshment and helicopter parenting? The good and the bad. #MSWL

YA

· 12 Sep 2018

I’m in the market for some LGBTQ MG with an honest and true voice. #mswl

MG
LGBT

· 12 Sep 2018

I want hooky adult commercial romance so, so much (THE HATING GAME, THE WEDDING DATE, etc.) If it’s body inclusive, even better! #MSWL

· 22 Aug 2018

Hi friends, I am in need of some LGBTQ+ MG. #MSWL

MG
LGBT

· 10 Aug 2018

I want a high concept, approachable rom-com so bad I can hardly stand it. #MSWL

· 19 Jul 2018

jaboukie young-white @jaboukie

gay stories don’t have to be sad but more importantly They Don’t Have To Be White

yes yes yes yes yes. #MSWL

LGBT

· 9 Jul 2018

Screams from rooftops: I WANT A BODY POSITIVE COMMERCIAL ROM COM. #MSWL

Romantic Comedy

· 13 Jun 2018

I love rom-com women's fiction for my personal reading, so I'd love some on my list. #MSWL

· 1 Jun 2018

I don't often say this, but I'm in the mood for a big, fresh, lush, overwhelming fantasy. I want to be swept off my goddamn feet. #MSWL

Fantasy

· 29 May 2018

Richard Lawson @rilaws

I want a gay thing about gay adults who are relatively well-adjusted and aren't dying, that is wistful, hopeful, fun. I realize history and present circumstance don't quite allow for that but it'd be nice. A MOONLIGHT that's all that meal, or GOD'S OWN COUNTRY: THE TOGETHER YEARS

Hell yes #MSWL

LGBT

· 21 May 2018

prabawati @pyaaristochill

imagine a crime show where an auntie accidentally solves crimes because she is so nosy

I’d be happy to see this cozy! #MSWL

Cozy mystery

· 17 May 2018

I'd love to see some MG/YA set in Israel. #MSWL

MG
YA

· 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