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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· Feb 12

Happy #MSWL day! I’d love to see more thrillers in my inbox. All sorts: procedurals, psychological suspense, domestic, espionage, assassin. All commercial thriller, all day.

· 18 Nov 2024

I did miss having somewhere to do #MSWL so I am happy this is an option

#MSWL for thriller procedurals. They're what I want to read right now.

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· 4 Feb 2022

I think I haven't mentioned what I'm looking for in a while: thrillers for adults and romance/rom-com for adults that have fresh hooks. Upmarket fiction from underrepresented perspectives. I am not open to expanding my children's list at the moment. #MSWL

· 28 Aug 2020

I'd particularly like to see more thrillers of all sorts featuring BIPOC protagonists. (I have asked for this in the past and received great submissions, and I cannot wait to see even more.) #MSWL

· 28 Aug 2020

Adult commercial romance and adult thriller, please please please #MSWL

· 9 Jun 2020

I'd love to see more thrillers from BIPOC authors. #MSWL

· 11 Jun 2019

I'm also always hunting for thrillers. I tend to go for more traditional, governmental based thrillers than the psychological sort. #MSWL

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· 9 May 2019

Has anyone written a ride share psychological thriller yet or are we just living in a collective one? #MSWL because it's my job, even though the real life scenario scares me to my bones.

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· 4 Mar 2019

Melissa Edwards @MelissaLaurenE

Seeing some great #MSWL tweets today from agents I admire. In that spirit, I'd love to share some of mine!

- MG or YA fiction with a character who might become AOC-- that spirit, that drive, that persistence would make for a great story!
- always looking for funny

#MSWL cont'd
- adult mystery or thriller in the procedural vein
- YA contemporary romance with a hook (leave that up to you!)

· 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

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· 21 Mar 2018

Where are the female POC thriller writers? #MSWL

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· 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

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· 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...

· 24 May 2017

Melissa Edwards @MelissaLaurenE

This is not to say I'm not also into YA. Send me some romantic, swoon-worthy, crackling, cackle-inducing YA, please! #MSWL

Replying to @MelissaLaurenE

Oh and some edge of your seat, heart attack causing thrillers? OK thx bye. #MSWL

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· 13 Sep 2016

I'd love a classic assassin/ spy thriller updated for the 21st century. All the tech/ NSA / CIA tradecraft! #MSWL

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· 25 Jul 2016

#MSWL domestic thrillers. Female protagonists would be fab. Bigger than cozy, but homespun.

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· 30 Jun 2016

Female-driven thrillers, but no one is a sociopath or a drunk. #MSWL

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