Melissa Edwards
Literary Agent
Stonesong
Literary Agent at @stonesongNYC . Lawyer. Lover of TV, movies, and books. Slow runner. Let Bartlet be Bartlet.
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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
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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
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Adult commercial romance and adult thriller, please please please #MSWL
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I'd love to see more thrillers from BIPOC authors. #MSWL
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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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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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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!)
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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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Where are the female POC thriller writers? #MSWL
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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/2DZCJbiThis is a badass thriller that needs to be written. The Spy Who Grannied! #MSWL
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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.But for real #MSWL, adult thrillers with gay/ gay couple protagonists...
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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! #MSWLOh and some edge of your seat, heart attack causing thrillers? OK thx bye. #MSWL
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I'd love a classic assassin/ spy thriller updated for the 21st century. All the tech/ NSA / CIA tradecraft! #MSWL
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#MSWL domestic thrillers. Female protagonists would be fab. Bigger than cozy, but homespun.
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Female-driven thrillers, but no one is a sociopath or a drunk. #MSWL