Savannah Brooks

I closed to queries for a while, but I'm baaaack! A quick #MSWL note to celebrate While kidlit will always have my heart, I'm actively trying to build up the adult side of my list—so if you've got thrillers, romcoms, horror, spec and contemp fiction, I wanna see!

Do I need a delightful romcom based on the hottest couple in the world? I do. Send me your queer pageant stories! #MSWL

Just gonna throw it out here: if your manuscript comps to FLEABAG, I want it #MSWL

My kingdom* for an adult horror book that does on the page what Jordan Peele does on the screen #MSWL

*one bedroom apartment with a very needy cat

In book world, this man would obviously be a serial killer, and THAT is an #MSWL if I ever saw one

How our identity is shaped by people’s reactions to us. While I’m not currently open to adult nonfiction, I would love to see contemporary fiction that grapples with these same questions in thoughtful, surprising ways, especially from underrepresented perspectives.

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I got my masters in creative nonfiction, though I entered the program in fiction and spent two years in each genre. My thesis was a collection of research-heavy personal essays titled “Role Play: Essays on Fitting into the World,” which examined the different roles women play /

I just started reading Simone St. James’s newest, THE BOOK OF COLD CASES, and this seems like an excellent time to mention that I adore a haunted house #MSWL

A #MSWL reminder that I DO rep adult work as well—contemporary fiction, romcoms, thriller/mystery, and horror—and am actively trying to build up that side of my list! 🧵

#MSWL

Well into April, and I realized I never posted my March #readinglist:
- Magpie Murders
- Moonflower Murders
- If I Had Your Face*
- The Fifth Season
- Nimona
- In the Woods
- The Likeness
- Dragon Hoops*
- One by One

*#MSWL

#MSWL all the vibrant, eloquent, ingenious Amanda Gormans out there, finding their success and happiness and recognition, fictional or not—I want to help put them out there in the world. (Also not opposed to them calling Vogue out for their shit—just saying.)

I know I’ve said it a million times, but #MSWL this MMA romance PLEASE.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: my ultimately #MSWL is anything resembling the careers and romance of Amanda Nunes and Nina Ansaroff. Please, universe, gift this to me.

A very belated peek at February’s #readinglist:
- City of the Plague God*
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- The Project*
- Influence
- No Exit
- The Wrong Family
- Leave the World Behind*

*#MSWL

Tropes are tropes for a reason: people love them. And they love seeing their comfort content through different lenses. These worlds are universal; we should show that! I am here all day—truly willing to wait in the QueryManager lobby for hours—for these stories. #MSWL

#MSWL Would really love to see a thriller where the person being pursued is just as ruthless as the pursuant. A real "oh you messed with the wrong woman." Has been trained in combat, is a recreational fighter, HOME ALONE style traps—give me all of it. In both YA and adult.

Kicked off 2021 with January's #readinglist:
- LUKEZILLA BEATS THE GAME
- THE LITTLEST VOYAGEUR
- OUTLAWED
- INTERIOR CHINATOWN*
- WONDERLAND (Stage)
- THE SURVIVORS* (Harper)
- SUCH A FUN AGE*
- THE STAR-CROSSED SISTERS OF TUSCANY*
- SPOILER ALERT

*#MSWL

#MSWL update! I'm now accepting thrillers in adult fiction (as well as in YA, which has always been the case). I am NOT looking for anything law-enforcement focused, including FBI/CIA. I am looking for the story to contribute to a larger sociopolitical conversation.

#MSWL PLEASE.