Samantha Wekstein

Thompson Literary Agency

Literary Agent @TL_Agency . She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, dog lover. Illustrators: wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com. Pitch to QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekste…

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· 23 Mar 2021

#MSWL A YA rom com based on this Tik Tok series (or with similar vibes to this larger friend group) vm.tiktok.com/ZMeD5MSAs/

· 26 Feb 2021

On Monday, I reopen to queries! Here's a link with every #MSWL Tweet I've ever made. They all still stand! mswishlist.com/agent/SWekstein

· 13 Nov 2020

I love a good hero/villain team-up to defeat a bigger bad. #MSWL

· 30 Sep 2020

Books featuring Jewish protagonists that aren't about the Holocaust. #MSWL

· 30 Sep 2020

A ship like Captain Swan #MSWL

· 30 Sep 2020

Something similar to My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Humor, big family, interesting traditions, etc. #MSWL

Humor
Family

· 30 Sep 2020

A political campaign book A La The West Wing. Hopeful, humorous, tense and a little romantic. Plz no Republicans. #MSWL

Humor

· 30 Sep 2020

A rom-com set during (or after) the apocalypse. #MSWL

Romantic Comedy

· 30 Sep 2020

I'd love to rep a queer magical school book (or any magical school book). Would love to undo some of the harm done by She Who Must Not be Named. #MSWL

LGBT
Magic

· 30 Sep 2020

Samantha Wekstein is closed to queries @SWekstein

Tomorrow I reopen to queries! So here are a few #MSWL posts for when that happens!

I'd love to see a fantasy rom-com or fantasy comedy. My favorite movie is The Princess Bride after all. #MSWL

· 30 Jul 2020

I've been really in the mood for lyrical writing lately, especially in fantasy #MSWL

Fantasy

· 28 Jul 2020

Roseanne A. Brown 🌠 @rosiesrambles

we've all worked hard to give enemies-to-lovers the shine it deserves lately but i think we have yet to tap the full potential of lovers-to-enemies and we must fix this

I think my favorite iteration of this is lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers again. #mswl

· 20 Jul 2020

Samantha Wekstein @SWekstein

Ya'll, I watched Pitch this weekend on @Hulu and now I'm so depressed that there isn't a season 2. The stakes! The chemistry! The feminism! It was soooo good. #bringbackpitch

I should also say that I want an adult rom-com in this vein! #MSWL

· 10 Jul 2020

Gay Frög @QueenMelanoma

@_RobertSchultz My freshman year roommate was like "hey, I know were both bi, but I don't want any drama" and then we made sweet drama together

#MSWL

· 2 Jul 2020

And I'm still looking for a soccer team book. Would prefer 2-4 main characters who are on the team and POV characters. I'll settle for any sport if soccer isn't available. #MSWL

Sport

· 2 Jul 2020

This is general, but I want some laugh out loud middle grade #MSWL

· 2 Jul 2020

Over the top drama like that found in BOYS OVER FLOWERS and SHINING INHERITANCE. #MSWL

· 2 Jul 2020

A magic school book similar to IN OTHER LANDS. Give me your queer and/or POC protags, your questions of morality, how society should function, fluid gender dynamics, your charming creatures, painful growing up, learning to belong swoony romance, and enduring friendships. #MSWL

· 2 Jul 2020

Historical fiction that is not set in the US or Europe. #MSWL

Historical

· 2 Jul 2020

Black Girl Magic, in every sense #MSWL

Magic