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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· 27 Apr 2022

More high concept high fantasy in the YA space. I get a lot of plots that feel familiar and therefore unpitchable. I want something with a really strong hook. #MSWL

· 27 Apr 2022

Samantha Wekstein @SWekstein

Hello! I'm still working my way through my queries and requested material, but I'm reopening to new queries on Sunday 5/1! So here's a little #MSWL thread, and of course all of my previous requests still stand: mswishlist.com/agent/SWekstein

HEARTSTOPPER gave me butterflies the whole way through, so I'd love to see something in this vein in YA. #MSWL

· 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/

· 21 May 2020

Sarah Grill @SarahGrill1

Just thinking how much I’d love to get a Jewish YA that is NOT centered on the Holocaust. Give me a Birthright thriller!! A Camp Chi summer romance! A Hillel set-up gone wrong!! And the more food descriptions, the better. Please & thank you #mswl #amediting

Same #MSWL

· 25 Feb 2020

Currently listening to Binge Mode Harry Potter, rewatching ATLA, next rewatch Dawson’s Creek. Next read? Hopefully some YA or MG featuring a ride or die group of friends. A story where friendship and love is central to the protag’s success. #MSWL

· 24 Sep 2019

#MSWL Feminist historical fiction in adult, YA, MG and PB.

· 24 Sep 2019

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein

Would also still love some fun, swashbuckly, queer/feminist/all of the above YA historical fiction (with or without magic) #MSWL

Same #mswl

· 24 Sep 2019

#MSWL Team sports in middle grade and YA. Would especially LOVE a high school girls team with a few main characters. But I'm also a sucker for Friday Night Lights...

· 24 Sep 2019

#MSWL YA or MG fantasy, sci-fi or realistic that deals with climate change.

· 4 Mar 2019

Another #MSWL today! A YA sex comedy like American Pie, but with a female and/or LGBTQ friend group.

· 2 Jan 2018

#MSWL slow burn romance is my favorite type of romance across YA and adult.

· 29 Nov 2017

#MSWL A diverse YA with the flavor of Dance Academy.

YA
Diverse

· 12 Sep 2017

Books where YA characters are forced to make tough, almost impossible decisions. #mswl

· 12 Sep 2017

Roguish bad boys in YA always! #MSWL

· 12 Sep 2017

YA with female gangs, guilds, or adventure squads #MSWL

YA
Adventure

· 12 Sep 2017

High fantasy YA with a unique magic system #MSWL

· 19 Jun 2017

Brooding YA Hero @broodingYAhero

It's a well-known fact that the more kickass a YA heroine is, the fewer female friends she has.
Other girls distract from her awesomeness.

#MSWL the opposite of this. I'd love a kickass girl group. Female friendships are so important in YA, give them to me!

· 3 Apr 2017

#MSWL YA about a girls soccer team.

· 27 Mar 2017

Check out the new #mswl profile! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/sama…

· 8 Feb 2017

Looking for a YA as brutal, intense, and morally complex as The 100 TV show #mswl