Natascha Morris
Literary Agent
Tobias Literary Agency
Senior Lit Agent at Tobias Literary Agency, kidlit all the way. QueryManager: QueryManager.com/natascha bookshop.org/lists/teamnat
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I want an atmospheric mermaid book. I have been so picky in this area because my brain knows what it wants but I haven't seen it. #MSWL
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Perennial ask: Ren Faire. #MSWL
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SO I found out about true crime conferences, and I cannot stop thinking about a murder mystery that takes place at a conference where everyone is an armchair detective. #MSWL
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How could I forget I love second chance romances!!!! #MSWL
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I want to be haunted by a book reading experience: to squee as the characters go through drama (love a good dramatic, well earned fight) and to not be able to shake the characters from my brain. #MSWL
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Finally, what tropes make my heart go pitter and patter:
-enemies to lovers
-mutual pining (maybe mixed with enemies to lovers?)
-slow burn
-dark/sunny
-starcrossed lovers and love triangles (Team Jacob for the win!)
#MSWL
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Also if someone can figure out how to give me a cozy mystery as a YA, I want it. #MSWL
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So like apprenticeship style lives, college, figuring out what to do next #MSWL
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Also might be controversial, I want post high school (summer before college, or the first "year" of college) type stories. But since not every kid goes to college, I want to see how the come of age by leaving childhood behind.
Looking for YA themes though, not "baby adult" #MSWL
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
Basically, I am hungry to build my YA list and looking for the books I know vibe in my brandAnd if you don't see something that sounds like your book, don't worry! Sometimes I only know I wants something once I have actually looked at it.
So #MSWL for unexpected things I didn't know I even wanted.
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Let's do a #MSWL thread for YA because I need more YA queries. Looking to sign more for my list.
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I want a fantasy series with a new magic system. Not centered around a firebird, or death, or fairies. #MSWL
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I am craving an epic High Fantasy Romance. Think WINNER'S CURSE or ACOTAR. #MSWL
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I wan the snap, crackle and pop of the character chemistry that Sarah J. Maas has in the ACOTAR. And I don't mean the sexy times, but the actual character interactions (side characters and all) #MSWL