Uwe Stender
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Triada US Literary Agency
Founder @triadaus , Literary/Film Agent. Herthaner. Berliner Schnauze. Westend. Qualität kommt von Qual. 1982,1991, 2013, 2017. Books, Films, Music. ❤ Berlin ❤
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I would like to see more queries in my Inbox that offer great escapism, both on the adult as on the YA side: horror, thrillers, mysteries, romance. #MSWL .
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I am ALWAYS on the lookout for exciting nonfiction projects. Really looking for narrative nonfiction about science, pop culture, and history. Not looking for memoir, (unless you are a well known musician or member of a well known band
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This is a FABULOUS book: a narrative nonfiction masterpiece. I wish I would get more submissions in that space. Think "Playing Through The Whistle " by S.L Price. #MSWL
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My current #MSWL . I am in particular looking for YA Thrillers, Romance, Boarding School settings, and Graphic Novels. On the Adult side, I'd love to see more Popular Science and Narrative Nonfiction, as well as Romance, and Thrillers...but there is more! 😎
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I used to do a lot of adult nonfiction: celebrity memoirs, how-to books, popular science, pop culture.
I would like to do more of those. #mswl
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I once taught a film class on Alfred Hitchcock. I would love to see a Hitchcockesque YA, or adult, suspense manuscript. #MSWL.
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I would like to see more YA, or MG, graphic novels. #MSWL
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Kieran Shipley @KShipWrites
@UweStenderPhD Hi Uwe! Your MSWL on the Triada website says you're looking for MG, but doesn't go into detail on what kind. Could you please give some insights into what you might be drawn to in MG, or some examples of MG books you've loved? Thanks!I would love to see some contemporary MG. One of my clients, @brooksbenjamin, wrote a book I absolutely love: My Seventh Grade Life In Tights. And THAT book reflects my current MG feels.
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Reality sucks, so give me escapism. Send me your adult thriller, your YA thriller, or YA romance, or YA sweet friendship story, or or or. I have enough problems right now, I NEED to escape. #MSWL
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My adult #MSWL still hopes for GREAT thrillers & suspense. But IF it's historical, then it must match, re: detectives, the BRILLIANT Leo Wechsler OR Gereon Rath. If modern, it must match Maarten S. Sneijder. So far, I haven't seen a submission worthy of them. Please, send me one.
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My #MSWL these days: Fiction: Adult Suspense, YA contemporary (any subgenre), YA and MG Graphic Novels.
Nonfiction: Pop Culture, or Narrative Nonfiction that reads like a novel, but is 100% researched. I remain open to other stuff, but the above is what I really want.
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Right now, the ONLY new submissions I want to receive ARE: Contemporary YA novels, AND YA and MG graphic novels. #MSWL.
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My list is getting a bit YA fantasy heavy. I would love to see more MG fantasy/horror, YA contemporary, and MG and YA graphic novels. #MSWL.
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Having sold the MG graphic novel SORT OF SUPER by #Teamtriada's @ericgapstur with Brent in a six-figure pre-empt has definitely whet my whistle. I would love to see more author/illustrator MG and YA #graphicnovels in my Inbox. #MSWL
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#MSWL: Gothic. Give me YA, Adult, anything that speaks to the atmosphere of du Maurier, Jackson, Hill, Purcell, or Waters. Looking for the perfect cross between feminine and terrifying.
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Crystal J. Bell @WritingLEOW
@UweStenderPhD What does it mean when an agent says "it doesn't fit their list at this time"? Do they mean their editor list?No, their client list.
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RL Martin 🧸🧜🏻♀️🦄🧚🏻♂️ @AuthorRLMartin
@UweStenderPhD Once you decide to offer rep, do you email the author immediately, or is there a team discussion, or do you go ahead and gather some names for which agents you'd sub to? I'm curious what the process is from making the decision to reaching out and letting that decision be known.I will either call you instantly the moment I decide to offer, or email you for a time to chat. When you refer to "agents" in this question, I assume you mean "editors." I would never offer rep unless I could think of at least 10 editors who may love this as I am reading.
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@mohayeswriter @mohayeswriter
@UweStenderPhD For a novel that has elements of women’s fiction, Rom Com, humor, and suspense - is genre necessary in a query or should I just say Debut ?I think genre is important. I would base it on your comparables.
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Leonardo Wild @DlwildWild
@UweStenderPhD Hi Uwe, I believe we met back in 2013 or 2014, briefly during ThrillerFest/PitchFest.If an agent during an organized virtual pitch session where you had to pay to participate requests a partial, how long would you say one must wait before nudging?
Thanks in advance for answering
Nice to having met you. Honestly, I would wait 2 months, but not longer to check in on a partial, especially if it was at a paid event.
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Brian Wask @BrianWask
@UweStenderPhD Do you want to know how the story ends?In a query, no. In a synopsis, yes. But I never request a synopsis so please take my advice with a grain, or several grains, of salt.