Alex Slater

@abuckslater

Literary Agent

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates

Literary agent @GreenburgerLit @GreenburgerKids. Black Lives Matter. he/him.

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· Jul 25

Children's Bookshelf @PWKidsBookshelf

A new study finds sales of middle-grade books fell 5% in the first half of 2024 bit.ly/3Ye9VH3

"...subjects that have had sales gains include robots and dragons..."

You know what to do. #MSWL

· Feb 14

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· Feb 8

MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS is a New York Times bestseller for another month! Congrats @authoralinovak !

And while you’re here, send me all your unputdownable #YA #romance ! #mswl

Romance
YA

· Feb 5

Variety @Variety

Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department" will feature 16 songs. The vinyl, CD and cassette editions will include a bonus track titled "The Manuscript."

#MSWL

· 25 Apr 2023

#MSWL a YA novel with the quiet ferocity of @samiatheband’s Kill Her Freak Out, the hardest breakup song ever w/o drums. open.spotify.com/track/52k45PRM…

· 18 Apr 2023

AP Oddities @AP_Oddities

An official says a 13-year-old boy had to be freed from a claw machine after he climbed inside hoping to score a prize at a North Carolina amusement park south of Charlotte. apne.ws/oOsWogS

#MSWL

· 21 Mar 2023

Susan Van Metre @skeetermeeter

I've missed much of this discussion but reading this astute article made me wonder if we need some YA books that are just easier to read? Part of what the mass paperbacks of the past offered, besides a low price point, was very accessible prose and brevity. twitter.com/CiteSomething/…

#MSWL

· 24 Feb 2023

I’d love to see your contemporary #MG story that the world needs to read. If it has a big hook and an urgent voice (like these two books I’ve had the honor of selling) all the better #MSWL

· 10 Feb 2023

Is it the puzzle within CAIN'S JAWBONE that currently has it at 8 on ALL OF AMZN??

Or is it the @tomgauld cover art? (It's the Tom Gauld.)

#MSWL: a graphic novel puzzle book.