Alex Slater

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates

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

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· Feb 13

I have a feeling that kidlit publishers in '97 saw the art and thought, 'Wtf, this is way too scary for children. Shelve it.'

Fastforward 20+ years and they're like, 'This isn't enough, we need to bring in Stephen King.'

TLDR: I want more horror! #MSWL
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/97085-hansel-and-gretel-picture-book-due-this-fall-from-stephen-king-and-maurice-sendak.html

Horror

· Feb 12

Hey it's #MSWL Day! Great to have manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social here. What I'm looking for:

-YA thriller/low fantasy blends; think RIPLEY meets TUCK EVERLASTING.
-YA historical procedural. I want a teen ALIENIST.
-MG dark fantasy GNs. An 11 year old exorcist? Sure!
-Weird! Weird everything!

· 25 Jul 2024

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

· 14 Feb 2024

#MSWL

· 8 Feb 2024

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

· 5 Feb 2024

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.