Alex Slater

@abuckslater

Literary Agent

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates

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

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· 2 Dec 2016

Alex Slater @abuckslater

As for #MG I want adventure! I want creepy! I want a spare, measured prose that crackles with insight from an idiosyncratic character. #MSWL

Replying to @abuckslater

My #MSWL is #diverse. I'm not here to help. I'm here cuz my liberation is bound to yours. Publishing needs to include all voices. #OwnVoices

· 2 Dec 2016

Alex Slater @abuckslater

My #MSWL also includes Southern Gothic #YA, especially if it involves the Blues or Gospel. Think CARAVAL meets the Rolling Thunder Revue.

Replying to @abuckslater

As for #MG I want adventure! I want creepy! I want a spare, measured prose that crackles with insight from an idiosyncratic character. #MSWL

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Adventure

· 2 Dec 2016

Alex Slater @abuckslater

#MSWL time! Gimme #YA told in new ways. Mix up chronology. Mess with convention, Tarantino-style. A jewelbox click with the final sentence.

Replying to @abuckslater

My #MSWL also includes Southern Gothic #YA, especially if it involves the Blues or Gospel. Think CARAVAL meets the Rolling Thunder Revue.

· 2 Dec 2016

#MSWL time! Gimme #YA told in new ways. Mix up chronology. Mess with convention, Tarantino-style. A jewelbox click with the final sentence.

· 26 Oct 2016

#MSWL: Low SFF. Re-tellings. LBGTQ. Dark, twisty, I-shouldnt-be-laughing-but-am. Contemporary voices. #OwnVoices. #NewVoices. #VitalVoices.

· 1 Oct 2016

A novel about a teen gospel/blues musician, the devil at a crossroads, the Deep South, and what you lose when you win. #MSWL #YA #OwnVoices

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OwnVoices

· 13 Sep 2016

Just looked at my follower count (thanks #MSWL!) and what pops into my head? "THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN...1781! Monsieur Hamilton..."

· 13 Sep 2016

Alex Slater @abuckslater

I always say this but - Coen Brothers-esque YA. Weird characters, dark humor, non sequiturs, a hidden part of society. #MSWL

My evergreen #MSWL

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Humor

· 1 Sep 2016

Can't wait for HBO's Westworld. Crichton was an early literary hero for me, right after Bradbury. Send me your weird YA Sci-Fi! #MSWL #YA

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Sci-fi

· 25 Aug 2016

Landis Blair @LandisBlair

Old commissioned illustration of death with an umbrella. pic.twitter.com/U4tIKrDknz

#MSWL

· 24 Aug 2016

I love #MSWL, so many queries ref it! Wishing today to #keepYAweird - send me your most genre-twisting, undefinable, passionate sentences.

· 5 Aug 2016

AP Oddities @AP_Oddities

'The Green Bay Clown:' Police receive calls about a creepy clown with black balloons wandering around town. apne.ws/2aA0AUm #odd

Thanks for your query! I am interested in reading the full manuscript...#MSWL twitter.com/ap_oddities/st…

· 18 Jul 2016

What you're hearing about #StrangerThings is completely true. Also, if any writers have a MG thriller, Goonies+@StephenKing+X-Files? #MSWL

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Thriller

· 30 Jun 2016

Replying to @sarahlapolla

This is getting off topic. #MSWL: YA version of Basquiat's 'Untitled (1981)'

· 30 Jun 2016

#MSWL a YA adaptation of Sufjan Stevens' "Casimir Pulaski Day"

· 30 Jun 2016

#MSWL a YA adaptation of Antony & the Johnsons "For Today I Am A Boy"

· 30 Jun 2016

#MSWL a YA adaptation of @chancetherapper's "Summer Friends"

· 30 Jun 2016

Middle grade: Horror, but in a creepy, atmospheric, @kennethoppel THE NEST kind of way. #MSWL

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Horror

· 30 Jun 2016

I love #MSWL! I always tweet when ideas strike. My evergreen #MSWL? Weird, woke, YA literary crime, Coen Bros-esque, stories from new voices