Alex Slater

· 25 Jun 2019

Closed a couple deals last week we’ll be able to announce about when Miles starts college, but in the meantime let me just say this: I want more horror and I want more graphic novels. 🤫 #mswl

· 20 Jun 2019

Alex Slater @abuckslater

What a week. Gods of #MSWL: send me YA & MG that burns down white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia. Books to beat back the racists. Send me what terrifies them the most: your heart & humanity. More empathy today. Less intolerance tomorrow.

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· 21 May 2019

#MSWL: I'd love a YA in the vein of #SeeYouYesterday. Set in the hot center of a contemporary American city. Give me the sounds, sights, flavors of the place, all in the middle of the summer. Make the stakes as high as THUG. Make it shine with magic/fantasy. Blend the genres.

· 7 May 2019

Trisha de Guzman @trishadeg

An end of day #MSWL: I would love middle grade or young adult novel that takes a no-holds-barred look at colorism in marginalized communities and the damage it does to the people in them. #YA #MG #Children

Yes and please. #MSWL

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· 11 Apr 2019

Beto Blocker (AKA Michael Bourret) @MichaelBourret

@agentsaba @abuckslater It’s just a personal fave. One of the few books I’ve reread. For me, it hits that commercial/literary sweet spot perfectly. Smart enough to make you feel smart, but accessible enough to be read easily (even at its length).

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· 7 Mar 2019

jon klassen @burstofbeaden

💀 pic.twitter.com/cZYFcYOC3z

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· 26 Feb 2019

Me reading a query that promises a YA thriller, blending humor and horror, from a POC, and comps brand new media, and shows engagement with the convo within contemporary teen lit. #MSWL

· 3 Feb 2019

Keah Brown @Keah_Maria

Okay, okay. And the last thing I’m going to say is that I know your agent should ride for you but @abuckslater does through and through. I’m just very green and so freaking excited all the time and he just lets me be and fights for the things he knows I want. He’s a real one.

Hey writers! Here’s a shameless humblebragretweet! Query me if you’re like Keah: wildly talented, bold, and inimitable. #mswl

· 1 Feb 2019

What a week. Gods of #MSWL: send me YA & MG that burns down white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia. Books to beat back the racists. Send me what terrifies them the most: your heart & humanity. More empathy today. Less intolerance tomorrow.

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· 17 Jan 2019

#MSWL: Sharon Van Etten's new song "Seventeen"

· 7 Jan 2019

SchoolLibraryJournal @sljournal

Heavy Medal Finalist: FRONT DESK by Kelly Yang — Heavy Medal ow.ly/VTNp30ndLli

FRONT DESK by @kellyyanghk had a great 2018. I’m thrilled so many see what I saw in it! Send me more immigrant stories that need to be told #MSWL

· 26 Oct 2018

Children's B🎃🎃kshelf @PWKidsBookshelf

Presenting our Best Children’s Books of 2018, for readers of all ages pw-ne.ws/f838a pic.twitter.com/tix4oejCcN

Proud to see FRONT DESK on this list & would love to find more like it in my queries again! #MSWL

· 18 Oct 2018

#mswl
“Don’t you color out
don’t you bleed on out
stay in the lines.”

· 17 Oct 2018

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· 7 Oct 2018

Riz Ahmed @rizmc

diversity vs representation pic.twitter.com/HmgoQQUZtl

#MSWL —> Representation. I don’t want “diversity sprinkled on top.” Please send me new stories.

· 17 Sep 2018

Kosoko 'Preorder A PLACE FOR WOLVES' Jackson @KosokoJackson

In this house we stan The Weird Sisters. @sabrinanetflix @netflix pic.twitter.com/3XUs8fum5Z

Replying to @KosokoJackson

extremely #MSWL

· 12 Sep 2018

I love weird #YA. I love throwing genres in the blender. I love a teen voice that walks the brutal edge of traumatic hilarity. #MSWL

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· 12 Sep 2018

Please send me #MG that you’re afraid pushes the envelope, concerning topics some might think “aren’t suitable”...yet that’s exactly why you had to write it. Send me your truth. #MSWL

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· 12 Sep 2018

Ashley C. Ford @iSmashFizzle

it be your own novels twitter.com/nycjim/status/…

Replying to @iSmashFizzle

#mswl

· 29 Aug 2018

Nilah Magruder @nilaffle

After that: research literary agents! There's a TON of info and resources on the net, but this website will give you a starting point. Read the FAQ! illustratoragents.wordpress.com

I am not on this list but I love graphic novels and have been closing good deals for them and I want more and more and please oh please my heart my soul send them my way. #MSWL

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