Beth Phelan (closed To Unsolicited Queries)
@beth_phelan
mg & ya literary agent. food, beer, dog person. INTP. she/her. creator of #DVpit (@DVpit_) & #EATTHEBOOK (IG). @PocPub subcommittee.
Brooklyn, NY
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beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Oct 8
Shenwei (they/them) 張軒瑋 @theshenners
the discussion about the lack of upper MG & lower YA has me thinking about how little I see experiences like my middle school days in fiction...when I was13-14 most ppl were not sexually active but ppl were absolutely making sex jokes and I feel like MG mostly sanitizes that
I would really like to see if we can fill this gap so if anyone has anything with protagonists 13 or 14, especially contemporary realistic, send it to me with “#gap #mswl” as the subject line... especially looking at you marginalized writers!
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Aug 21
if anyone has a MG or YA with a PROTAGONIST who has ADHD, i'd love to see it. in particular, a type that isn't the more commonly associated hyperactive but features the inattentiveness, procrastination, disorganized thoughts, etc. would be open to realistic or fantasy #MSWL
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Jun 30
technically closed to queries but aching for more submissions from Native / Indigenous authors, MG or YA, of course. send my way with “Native voice” in the subject line 💚💚 #mswl #amquerying
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · May 17
#mswl for social justice topics in MG <3
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Apr 22
authors! it's okay if your book doesn't match a #mswl exactly! you don't need to revise the book to fit, or write the book to meet it, or mention the mswl at all. you can just query and let it stand on its own! just because we tweet a mswl, doesn't mean that that is ALL we want.
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Apr 22
i want more diverse mg fantasy with secondary animal characters that steal my heart #mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Apr 10
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
Goodness do I want to get more college YA in my query box. #MSWLAlso American Panda by @gloriacchao is such a perfect book, just thinking about it makes me happy. twitter.com/missdahlelama/…
Don’t send it to Eric just send to me #mswl
J/k you should totally send it to Eric but just you know send to me too okay?
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Apr 3
Saraciea a.k.a The Bronx is Reading 📚 @Sj_Fennell
Still waiting on an Afro-Honduran Or a Garifuna protagonist in #kidlit or even freaking adult lit. I have yet to see myself in MG or YA book. I enjoy stories that feature other Afro-Latinx cultures. But, I’m am really waiting on the day an Afro-Honduran or Garifuna writes kidlit twitter.com/lindasuepark/s…#mswl bring me this pls
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Apr 1
Ryan Ramkelawan @ryanramkelawan
Have you ever accepted a query of an MS that wasn't in your wishlist or do you always preferred MS within your Wishlist only? #askLitAOCyes, the #MSWL to me is more about those random, specific things i want. it doesn't mean that's the ONLY stuff i want! i think other agents are the same. #askLitAOC
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 30 Jul 2018
Kaye. Mostly Away. @gildedspine
More straight up Muslim rom-coms for couples of all backgrounds and identities. Meet cutes, parents arranged but it actually works out, dramatic scenes in the rain, as close as you can get to a musical dance number on a page! #MuslimSquadWL*crying*
I WANT
#mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 30 Jul 2018
Kaye. Mostly Away. @gildedspine
Moody, 90s-esque YA with Muslim teens making questionable decisions, having high speed motorcycle chases (most of the men on my Desi side of the family have owned or rode one at some point) and having heady, heavy relationships. #MuslimSquadWLyes okay please to my inbox you go #mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 7 Jun 2018
Alison Weiss @alioop7
Still thinking about this article. How was this possible? And, more importantly, can I do this, too, without the jail thing?How an Aspiring ‘It’ Girl Tricked New York’s Party People — and Its Banks buff.ly/2skNRdb
this story is so bizarre and i would be intrigued by a glitzy crossover YA novel about a grifter especially if it’s told in an unconventional way. #mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 16 Apr 2018
If your work fits the above, just FYI I am open to queries! This and more of my #MSWL can be found at bethphelan.com/wishlist. I’ll also be on HIGH alert at #DVpit for some new stuff. Hope all the #querytip #amquerying followers are listening! Thanks! <3
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 16 Apr 2018
I would also like to see some heart-achey MG contemporary that doesn’t shy away from big issues. Socially and politically engaged, with humor and joy and hope but also courage and realness and empathy. #MSWL
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 16 Apr 2018
I want urban fantasy in MG too please! Series potential and big friend groups, family-focused, heartfelt—would love to fight some surprise tears reading a fun, sweeping adventure. #MSWL