Eric Smith
Literary Agent
P.S. Literary Agency
Literary Agent (@PSLiterary), Author. Latest, YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY (@InkyardPress) and JAGGED LITTLE PILL: THE NOVEL (@abramskids). Loves @BeautyBritches .
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Literary Agent
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS CANCELED. twitter.com/Bibliogato/sta…Listen if you're looking for an agent who is very good at Self Owns, here's my #MSWL: ericsmithrocks.com/mswl

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I keep thinking about how badly I want to read more smart, unnerving YA horror.
I don't want gore. I want a story that makes me ask questions that I don't want an answer to. #MSWL

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P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary
"I'm dying to find a great book about a cult or a survivalist or a plague... maybe all of them in one?" @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswlAnnual reminder that I'm obsessed with @erin_bowman's CONTAGION and it's on the very top of my "books I wish I had worked on" list. Get me a book blend like this. #MSWL

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An eternal #MSWL request:
YA novels about adoptees, written by adoptees.
Give me those genuine voices.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
There's always something so fun about genre novels that explore the regular people who live alongside the supernatural. Their frustrations.IE: Patrick Ness' brilliant The Rest Of Us Just Live Here.
Like, there's a familiar in What We Do In the Shadows who is like 80+ years old, and is still saying "any day now."
Imagine a father figure in a YA novel who is a familiar, and his wildly frustrated family. Does the teen become a slayer?
Anyhow, send this to me someone. #MSWL

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I've been watching the TV adaptation of What We Do in the Shadows (it's brilliant), and I'm just obsessed with the world of the familiars, the humans serving the vampires.
I would DEVOUR a vampire novel from the perspective of familiar. Who is maybe tired of waiting? #MSWL

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P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary
"Literary fiction that takes you into small worlds and communities where I'm an outsider. A glimpse inside a complex family, or a workplace." @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswlBecause @ZillianZi's Number One Chinese Restaurant absolutely ruined me last year. I desperately want to read a novel that makes me feel like that again. #MSWL

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I almost tweeted "YA rom-con" instead of "YA rom-com" and I officially want to read a YA contemporary novel about two teens planning a heist who OOPS also fall in love. #MSWL

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
Honestly one of the best novels I’ve ever read. Pick up @pengshepherd’s book! twitter.com/pengshepherd/s…I talk a lot about how my favorite kind of literary fiction blends genres, pulling the speculative or a bit of magic into it.
And this one is a perfect, stunning example of that.
More books like @pengshepherd’s in my query box, please. #MSWL

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Still getting the occasional DM asking if I'm open to queries... and I am! :-D
Here's what I'm looking for:
Most genres of YA.
Genre blending literary fiction.
Accessible sci-fi and fantasy.
Memoir and essay collections.
Cookbooks.
You?
Query me! ericsmithrocks.com/mswl #MSWL

Literary Agent
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
I get upset about the idea of a book being “too quiet” because of seemingly small stakes.That internal journey is such a part of being a teenager. That’s your audience.
Yes fight The Citadel in the Battle of the Wars, but also maybe get books about panicking over first kisses.
*passes away on that Quiet YA hill while writing a tweet about wanting to read a book about a teen stressing over marching band auditions* #MSWL

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
There are a few book-shaped hills I'm going to die on this year:1. Fighting for "quiet" books with personal stakes.
2. Yelling about the sequels by @RantingOwl and @cindypon. Support these series!
3. Asking for more "fluffy" contemporary stories with marginalized characters.
I love my fluffy books, I want more books-that-feel-like-hugs that my son can grow up and see himself in. #MSWL

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton
@ericsmithrocks hi, it's me, I'm the audience for this and and an entire series of YA books featuring other dawn of the internet delights (there's gotta be an IRC one, of course)OMG. Please someone give me a book where teens swap super long ICQ numbers. #MSWL

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Every time I type “bbs” instead of “babies” I’m reminded how badly I want an early 90’s YA novel with a teen running a bulletin board system (BBS) on their computer.
“Who is the audience for dawn of the Internet niche YA-“
Shush! Gimme. #MSWL

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Dahlia Adler @MissDahlELama
If you happen to be looking for YAs set in college, here’s a post I did last year with a bunch that also links to another post with a bunch, for a total of 16: barnesandnoble.com/blog/teen/10-n…Goodness do I want to get more college YA in my query box. #MSWL
Also American Panda by @gloriacchao is such a perfect book, just thinking about it makes me happy.

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Up late playing Far Cry so this is your annual reminder that I want some novels about cults in my inbox.
Send me that disturbing stuff. #MSWL

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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? #askLitAOCDefinitely. Agents use #MSWL for our specific requests and wishes (ie: I'm dying for a survivalist, plague-filled YA but... I want other stuff too), and always welcome surprises that are still within our interests. #askLitAOC

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
My wife is watching her reality shows (right now Temptation Island is on), and I so want to read a literary novel with reality TV in it.Like a novel that feels like the show UnReal, or reminds me of THE LAST ONE by Alexandra Oliva. Oof that was a perfect book. #MSWL
Oh! @BeautyBritches is watching @Andy Cohen’s show and he has my favorite YA novel of all time on his bookshelf!
Goodness I want to read a YA that makes me feel the way HERO did. What an amazing novel. #MSWL

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My wife is watching her reality shows (right now Temptation Island is on), and I so want to read a literary novel with reality TV in it.
Like a novel that feels like the show UnReal, or reminds me of THE LAST ONE by Alexandra Oliva. Oof that was a perfect book. #MSWL

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P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary
"As for weirdly specific things I'm looking for... I'm dying to find a great book about a cult or a survivalist or a plague... maybe all of them in one?" @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswlAnnual reminder that @erin_bowman's CONTAGION ruined me, and I want to find a book that makes me feel like that. #MSWL