Eric Smith

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 2 Sep 2019

Great books on @MissDahlELama’s latest list! I really want to see more college YA in my query box! #mswl

• YA

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 29 Aug 2019

Floating a little wishlist item out to the universe, but I really want to see more kid-lit non-fiction in my inbox.

Young Adult and Middle Grade non-fiction, specifically. #MSWL

I’m so proud of the work @IamGMJohnson and @robin_stevenson are doing, and I’d love to see more.

• MG
• YA
• Nonfiction

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 19 Aug 2019

Where is my YA historical novel about teens trying to make it in a ska band in the mid-90’s you cowards. #mswl

• YA
• Historical

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 17 Aug 2019

Annual #MSWL request:

Novels about adoptees, written by adoptees. Adult or YA, I want those stories.

Send me your books, friends. <3

• YA
• Adult

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 30 Jul 2019

A YA Ocean’s 8 style heist novel.

Except...

It’s an anthology.

With eight authors each writing one character.

#MSWL

• YA
• Heist

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 23 Jul 2019

A friend of mine told me how the folks at @GOGcom will travel far and wide to save source codes for old games, to make them available via their service and-

Someone send me a novel about a passionate gamer who travels the world to save a game that means something to them. #MSWL

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 18 Jul 2019

*floats this out into the ether*

Hi I want to work on more YA anthologies please. They make me so happy. #MSWL

• YA

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 9 Jul 2019

Listen if you're looking for an agent who is very good at Self Owns, here's my #MSWL: ericsmithrocks.com/mswl

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 10 Jun 2019

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

• YA
• Horror

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 5 Jun 2019

Annual 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

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 4 Jun 2019

An eternal #MSWL request:

YA novels about adoptees, written by adoptees.

Give me those genuine voices.

• YA

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 27 May 2019

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

• Vampire

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 27 May 2019

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

• Vampire

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 18 May 2019

Because @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

• Literary
• Family

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 8 May 2019

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

• Contemporary
• YA
• Heist
• Romance
• Romantic Comedy

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 5 May 2019

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

• Speculative Fiction
• Literary
• Magic

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 19 Apr 2019

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

• Fantasy
• YA
• Sci-fi
• Literary
• Memoir
• Cookbook

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 14 Apr 2019

*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

• YA

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 14 Apr 2019

I love my fluffy books, I want more books-that-feel-like-hugs that my son can grow up and see himself in. #MSWL

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 11 Apr 2019

OMG. Please someone give me a book where teens swap super long ICQ numbers. #MSWL

• YA