Emily S. Keyes

I'm very interested in how setting up colonies on other planets in science fiction with the legacy of colonialism on Earth being so negative. Is humanity doomed to make the same mistakes or could we be better? #mswl

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I'm still looking for my speculative retelling/reimagining of the life of Hatshepsut. #MSWL Just putting that after since I finally got to read "Iron Widow."

I wish more books talked about how weird Catholic school is. Loved "The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School" and I want more. MORE! #mswl

Here's my #MSWL post on Tumblr. (Yes, I still have a tumblr. There are funny memes.) at.tumblr.com/esckeyes/emily…

a book where a woman is the lead in guardians of the galaxy #mswl

a chaotic girlchild who saves the world from aliens (like lilo in lilo in stitch, or tip tucci in smekday) in a picture book #mswl

An assassin MLM is a great #MSWL idea.

Now I have a #mswl about a girl with a dream who moves to the big city to live her dream of murder, but finds her company is shady.

I would especially love a #MG contemporary, possibly with some light magic that fills me with joy! #MSWL

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One thing I was thinking about this weekend while watching "Only Murders in the Building" is that I'd like more MG set in apartment buildings. It's just a way to force disparate people to interact. Genre doesn't mater. "Attack the Block" is another fun example. #mswl.

I myself am particularly interested in Maya, Aztec and Egyptian mythology. But would LOVE to learn more about others.

tl;dr When I took a fantasy literature class in college, it started with British folklore, then King Arthur then LOTR. These are still the foundations of most fantasy stories. Why?

I'd also love to see historical fantasy (which is hard because you have to world build AND do tons of research, I know) about very specific times and places that aren't England during medieval times.

So I would love to see new new tropes emerge to decolonize the genre (both kidlit and adult). Or even to turn those traditions on their head. One book I offered on and still wish I got to rep was THE STAR TOUCHED QUEEN by @Roshani_Chokshi which mixed Indian and Greek mythology

Further, our fantasy now is very heavily influenced by Tolkien and he set out specifically to write a "mythology for England". And what I'd love to see is a "mythology of [X non-western] country." (2/?)

An update to an on-going #MSWL. I love non-western fantasy. And some people seem to think "just making it up" is non-western. It's not. So much of the fantasy we are familiar with is rooted in European folklore (fairies, dwarves, etc). 1/?

The @xoxopublishingg Instagram really makes you think. #mswl

Happy New Year, all! I am officially open to queries again. Be gentle with me! querymanager.com/query/EmilyKey…