Maggie Cooper

right now, I am particularly thirsty for queer romance (high concept, speculative, or historical), grounded fantasy (cozy or literary > epic), and literary fiction about gender and the body, queer and trans histories and futures, and characters who are trying hard to imagine a kinder world.

some keywords that always catch my attention, in no particular order: queer, trans, archive, epistolary, speculative, fabulist, weird, dis/ability, theater, classroom, library, romance, quirky, cozy, culinary, madcap, haberdashery, rabbit. 🐇

I'm open to queries on QueryManager for the first week of every month, and there's lots more info to peruse here:
querytracker.net/query/cooper/

peruse a nifty visual version of my wishlist here, complete with the covers of many books I would have loved to have worked on! arc.net/e/CF24F0F8-4...

It's #MSWL day! I'm looking for writers of adult fiction and occasionally nonfiction who approach the world with wonder & keenness, imagination & care, and heart & humor.
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/maggie-cooper/

okay, at long last, here's the link: QueryManager.com/cooper 🌿✏️ (7/7)

in the face of so much—the market/the world/our own insecurities—it's not nothing to sit down at the blank page and make something. may we all find as much joy as we possibly can in that magic. ✨ (6/7)

it will inevitably take more time than I wish, but I will endeavor to get back to each and every one of you. I know this is a tough process for writers (& for agents!), but know that even if I am not the right agent for you, I am glad that so many of us are writing! (5/7)

...above all: books that make our world weirder, more joyful, kinder, or all three! (4/7)

...crossover & cozy stories with magical elements; playful weird fiction from writers of marginalized identities; quirky or queer trade romance; cultural criticism; books about food, technology, and meaning-making... (3/7)

my #MSWL : stories by queer and trans writers, esp. ones that resist & subvert tropes of trauma, coming out, & transition; novels that make me laugh with their cleverness, wit, & peculiar specificity; grounded speculative fiction with a literary sensibility... (2/7)

the day is finally here, my friends: I am reopening to queries! please send me your dearest and most darling creations, in the realms of adult fiction & nonfiction, via Query Manager (link below). (1/7)

#mswl 🧀!!

overall: I represent mostly-adult, mostly-fiction across the literary-commercial spectrum from weirdo short stories to "book club" novels to historical fiction to trade romance. I *rarely* read thrillers or hard SFF. You can query me right here: aevitascreative.com/contact/ #MSWL

prose-forward crossover speculative fiction that traffics in "what-if"s, wonder, & what the inimitable @clarebeams calls "the living strangeness of the world" #MSWL

epistolary novels, novels in emails, novels in text messages, novels in standardized tests, novels in recipes... and bonus points *always* for "but make it gay" #MSWL

so-called women's fiction that passes the Bechdel test with flying colors + romance between humans who aren't cis men 👭 #MSWL

gorgeously written literary fiction with a well earned, but mind-boggling twist (see: FATES & FURIES, TRUST EXERCISE, FINGERSMITH) 🤯 #MSWL

quirky, imaginative, highly specific stories set in grocery stores, hedge mazes, libraries and bookstores, neighborhood bakeries, historic homes & museums 🏰🌿🏦#MSWL

While I have you here, it seems like the perfect time for a little #MSWL! First & forever: queer joy! BIPOC joy! joy for people with chronic illnesses! joy for disabled people! joy for people whose bodies we don't see on TV! 🌈