GiannaMarie Dobson

Literary Agent

Neighborhood Literary

associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

@giannamarie.bsky.social

In romance, however, I am really only looking for disability romances in the vein of KISSING KOSHER and CAN'T ESCAPE LOVE.

If your adult romance is not ABOUT disability, it's probably a better fit for one of my colleagues!

Okay so I did finish IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD nordqvistbooks.bsky.social this weekend and I am just blown away. Absolutely fantastic, 10/10 recommend, if you have something like this in your back pocket PLEASE send it to me!!! #mswl

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

In romance, however, I am really only looking for disability romances in the vein of KISSING KOSHER and CAN'T ESCAPE LOVE.

If your adult romance is not ABOUT disability, it's probably a better fit for one of my colleagues!

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

As always, I'm excited for disabled stories!

I would be particularly thrilled to see horror projects that deconstruct the fear of psychosis/delusions and feature protags who know they experience these––and it's not the source of the horror! But I'm open to a lot.

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

#MSWL update! I'm widening my adult genres just a bit. I already get a ton of horror crossover queries, so I'm officially opening the form to horror! I also am VERY selectively opening up to adult romance 🙈

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

#MSWL My main priority still remains to make space in the industry for stories about disability AND stories by disabled authors. If that's you, and your book is in one of my categories, please send! I'll give almost anything a try if it's through a disability lens or has a crip sensibility. :)

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

#MSWL More specifically, I'm really hoping to sign an adult SFF book with a disabled protagonist this year, and I'm dying for the next SICK KIDS IN LOVE. I want YA disability romance so, so, so bad!

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

For #MSWL #MSWL Day 2026, I'm really, really looking for disabled authors of color! If you have an adult SFF book or any genre of MG or YA novels, please send it my way!

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

For a detailed accounting of what I'm looking for, please consult my #mswl www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/gi...

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

Happy fall, everyone! 🍂 I am officially open to queries once again! If you've got something in my categories, please submit to my QM at
querytracker.net/query/3926

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

If you write in my categories and call yourself a crip, or you write about cripping these genres, tropes, and stories, please query me! #mswl

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

I would really love to see more political disability in my inbox––disability history, disability politics, disability culture, disability art. There's very little overlap between the disability art scene and disability in fiction, and I would love to bridge this gap! #mswl

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

Want to put it on the record that I would love to see more intersectional disability stories in my inbox, especially by BIPOC authors! #mswl #DisabilityTooWhite

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

It's time!! My official #MSWL profile page is live! I'm so excited to see what y'all are going to send me!
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/giannamarie-dobson/

GiannaMarie Dobson
@giannamarie
Literary Agent
associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
16 MSWL

While we’re waiting for my official Manuscript Wish List page to go up…if your project is anything like naomikritzer.bsky.social’s “The Year Without Sunshine,” please send it my way! #mswl

(If you haven’t read it yet, now’s your chance!)
uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/