Hattie Grunewald

Vibe: But also possibly even more, Scriberia, the grumpy overlooked cult of investigative journalists at the back of the office, last chance to find a story, office politics, bitchy but committed

Vibe: OK, Inventing Anna, everyone is incredibly rich and horrible, someone's a scammer, but aren't they all actually scammers? you know you shouldn't but you want to be them.

Vibe: "I'll always remember that summer" (summer in question is the late 60s, everyone is beautiful, lots of making out)

Vibe: It's christmas eve, the fire is lit, I'm wrapped in a quilt and drinking a manhattan, and I want to read some really quite unseasonably dark shit

Vibe: just this level of pure joy

Vibe: an obscene amount of food porn, in a way that almost spoils the plot but not quite?

Vibe: Ok, someone got murdered but let's not get too serious about it? how hard can solving crimes even be?

Vibe: Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown. Misanthrope with a cause, solving crimes, f@cking shit up but not in a cool way, just in a "wow you need therapy" way.

Vibe: "Do You Think That There Is A Corner Of This Earth That You Could Travel To Far Away Enough To Free Me From This Torment?”

Vibe: MUMS. Motherland energy. But also like, having a mum, being a mum, we can relate.

Vibe: Evil gays??? (but make it sexy)

Vibe: 90s nostalgia but, like, dark. Bootleg jeans. Buffy but without the vampires. Yellowjackets?? I wasn't a teenager in the 90s but I wish I'd been a teenager in the 90s.

Vibe: This Is Us episode where they do family therapy. Huge family saga, lots of drama, but emotionally intelligent and everyone loves each other. I cry the whole time.

Vibe: Cell Block Tango, but like a book?

Vibe: I'm on holiday, I'm on a sun lounger by the pool, I have a cocktail, later I will go to a fancy dinner, I want a book to read that is just holiday joy.

Going through my submissions for the first time since my wedding and really ITCHING to sign some new novelists. So I thought it was time for a new #mswl. This time it's not genres, just ✨vibes✨

I'm not the right agent for fantasy and sci-fi, but I am not opposed to novels with a slight speculative twist. I'm interested in high concept love stories with a magical or techy element.

I'm also looking for post-war 20th century 'period' pieces a la Taylor Jenkins Reid. The kinds of stories that take us to interesting places or show us interesting people in a rapidly changing world. I'm interested in World War novels but they need to be doing something new.

In historical fiction, I would love something witchy and gothic. My taste tends towards under-represented voices from history, rather than a regency court romance. I'd love historical fiction by black and Asian voices. I love historical +mystery, or historical +love story.

I'm also looking for that book-club/psych thriller middle-ground, in the vein of Liane Moriarty, where there are lots of dark secrets and surprising twists and characters that could be someone you know.