James McGowan
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Literary agent, author, sitcom enthusiast, professional snacker... @bookendslit (he/him)

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There have been a ton of picture books in my inbox lately and I am loving it. #MSWL

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L'homme sans Pantalon @buddhatree
February 26, 2015. Never forget 🦙 pic.twitter.com/JVTsjW7CjUStill think there’s a picture book in this. And if I missed it, please direct me to where I can purchase a copy #MSWL

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Since I'm caught up on queries and subs to Jan 11th, I will take this time to say that for 2019, I'm on a major hunt for some diverse YA (in any genre). It's my #1 goal this year to find some books like those by Samira Ahmed & Jason Reynolds, or Neal Shusterman & Marie Lu #MSWL

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Send me a YA as badass and edgy as @DeadlyClassSYFY. Preferably something lower on the fantasy scale, but who am I to tell you how to write the books? #MSWL

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Catherine Laudone @CatherineLaud
Would love to find a feel-good #YA version of #Friends, shenanigans and all. #MSWL (agented submissions only, please) pic.twitter.com/TDN3yCsrr7I will happily read anything like this that comes through my inbox. #MSWL

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#MSWL-- A main character obsessed with True Crime + a mystery. Preferably in YA?

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It has taken me all week to nail down my top 10 reads of 2018, but I’ve finally done it. Send me your thoughts/Send me your top books!

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Send me your #ownvoices and diverse books! I want to read your stories. I want to be a part of bringing them to shelves.

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James McGowan @jamerrson
In Mystery, Tana French is my favorite. I’d love mysteries with writing elevated to her level, but really I’m looking for ANYTHING in mystery. From procedurals to regular old mysteries, psychological thrillers. Suspense like Susan Furlong!(Excluding spy books, please). #MSWL pic.twitter.com/ilC5fQlS3ABonus points if any of these are Irish related, by the way! #MSWL

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In Mystery, Tana French is my favorite. I’d love mysteries with writing elevated to her level, but really I’m looking for ANYTHING in mystery. From procedurals to regular old mysteries, psychological thrillers. Suspense like Susan Furlong!(Excluding spy books, please). #MSWL

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In Literary/Upmarket Fiction, I’m looking mainly for books that explore families like Sing, Unburied, Sing (or groups, like Station Eleven) #MSWL

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James McGowan @jamerrson
I also love speculative elements that run the gamut from DRY to STRANGER THINGS. Ultimately, I like stories grounded in our reality, no matter a spec element. #MSWLI’m dying (heh) to find a thriller author like BookEnds’ very own Amanda Searcy or Karen McManus. Twisty and dark. Bonus points for something as unputdownable as Watch You Burn’s fire obsessed Jenny! #MSWL

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James McGowan @jamerrson
In YA, I’m mainly looking for contemporary or mystery (more tk) stories. Books like Crow Flight or Abigail Johnson’s books. I worked on and love Laura Taylor Jamey’s THE LIBRARY OF LOST THINGS. pic.twitter.com/6xusQ24OjmI also love speculative elements that run the gamut from DRY to STRANGER THINGS. Ultimately, I like stories grounded in our reality, no matter a spec element. #MSWL

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James McGowan @jamerrson
Clearly I love animal protagonists, but humans welcome, too 😂 #MSWL As a rule, not one for appliances or food as the main character. It’s just not for me.Also, CHICKENS. I am dying for that chicken picture book. I’ll know it when I read it, I think. #MSWL

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James McGowan @jamerrson
I’m looking for picture books like Elise Parsley, Tammi Sauer and Ryan T Higgins. I prefer humorous, silly or witty picture books. Things kids (okay I) can read over and over again and still laugh. #MSWL pic.twitter.com/Q0Nhc6GGqJClearly I love animal protagonists, but humans welcome, too 😂 #MSWL As a rule, not one for appliances or food as the main character. It’s just not for me.

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James McGowan @jamerrson
Not all of them were pubbed this year, but every one of them is *exactly* the type of story I’d like to build my list with.I’m looking for picture books like Elise Parsley, Tammi Sauer and Ryan T Higgins. I prefer humorous, silly or witty picture books. Things kids (okay I) can read over and over again and still laugh. #MSWL

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I’ve been meaning to post some #MSWL’s for going into 2019, and thought the best way to do that is with my top 10 reads from this year.

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Our Monday #Bookstagram is also James’s #WeekendReads and also his #MSWL. Susan’s Bone Gap Mystery series has everything James is looking for in a Mystery! An original and awesome… instagram.com/p/BpPSa4rHjHJ/….@Furlong_Sue kept me company this weekend and inspired today’s #MSWL post. It’s everything I love in a Mystery and am glad I finally read it. If you haven’t, you must. If you have something like it, send this way, please!