Kate McKean

@kate_mckean

Literary Agent

Howard Morhaim Literary Agency

CLOSED TO QUERIES. VP at Morhaim Literary. Daughter of the Fifth House, holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, heir to the Holy Rings. Rep’d by @Michaelbourret

querytracker.net/agent.php?agent=825

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· Oct 2

I want to read YA that passes the Vito Russo test. #mswl
glaad.org/sri/2014/vitorusso/

YA

· 6 Jul 2023

Someone write me an SF novel version of this newsletter by @RyanFMandelbaum, except for it's a boneheaded far future city organization who releases aliens/cryptids/etc into their parks ecosystem.

ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/project-x-or…

#MSWL

Sci-fi

· 18 Apr 2023

Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos

See this is why I don’t respect grad students. These idiots will see a vampire that’s been locked to the ground for centuries and be like “oh yeah let’s remove all that protective stuff, will look great in my dissertation” businessinsider.com/photos-vampire…

· 7 Mar 2023

🌱John Hyphen🚲 @JohnHyphen

not only is public transport free in Brussels, but they even have a bus called "Not The 48" which takes you to a mystery location if you're feeling a bit down or you just don't have anything to do that day

something for other cities to consider pic.twitter.com/UCxw1rSNPT

#MSWL kids book

· 21 Oct 2022

Next Generation Image Bot @tngimagebot

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· 1 Sep 2022

· 5 Feb 2022

My kid is playing with my calculator and showed me a random 10 digit number and said: "MOM THIS IS THE LAST NUMBER" with awe and reverence. So I'm going to need that SF novel one day, too. #mswl

Sci-fi

· 3 Feb 2022

I would like a southern romcom/romance about a last minute date or a one night stand that leads to more called RIGHT QUICK #mswl

· 12 Jul 2021

Gothamist @Gothamist

"The apartments came with the [library custodian] job, so as long as someone was doing the job, the apartment was theirs." Take a look inside one of the New York Public Library's old, abandoned apartments. gothamist.com/arts-entertain… pic.twitter.com/YjUIJMWbDh

I NEED SEVERAL NOVELS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN ABOUT THE CUSTODIAL APARTMENTS IN NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARIES IMMEDIATELY #MSWL

· 22 Apr 2021

Sapna Maheshwari @sapna

nothing but respect nytimes.com/2021/04/22/wor… pic.twitter.com/qPyhndqqMc

I would absolutely read a rom com about a couple grifting their company out of time off by getting married and divorced over and over again. #mswl

Romantic Comedy

· 6 Apr 2021

What does an agent mean when they use the #mswl hashtag?

katemckean.substack.com/p/what-i-mean-…

#amquerying #amwriting #WritingCommunity #amediting

· 4 Apr 2021

There was a Doubleday bookstore in the Barbizon Hotel and I desperately want a historical romance (1930s-50s) set there. #mswl

· 3 Mar 2021

Erica Buddington ✨ @ericabuddington

#Thread:

Aight so boom 💥. I see this house listing on @zillow. I recognize it immediately. I’ve seen it during my walks in Brooklyn. The price tag is WILD. I’m wondering, “Why is this so much $$?”

(If you know the house...don’t give it away until I’m done with the thread. pic.twitter.com/0bnmqFP3dX

#mswl oh yes (but not the part about the listing itself. Read the thread--it's amazing!--but you'll get it then)

· 2 Feb 2021

This is a definite #mswl

· 18 May 2020

Madison Malone Kircher @4evrmalone

for the Monday crowd: here's a wild story I published this weekend about why high schoolers are convinced the College Board is running a Reddit sting to catch AP test cheats
vulture.com/2020/05/colleg…

This is brilliant and also #mswl

· 18 Apr 2020

Josh Marshall @joshtpm

Pope Simulator promises a 'realistic' depiction of life as the Supreme Pontiff pcgamer.com/pope-simulator…

· 2 Jan 2020

#mswl but from Viv/Emily's POV
tseliot.com/foundation/sta…

· 16 Dec 2019

Jake Flores @feraljokes

Im sorry but Bill Burr’s accent in star wars implies some sort of space Boston

I don’t need any more Star Wars books but I have to say I’m intrigued by “space Boston” so #mswl

· 8 Oct 2019

Kate McKean @kate_mckean

Who’s writing the Oumuamua novel?

#mswl I should say

· 15 Sep 2019

I’d love to read a travel memoir by a WOC, particularly a Black American woman. #mswl

Memoir