Kiana Nguyen
Literary Agent
Donald Maass Literary Agency
YA/Adult Fiction Agent at DMLA. Hobbit degenerate. She/her. I smile a lot/make inappropriate jokes. ππ¦ ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES β¨ Rep: @samanthashnh
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Where is the modern day queer Black Superbad YA I've been wanting my whole life? #mswl
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You have a YA or Adult ensemble class in late teens-early to mid-twenties that could be comp'd to Betty? That's for me! For a project like this VOICE should be strong and character(s) has/have to really drive the narrative forward or have a strong plot. #mswl
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If your writing or stories can be compared to Michaela Cole's OG Chewing Gum or her latest I May Destroy You, I want to see it. #mswl
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Saint says preorder DOWRY @s_t_gibson
Horror and romance is the most god tier genre pairing honestlyLiterally, I am forever on the search for this pleasing genre-combo #mswl
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Kiki Says New Adult is Deader Than Dead @kianangu
For the rest of 2020, Iβm mainly focused on acquiring more adult projects to my list. Particularly Horror, Domestic Suspense thrillers (not FBI/CIA/govt agency), and Womenβs Fiction focused on QPOC in their 20s/30s (no divorcΓ©es).I want like...Broad City but more grit and queer and QPOC!!! #mswl
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Still think about how I have not yet received one query for a contemporary YA that's QPOC Sugar & Spice #mswl I want that bitchy sisterhood amongst competitive high school sport/club, wtv.
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James McGowan @jmcgowanbks
If youβre writing anything like THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR or HILL HOUSE (or any other adult horror) please keep me in mind! #MSWLAnd then query me so we agent peers have some friendly competition! #mswl
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I've been seeing a lot of fantasy in queries and I'd love contemporary in the YA & Adult space! Also, looking for more Women's Fiction, Domestic Suspense (think Dark Places), and Romance! Though less rom-com and more steamy - really, anything that's not too sweet! #mswl
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Finding myself really craving Adult Romantic Suspense #mswl
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Maddie Jay @maddiejaymusic
Undertow video out now π₯Ίπ₯Ίπ₯Ί pic.twitter.com/FSuf73Q4zaokay like now that audio is on Twitter, I LOVE this song!! And want a contemporary YA or Adult WF or Romance that feels like this #mswl
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Am I the Asshole? @AITA_reddit
AITA for asking my husband to turn down his dream job for my career? bit.ly/3gEHIQ2 pic.twitter.com/Xqtw6m56A3BRUH, imagine this as a domestic suspense thriller? The stakes, tension, mystery surrounding a newly dead spouse or the fear a spouse has that their partner would commit murder to protect their job...I WANT IT!!! #mswl
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Pride & Prejudice (2005) but queer as fuck yes??? #mswl
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I'd love to see more genre books in conversation or with elements surrounding paganism as it's the oldest recorded operation of witchcraft! Would be so cool. #mswl
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I just really want some cerebral, fucked up horror shit that really takes characters through the ringer with confronting who they are when faced with fuckshit. Specifically searching for this in the Adult space, but YA too! #mswl
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I just want stories where black and POC characters can do fun shit like solve their shitty exβs murder or investigate the strange blood that coming from the faucet. Like where are those dark and twisty stories?! NOT IN MY INBOX!!! π #mswl
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Roseanne A. Brown π @rosiesrambles
we've all worked hard to give enemies-to-lovers the shine it deserves lately but i think we have yet to tap the full potential of lovers-to-enemies and we must fix thisPlease please please #mswl
Sincerely, the person whose made every ex hate her βΊοΈ
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I LOVE murder (thanks Chucky, Freddy, and Lifetime!) mysteries. I want less βpsychotic/psychopathic/sociopathicβ killler (most people who have psychotic episodes or who are sociopathic are NOT killers or criminals) and more emotionally motivated killers PLEASE!!! #mswl
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fran @galacticidiots
Sick of redemption arcs. I want a corruption arc where the hero gets thoroughly seduced by the villain and they ride off into the fiery sunset, two halves of the same perfect, rotten wholeForever #mswl because my joy comes from watching people do bad things!