Kiana Nguyen
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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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Stephanie Stein @stephlystein
YA fantasy is evergreen, but what I want to see is where the genre is going next. A more contemporary direction, a new take on paranormal, twists and turns on some heavy-hitting elements like dragons, gods, monsters, the nature of story? Bring it to me!! #MSWLTHIS ππ½ππ½ A different take on fantasy #mswl
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I always forget to advertise this, but I AM on the look out for SFF in YA and Adult! I like grounded sci-fis like PREY OF GODS and THE LUMINOUS DEAD. Fantasy like Molly Tanzer. #mswl
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A #mswl CRAVING for horror in YA and Adult. I love haunting, meaty narratives like SAWKILL GIRLS, sleepy and dreamy lore like THE WICKED DEEP, the creepy witchy nightmare of #MarianneNetflix. If it has a romance element, MAKE IT GAY. #mswl
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I am dying for romances in YA & Adult. Queer preferred. Commercial, high stakes concepts with a fun angle. Interracial couples w/non-white partners. Light-hearted but not cutesy. 2011 Tumblr-angst. #mswl
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YA contemporary: I donβt want good girls, nice girls, nice kids. I want kids with buried secrets and selfish truths. Ones that try their best to be good but falter and make the wrong choices. Dark tone, snarky but not the shitty kind of egotistical wittiness. #mswl
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Always HIGH on my #mswl priority: YA; queer friends of color from the hood, or lower-middle class a la failed NY industry. Full of heart, promise, and school skipping hijinks to idk attempt to skate the Statue of Liberty. Fast talking, no-nonsense kids w/a tight bond. Funny!
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First on my #mswl: I want an f/f YA contemporary centering a black girl or girl of color who isn't confused about anything other than How To Get The Girl. A 2015-now voice.
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I'm really not into working with YA about theater kids/theater productions, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE always consider me for contemporary books about dancers/dance. #mswl
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Omg so Iβm listening to Natasha Nganβs ep of @88cupsoftea. Hearing Yin and Natasha gush about shared Malay culture makes me think of my distant cousins/relatives my ba would show me who did Thai pageants.
Iβd LOVE a Thai-written YA based around pageant life! #mswl
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I want a HORROR novel in my queries ASAP!! YA! ADULT! Contemporary! SPECULATIVE! FANTASY! SCI-Fi!
ANY KIND OF HORROR I WANT IT! #mswl
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I am currently reading BIRD BOX (the SCARIEST book ever omfg) and obsessively rewatching The Haunting of Hill House and I would literally murder a grandma to get an Adult or YA horror that exploits family dynamics #mswl
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YA Bad love interests who are 100% in their feelings & you better watch out if you think you can talk shit about it #mswl
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I would love to see more interracial couples with a non-white SO in YA! #MSWL
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If there's any YA out there framed around the circumstances of Beware The Slenderman Documentary, I am ALL ears #mswl
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YA writers, I just want a contemporary that captures the mood, tone, and heart @HayleyKiyoko latest single #Curious.
MUST have a happy ending for the MC: romantically or not! πΈ #mswl
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Evergreen #mswl An f/f YA based on this gif! π
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Kait βοΈ @itzzkait
my talents include:-liking girls
-admiring girls
-thinking gay thoughts
-loving girls
-worshipping girls
-being gay
-looking at girls
-caring about girls
-crushing on girls
My #mswl? Literally a YA personifying this list. All of it. The entirety of it. That's all.
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Evergreen YA #mswl
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I want the YA Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan story. I want it so bad. Bonus points if it's queer! #mswl