Lauren Spieller

Folio Literary Management

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· 15 Aug 2018

Lauren [closed to queries in August] @laurenspieller

that might not seem like a ton, but when you consider how many genres I represent across multiple age categories, it is a LOT

When I open to queries again in September, I hope to continue receiving YA Fantasy (because I love it) but I also hope I see more

☻ Middle Grade Fantasy
☻ YA Contemporary
☻ Adult SFF
☻ Adult Psych Thrillers

#mswl

· 6 Jul 2018

I also want an Adult Fantasy reminiscent of THE CITY OF BRASS--smart, beautiful writing with a great plot that *moves*. #mswl

· 6 Jul 2018

I'm also looking for BIG WORLDS in SFF. Something commercial and swashbuckling and fun as hell. I want a ROMP. #mswl

· 6 Jul 2018

I'm also looking for upmarket YA Fantasy. I'm a sucker for thoughtful and elegant prose, and deep (not wide) worldbuilding that feels effortless despite it's intricacies. Contemp fantasy, second world fantasy, whatever--it's all great, as long as it sweeps me away. #mswl

· 6 Jul 2018

Lauren's book is ON SHELVES! @laurenspieller

I'm closing to queries on 8/1/18, so here's a quick run down of my top #mswl items. Please keep in mind: 1) these are my priorities right now, but I'm still considering projects in other categories, & 2) I will re-open to queries on 9/1 so don't hurry! Good > Fast.

Here we go!

I would love to see more Middle Grade in general, but I am particularly excited about contemporary fantasy (fantasy set in our world) and stories inspired by non-western cultures. #mswl

· 17 May 2018

Someone please write me an Adult SFF about a mother motivated by ambition, love, and fury. #mswl

· 17 May 2018

Nivia Evans @NiviaEvans

Any SF adventure books where the MC is a reporter/journalist? Not near future, but actually taking place in space on a colony or alien planet... I would love to see that #mswl

I want this book! Reporter in SFF! #mswl

· 13 May 2018

Brit Elisabet Hvide Busse @bhvide

Honestly I want more political fantasy about mothers as heroes orchestrating the rise of their children to power. It happens in history all the time. These women’s stories deserve to be told with magic and hecking dragons.

Ooo this. I want this. #mswl

· 13 May 2018

Brit Elisabet Hvide Busse @bhvide

Mom’s never get enough love in fiction. Particularly not SFF. They’re always dead or dying or gone. This is often to give character’s agency because they KNOW their real mothers wouldn’t let them go traipsing off killing dragons.

Have a SFF where the MC is a mom? I want to see it. #mswl

· 12 Apr 2018

I am craving a gorgeous revenge fantasy in YA or Adult. #MSWL

· 12 Mar 2018

BIG #MSWL for Crossover/Adult SFF

I'm looking for a book that engages with the abuses perpetrated against indigenous people, in particular women, and the colonizer's legacy of violence and oppression.

Please spread the word. I need this book. The world needs this book.

· 7 Mar 2018

I would love to see more SFF MG and contemporary YA in my inbox. #MSWL

· 27 Feb 2018

I'd like a MG Fantasy that features lesser-known creatures of myth and legend (be that because they don't figure as prominently in mythology, or because they are from traditions ignored by the European-centric literary canon). #mswl

· 21 Feb 2018

There are so many things about Black Panther that I loved, but one of my favorites was the depth of the worldbuilding, and how we saw what life was like without the influence of colonization. I would love to see a SFF project that grapples with similar questions. #MSWL

· 17 Feb 2018

Saturday Evening Thoughts

I would really love to find an exciting, middle grade adventure/ fantasy set somewhere other than the US or Europe.

Great example: THE SERPENT'S SECRET by @Sayantani16

#MSWL

· 31 Jan 2018

Now that it's out in the world, I can officially say:

Fantasies like THE HAZEL WOOD by @mimi_albert are on my forever and ever #MSWL.

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· 25 Jan 2018

#MSWL: I'd love to find a YA Historical Fantasy with the kind of incredible voice and expert worldbuilding found in @jessica_shea's remarkable BORN WICKED/Cahill Witch Chronicles.

Also, if you haven't read those books, you. are. missing. out.

amazon.com/dp/B005GSZJ8Y/…

· 17 Jan 2018

Brian Geffen @Brian_Geffen

#MSWL: Lyrical, gorgeously-written YA fantasy with lush worldbuilding and fascinating magic that can be comped to the masterpiece that is #StrangetheDreamer. twitter.com/Brian_Geffen/s…

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽#MSWL

· 16 Jan 2018

::happy sigh::

I love historical fantasy. #amreading #mswl

· 14 Jan 2018

Writers, this is my forever #MSWL-- I'd like to read a mystery or a thriller set in a SFF world. I love genre-bending spec fic!

Lauren Spieller

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