Lauren Spieller

· 22 Aug 2023

Here’s what I’d love to find in my inbox:

A stellar suspense manuscript written by a POC.

The suspense shelf is full of white women, and while they are very talented, we definitely need to diversify this section of the bookstore.

#mswl

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· 8 Mar 2023

#mswl — my goal for 2023 is to sign a suspense novel written by a BIPOC author. We need more of your books on shelves.

· 16 Feb 2023

My full #mswl can be found on the agency website but here’s what I’m especially looking for in 2023:

—Adult + YA RomCom that are FUNNY AF *or/and* Adult Romance w a magic/spec twist
—Suspense/Thrillers (we need more queer and POC rep in this category!)
—MG Fantasy! All kinds!

· 15 Jul 2022

Maleeha Siddiqui @MalSidInk

I need more BIPOC mysteries/thrillers/horrors 👻 All subgenres and tropes. Plz.

Um yes. Me too. #mswl

· 2 Jun 2022

Going to keep tweeting this until I see it!! I really want more YA and Adult Suspense & RomCom submissions from BIPOC writers! #mswl

· 19 May 2022

Can't do #pitdark today but I *WANT* you to query me with:

--spooky MG
--dark academia in YA/Adult
--grounded, scary YA Fantasy
--thrillers/suspense in YA/Adult
--Adult Horror

I am especially keen to find these written by BIPOC! We need more of those voices on shelves! #mswl

· 29 Apr 2022

Lauren is open to queries on QM! @laurenspieller

I signed a new client less than 2 weeks ago and I'm already ready to do it again. If you're starting to query, please keep me in mind! #WritingCommunity

I'd really like to see more suspense/thriller submission from POC. #mswl #WritingCommunity

· 28 Jun 2021

Nidhi Pugalia @makep1enotw4r

My #A #MSWL page is live! Agents, send me your BIPOC myth-retellings--your dark, lyrical novels that dip into fantasy--your REBECCA-esque gothic fiction--your quirky, voicey nonfic. Make me hungry, teach me something, whisk me away: bit.ly/2Udh4Is📚 pic.twitter.com/g67GgPz5g2

Ummm ditto. I want these things. #mswl

· 19 Jan 2021

Bria Ragin @BriARag

Agents, under the BIPOC romance umbrella, I would love to see different pairings of interracial/interethnic love, same race relationships, body positivity, characters of every sexuality and gender, & teens with disabilities and disorders. Love between any two humans is beautiful.

I want to read these books! #MSWL

· 1 Oct 2020

Kiara 👉🏾#ACAB @dezinpub

MSWL: I really want a contemporary vampire graphic novel pitch with queer POC characters. 😭✨

Omg yes 👀 #mswl

· 28 Aug 2020

Nivia Evans @NiviaEvans

Really in the mood for something gothic as hell, full of rot and ruin, a slow-burn romance, twists and turns, and BIPOC protagonists. #MSWL

Uhhhhh yes please #mswl

· 12 Feb 2020

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein

I turned 30 (!!!) last weekend, an occasion I'm seizing to share my #MSWL this year:
- sweeping YA romance
- ✨queer magic✨
- savvy, commercial MG fantasy
- joyful queer & POC stories
- & POC authors with something to say
- emotional contemporary MG
- cozy af graphic novels

Hi I’m calling to report a crime and that crime is @stephlystein stealing my #mswl

· 7 Feb 2020

Tiffany Shelton @TiffanyDiahann

#MSWL a modern, POC, queer Bewitched rom-com. pic.twitter.com/k2CW3MLQ4j

Someone write this for meeee! #mswl

· 24 Sep 2019

Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks

Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.

PLEASE 🙏🏽 #mswl

· 16 May 2019

Ayana Gray @AyanaGray

Honestly:

1) This is a MOOD.

2) I really want a YA fantasy with girls of color training to be badasses inspired by this.

TLDR: I WILL ALWAYS STAN GIRLS WITH WEAPONS. #BlackGirlMagic #amwriting pic.twitter.com/4kPrupWTwa

Omg #mswl

· 13 Jan 2019

Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks

Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.

Omg someone please write this and send it to me. PLEASE. #mswl

· 15 Nov 2018

Lauren Spieller wants you to VOTE @laurenspieller

I want a book about a character like Ambrose Spellman--kind, gifted, tortured, and definitely queer af. #mswl pic.twitter.com/osCH2n4ICu

He's also a person of color--I shouldn't leave that out, b/c it's important to understanding his character.

Not that the show seems to understand that. #mswl

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· 5 Aug 2018

Hanna Alkaf @yesitshanna

I know Gary’s really being a jerk here and you should absolutely block him if you hadn’t already, but I absolutely do want to read a transgender teen POC MC enemies-to-lovers historical, can someone write it? pic.twitter.com/5DJa0DypKR

#mswl 😏

· 25 Mar 2018

POC in Space,
Subverting/Twisting Tropes, Murder Mystery, Witty Banter, Revenge. That's today's random #MSWL

· 7 Oct 2016

I've been getting a lot of wonderful LGBTQ submissions, but most of them are about white people. I'd love to see more POC in my inbox. #MSWL

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