Larissa Melo Pienkowski

@lmpnk

Literary Agent

Jill Grinberg Literary Management

latine literary agent @JillGrinbergLit, writer, editor, asst publisher, ceramicist. she/her 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇷🇵🇱 #LatinxinPub #PocPub #WeNeedDiverseBooks

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#mswl (34)

· 3 Oct 2022

some very specific identities of mine that i get REALLY excited to see in books, especially if combined with any of the above:
🐚 Massachusetts native
🏺 ceramic artist
🎻 violinist
💄 queer femme
🏳️‍🌈 women's college grad

#MSWL

LGBT

· 3 Oct 2022

contemporary retellings of non-Western folklore have been on my wish list for a while now, but i'd also like to see BIPOC- and queer-led reinventions of ~the classics~ like @NghiVoWriting's THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL

#MSWL

· 3 Oct 2022

queer, feminist, and non-Western horror with subtle social commentary and an atmosphere that fills me with a sense of creeping dread and makes me throw your book across the room while my heart pounds dramatically

#MSWL

Horror
LGBT

· 3 Oct 2022

Larissa Melo Pienkowski @lmpnk

happy autumn! 🍂 i am SO excited to open for queries again through the end of the year (possibly later than that, but we'll see).

you know what that means...#amquerying authors, my complete and updated MSWL! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/lari…

w/ specific wants below, a 🧵:

as always, my list focuses primarily on BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodivergent, and other historically excluded voices. eu adoraria representar mais autores brasileiros especialmente!

#MSWL

LGBT
BIPOC

· 3 Jan 2022

✨ contemporary and well-researched historical queer romance, with pining and butterflies and swoony tension and steaminess and a REALLY strong hook
✨ books that celebrate books, both MG and adult
✨ heists, cons, scams, the more glam the better (no cishet man protags)

#MSWL

· 3 Jan 2022

i would love to see:
✨ BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodivergent, undocumented, historically excluded voices
✨ adult fiction set in latin america (esp brazil) across genre, own voices
✨ MG fantasy feat. non-western folklore and high personal stakes

#MSWL

· 4 Feb 2021

medusa @tinykinseyscale

a period drama about a black lesbian commune in the 70s that takes a trip to the Michigan Womyn's Festival to see what all the fuss is about. Hilarity ensues.

ALSO #mswl OMG

LGBT

· 4 Feb 2021

medusa @tinykinseyscale

Do a lesbian period drama about two black lesbians who meet and fall in love during the Harlem Renaissance instead of another movie where rich white women look at each other longingly in polite society.

#MSWL

LGBT

· 31 Aug 2020

IN THE DREAM HOUSE, FRESHWATER, etc.
✨ all the queer horror! (YA and adult)
✨ complex + complicated mother/daughter, sister/sister, + best friend relationships
✨ more protagonists who are fat, trans/non-binary, mixed-race, dark-skinned, etc. (4/7)

· 31 Aug 2020

✨ quirky/haunting MG set in new england (born-and-raised masshole here)
✨ vibrant MG adventures exploring black + brown joy
✨ LGBTQ+ historical fiction, especially in non-western contexts
✨ #ownvoices stories by indigenous people (2/7)

· 9 Apr 2020

i have SO many incredible queries in my inbox and i'm reading from my couch so keep 'em coming! some of my #MSWL : heartwarming YA w/ mixed-race families, gorgeous essay collections on queerness/sex/sexuality, and adult fic w/ a protagonist of color figuring out their early 20s