Michelle Witte

@michellewitte

@michellewitte.bsky.social

Literary Agent

Mansion Street Literary Management

Children’s literary agent with Mansion Street Literary (open to queries first 15 days each month) and mental health advocate. I also write craptastic books. She/her.

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· 31 Aug 2017

A couple of #MSWL before I head off to bed for the night: Always at the top of my list is children's nonfiction, MG and YA in particular.

· 31 Aug 2017

Tiffany Shelton 🇨🇦🇯🇲🇨🇳🇨🇮🇮🇪🇮🇳 @TiffanyDiahann

Yes, adding this to my #mswl. Maybe a world where knowledge is forbbiden so they deal in black market books. twitter.com/stephlystein/s…

Make it a YA or MG and I am SOLD. #MSWL

· 19 Aug 2017

Merry Whitta 🎄 @garywhitta

I want THIS movie. twitter.com/MuslimIQ/statu…

I fully support this. Also, if you've got something similar in YA/MG, HIT ME WITH IT. #MSWL

· 8 Aug 2017

Ebony Elizabeth @Ebonyteach

(One day before I leave this Earth, someone is going to put a Black woman or girl atop a dragon. She will fly & 🔥🐉. And I will LIVE, honey.)

Definitely on my #MSWL. Definitely definitely. (YA/MG)

· 11 Jul 2017

Michelle Witte @michellewitte

Ooh, @SarahAddisonAll's Peach Keeper is $1.99 on Kindle amzn.to/2tIH3qe & Nook barnesandnoble.com/w/peach-keeper… Magical realism at its finest

#MSWL I'm dying to find great magical realism (YA/MG). One of my fave writers is Sarah Addison Allen, so like her books but for teens.

· 5 May 2017

Discover Magazine @DiscoverMag

Massive tunnels in South America are likely the remains of long-extinct giant mammals: trib.al/BqQ04TY pic.twitter.com/0rypMop0t8

I have no idea how you'd turn this into a YA/MG story, but #MSWL to anyone who succeeds.

· 18 Apr 2017

Daniel José Older @djolder

WE WILL twitter.com/RoanhorseBex/s…

Oooh. *grabby hands* #MSWL (YA/MG, obv.)

· 13 Apr 2017

Akshay Tailor @AksTailor

Gashadokuro are giant skeletons made from those who died of starvation. They kill lone travelers to drink their blood #folklorethursday pic.twitter.com/6GvIJcblzU

An mg horror novel about this would be epic. #MSWL (Preferably #ownvoices)

· 9 Mar 2017

I totally want this as mg or ya. I'd also like to find one in my back yard. Now where did I put the carrots... #mswl

· 26 Jan 2017

Andrew Ihla-La-La-La La-La-La-La @AndrewIhla

Pitch: A trio of freedom fighters rises up against fascism: a bookish nerd, a woodsy camper, a cultured fashionista. pic.twitter.com/b9Emxr1hl7

SOLD. #MSWL (in mg/ya obv)

· 22 Dec 2016

Still closed to queries until sometime in January. When I reopen I'd love to see MG/YA #ownvoices of life on rez a la Part-Time Indian #MSWL

· 7 Nov 2016

The Book Witch @KatRushall

One dream project of mine is an #ownvoices nonfiction PB on Standing Rock. I want to hear & help share these voices, history, activism #MSWL

I'LL FIGHT YOU FOR IT. Though chap book or mg would be good as well. #MSWL

· 13 Sep 2016

Okay, fine, I'll allow one exception to my query pile closure: MG/YA nonfiction (prescriptive or narrative). #MSWL Sorry, but no PB nonfic.

· 30 Jun 2016

Chris Hernandez @ChrisCanWrite

Creepy middle grade that's more about the emotion than the horror factor--like that you'd see from Neil Gaiman or Holly Black. #mswl

Exactly this. #mswl

· 30 Jun 2016

Annie Berger @EditorALB

Funny/sophisticated middle-grade with a mystery. Like The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place or The Mysterious Benedict Society #MSWL

All the yesses to this. #MSWL

· 30 Jun 2016

YA/MG that's dark, spooky, atmospheric. Gothic and/or Southern Gothic tone. #MSWL Think CURIOUS TALE OF IN-BETWEEN amzn.to/298gox8

· 30 Jun 2016

Magical realism, forever and ever. YA or MG. #MSWL Not sure what that is? I did series of posts explaining it here: michellewittebooks.com/2015/07/what-i…

· 30 Jun 2016

#MSWL Contemp realistic YA/MG about sisters and/or best friends. Like SWEETNESS OF SALT, which is $1.99 on Kindle rn amzn.to/295Bxm4

· 18 Mar 2016

Literary Hub @lithub

.@TobiasCarroll on the enduring appeal of weird fairy tales ow.ly/ZCVIc pic.twitter.com/3IH3zaMYur

This for YA/MG, please and thank you. #MSWL #weirdisbest twitter.com/thelithub/stat…

· 17 Mar 2016

Magic Realism Bot @MagicRealismBot

A lonely chef bakes a cake made of rainbows.

I want to #MSWL basically everything that @MagicRealismBot tweets. (For YA/MG. Heck, even PB if done well.) twitter.com/MagicRealismBo…