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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· 21 Feb 2018

I’ve been tweeting lots of Olympics-related #MSWL b/c of amazing teen athletes. Tonight was breathtaking skate by 15yo Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova. I’d love YA about teen skating phenom. Bonus points for intense rivalry with teammate/friend, like w/Evgenia Medvedeva.

YA

· 20 Feb 2018

Leon Husock @LeonHusock

I'd love to see someone make up new elements for element-control magic rather than use the classical elements. Not sure what they'd be, but it'd be an interesting change of pace. #MSWL

Ooh, this sounds fantastic (in YA/MG). #MSWL

· 20 Feb 2018

NBC Olympics @NBCOlympics

How freeskier Elizabeth Swaney made it to the #WinterOlympics with this very simple halfpipe run: bit.ly/2sFywrc pic.twitter.com/kHTAV7XND4

This made me laugh so freaking hard. I would so love to see a YA about a teen who games the system to make it to the Olympics or other hugely competitive international event. #MSWL

YA

· 13 Feb 2018

Watching this interview with Adam Rippon yesterday gave me chills. I would love a YA contemp realistic in the vein of what he describes in the first 30 seconds of how far he went to achieve his dream of becoming an Olympic skater while still a teen. nbcolympics.com/video/adam-rip… #MSWL

· 13 Feb 2018

I would so love a YA like this, contemp or fantasy. Chloe Kim’s dad texted her before the Olympic halfpipe final that she was about to become a dragon. nbcolympics.com/news/what-chlo… #MSWL

· 11 Feb 2018

The stories of #WomenInScience being shared in the hashtag, I want to #MSWL them all (for picture book through YA).

· 10 Feb 2018

Cynthia LeitichSmith @CynLeitichSmith

Well, there's definitely a #YA novel in this: npr.org/sections/thetw… #Kansas #politics #Governor #Election #teenagers @NPR

#MSWL all the way.

YA

· 29 Dec 2017

Rebekah Weatherspoon @RdotSpoon

An upbeat show with witches of color and plenty of romance and adventure 😀 twitter.com/netflixlifee/s…

YA, por favor. #MSWL

· 20 Dec 2017

Kayleigh Donaldson @Ceilidhann

It's not too late for someone to write an epic sci-fi in which Celine is the owner of the biggest casino in the galaxy and has to fight off space pirates to keep her fortune. pic.twitter.com/2Urekvd0VO

Make that a YA and I am so there. #MSWL

YA
Sci-fi

· 29 Sep 2017

Now this is YA manuscript I'd actually read: Teens try to game the system & fail spectacularly. Hijinks ensue. #MSWL Anti-hero(ine) perhaps?

YA

· 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

MG
YA

· 31 Aug 2017

Magic Realism Bot @MagicRealismBot

You wake up in a city made of fire. A witch appears and hands you an amethyst.

Well, this would certainly be a great opening for a YA fantasy. #MSWL

Fantasy
YA

· 25 Aug 2017

Relentless Stark ✊🏻 @syntactics

This sounds incredible and I can think of five people I need to preorder it for right now. twitter.com/glitzandshadow…

This is pretty much my #MSWL right now. Gothic YA heroine with magic? Yes please. (Except, an original concept since this one's been done.)

· 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

YA
MG

· 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)

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.

· 18 May 2017

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks

I want to read this novel so bad. #MSWL twitter.com/FortuneMagazin…

Heck yeah. (But as a YA for me.) #MSWL

YA

· 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.

YA
MG

· 18 Apr 2017

Daniel José Older @djolder

WE WILL twitter.com/RoanhorseBex/s…

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

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MG