Molly O'Neill
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Root Literary
Literary agent & builder of bookmakers @RootLiterary . Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. @MarquetteU alum.
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Irène DB @UrbanFoxxxx
Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough] pic.twitter.com/RaMMIis0Pc
#MSWL MG, YA, or graphic novels with this mood / setting / ambience / evocative sense of the fantastical waiting-to-happen as a jumping-off point.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes
TV has a new kind of heroine: The Latina genius. Here's why it matters latimes.com/entertainment-…1000% seeking MG (& YA & GN) w/ similarly strong, memorable Latinx leads (genius is not a specifically-required trait, but they *do* need to have agency, fresh/compelling story arcs, & be buoyed by masterful writing from creators who share the main character’s identity). #MSWL
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I’m admittedly a gringa, but I grew up in Houston, TX with Latinx influences woven thru every part of life. I’d love to see the work of more Latinx creators—across all kids/YA categories & niches—in my inbox, b/c I want readers to be able to find more of it on bookshelves. #MSWL
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Things I’d love to find in my submissions folder in 2019: a (YA, I think?) graphic novel-style biography of Selena by a Latinx author or author-illustrator. #MSWL ew.com/tv/2018/12/11/…
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Molly O'Neill @molly_oneill
Stepped inside @BankStreetBooks mere moments before the downpour began & well, there are worse fates than waiting out a thunderstorm in a bookstore. ⛈📚⛈Update: read some books. ☔️📚
Related P.S. Standing #MSWL request for all your kids/MG/YA graphic novels! Illustrators, authors, and/or author-illustrators are all welcome. (I’m probably not the right agent for adult graphic novels/comics, tho.)
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This kind of storytelling but MG or YA, please! *Especially* as MG. (Arguably MG is always something like this, at its purest state—stories of connection + hope—and I always want it!) #MSWL theguardian.com/books/2018/mar…
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Juliana Corrales @juju_corrales
Kissed this great guy on the top of the Eiffel Tower, biggest regret is that I didn’t get his number, Twitter can ya help a girl out? pic.twitter.com/ZkNqXc1a9JBonjour mes amis, who is going to send me the YA manuscript that this story inspires? #MSWL
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Prediction: influx of eclipse-themed YA mss. in agent inboxes in early 2018. Like Valentine’s = babies in November. 13/10 would read. #MSWL
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Molly O'Neill @molly_oneill
Late-nite pondering: I’ve been reading articles/tweets (all sides) re: 13 Reasons Why. Just read this: twitter.com/voxdotcom/stat… 1/? #MSWLAnyway, if you have a thoughtful YA ms. that explores this often-urgent-feeling teen desire to be immortalized somehow, pls send. 4/5 #MSWL
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Memory fascinates me. How it evolves as we evolve.Its relationship to perception, regret, change. Would love a YA or MG that explores. #MSWL
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If you'd best describe yr YA/MG as the bk of yr heart, the one that only you could write at this time & in this way, I wanna read it. #MSWL
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YA about vibrant, passionate, imperfect characters facing hard choices, navigating messy relationships & discovering important truths. #MSWL
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MG/YA about connections b/w humans & scientific phenomena, the natural world, technology, or otherwise nerdy-delightful fascinations. #MSWL
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Perpetual #MSWL request: YA/MG that explores questions of faith & belief but doesn't proselytize or try to answer questions for the reader.
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YA that explores Big Questions thru memorable characters & amazing, inventive (non-derivative!) worldbuilding. Easy, right? #MSWL
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I'd love a MG/YA about the kind of friendship that makes you see the world differently & shapes & defines you for the rest of yr life. #MSWL
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If your YA/MG has a vivid, authentic Southern voice/sensibility, gimme! But be warned: I'm a Texan so I'll know if you're faking. #MSWL