Patricia Nelson

@patricianels

Literary Agent

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, representing YA & MG fiction (all genres), women's fiction & romance. She/her.

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· 8 Jun 2017

Hayley Chewins @hayley_chewins

It is my firm belief that a book can never been too feminist or too weird. pic.twitter.com/I7UiXMyFyp

AGREE. #mswl

· 15 May 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

I want historical WF w/ big story--maybe loosely based on an underdiscussed real person from history? Show me the past in a new light. #mswl

Replying to @patricianels

And last (perpetual #mswl), send me LGBTQ bks w plots NOT centered on homophobia/coming out. Queer folks as protags of all kinds of stories!

LGBT

· 15 May 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

Still looking for the perfect magical realist MG to add to my list -- heartfelt and cozy, w/ magic woven into the real world. #mswl

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I want historical WF w/ big story--maybe loosely based on an underdiscussed real person from history? Show me the past in a new light. #mswl

· 15 May 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

I would love to see more #ownvoices YA SFF w/ intricate worldbuilding & brave heroines that take bold action to change their world. #mswl

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Still looking for the perfect magical realist MG to add to my list -- heartfelt and cozy, w/ magic woven into the real world. #mswl

· 15 May 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

Hungry for YA contemporary with a strong, jump-off-the-page voice & a fresh perspective that makes me cry or laugh out loud. Or both! #mswl

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I would love to see more #ownvoices YA SFF w/ intricate worldbuilding & brave heroines that take bold action to change their world. #mswl

· 15 May 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

I think this Monday morning is a great time for some #mswl tweets, yes? Here's what I'm dying to see turn up in my inbox right now:

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Hungry for YA contemporary with a strong, jump-off-the-page voice & a fresh perspective that makes me cry or laugh out loud. Or both! #mswl

· 6 May 2017

Faye Griffin @HappyGriffin06

Agentopia Interview up at @YAtopia_blog with @patricianels!
bit.ly/2qDfkYK

Another new interview! @YAtopia_blog asked me some ?s re: my #mswl for YA (I got very specific) & why I Google authors before offering rep.

· 4 Apr 2017

Julia Ember @jules_chronicle

Sleeping Beauty, but the villain's perspective, with queer Maleficent. twitter.com/LGBTQReads/sta…

As someone with a deep love for the delightfully campy Angelina Jolie MALIFICENT movie: #mswl #mswl #mswl

· 30 Mar 2017

🎄manda B🎁wer @heyprofbow

The problem w/ this Pence/meal thing is that it suggests that every interaction w/ a woman is potentially a sexual thing.

Thread. Also, I'd love to see more books where women &men are friends, just friends, w/o a romance subplot. Let's undermine this myth. #mswl

Friendship

· 22 Mar 2017

Women Writers @WomenWriters

Q and A with literary agent @patricianels ! booksbywomen.org/qa-with-litera… @MMFinck

New interview: in which I talk to @WomenWriters about queries, first pages, genre categories, my #mswl, the agent-author relationship &more!

· 8 Feb 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

Contemporary women's fiction with a big hook, propulsive plot & book club appeal (a la BIG LITTLE LIES) #mswl

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Contemporary YA that #resists (in a non-didactic way), w/ chars who care abt politics, feminism, racial justice, immigrant rights, etc #mswl

· 8 Feb 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

Diverse #ownvoices MG that makes me laugh or cry #mswl

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Contemporary women's fiction with a big hook, propulsive plot & book club appeal (a la BIG LITTLE LIES) #mswl

· 8 Feb 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

Atmospheric YA with a vivid, specific sense of place, either contemp (a la AMERICAN GIRLS) or contemp fantasy (a la THE RAVEN BOYS) #mswl

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Diverse #ownvoices MG that makes me laugh or cry #mswl

· 8 Feb 2017

Patricia Nelson @patricianels

Heyyyy, #mswl day! I'll share just a few things I'd love to see right now:

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Atmospheric YA with a vivid, specific sense of place, either contemp (a la AMERICAN GIRLS) or contemp fantasy (a la THE RAVEN BOYS) #mswl

· 16 Jan 2017

KellyJFord @Kelly_J_Ford

Send your best and bravest work to my wonderful agent! #lgbtq and #ownvoices, you are welcome here! twitter.com/patricianels/s…

Yes! This is very true!! I *always* want your #ownvoices and #lgbtq novels. #mswl

· 14 Nov 2016

dongwon kenobi, your only hope @dongwon

Writers, especially ones from marginalized communities, send me your angriest stories. Ones about resistance and change and fighting back.

#mswl #mswl #mswl (!!!)

· 11 Oct 2016

Book Riot @BookRiot

Happy Ada Lovelace day! To celebrate the world's first computer programmer, read these books: bit.ly/2dR7jcg pic.twitter.com/5vBUuLSH2G

Not only #tbr... but also #mswl! Still searching for the MG girl computer whiz book of my dreams (& girl-driven STEM-focused MG in general)

· 6 Oct 2016

Great thread+co-signed always. I want to see stories abt queer chars where the conflict doesn't begin & end w/ homophobia & bullying. #mswl

LGBT

· 13 Sep 2016

Happy #mswl day--I still want all the same things as always! Find my wishlist here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/patr… & here: mswishlist.com/profile/agent/…

· 17 Aug 2016

Molly O'Neill @molly_oneill

YA that plays w/ structure/perspective/other aspects of storytelling in unique, outside-the-box, compelling (but non-gimmicky) ways. #MSWL

Yep, me too. Perpetual #mswl! twitter.com/molly_oneill/s…