Susan Hawk
Literary Agent
Upstart Crow Literary
Children's and YA Book Agent at Upstart Crow Literary. Excited to read your query!

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Susan Hawk @susanhawk
MG and YA fantasy! I want to fall in love with your MC, be completely immersed in a world that's surprising and original. #MSWLEpistolary novels; a novel-within-a-novel; a journal format; secret letters; found documents – MG or YA that uses these elements. #MSWL

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Susan Hawk @susanhawk
Holiday Wish Lists on the blog! goo.gl/QWk6bN Here's mine: Diverse voices and authors, in PB, chapter book, MG, YA. #MSWLMG and YA fantasy! I want to fall in love with your MC, be completely immersed in a world that's surprising and original. #MSWL

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Holiday Wish Lists on the blog! goo.gl/QWk6bN Here's mine: Diverse voices and authors, in PB, chapter book, MG, YA. #MSWL

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Susan Hawk @susanhawk
Fresh #TBAWishlist on the blog! @gemma_cooper @VLCappello @mollykh @HeddaFlaherty @byobrooks @beth_phelan goo.gl/nMqScbWhat's my wishlist request, you ask? High concept, emotional MG or YA set in this world, with a fantastic/magical realism element. #MSWL

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An American Agatha Christie, for MG or YA! #MSWL

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HUMOR. If you're writing something funny - esp like wry, smart humor - I'd love to see it. PB, CB, MG, YA. #MSWL

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I'd love a fantasy that's based on American tall tales and folklore. YA or MG. #MSWL

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I'm always looking for YA or MG fantasy. Want it to feel NEW, and to really sweep me away. #MSWL

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Many of the mothers I see in YA aren't that great. I'd love to see a book that includes a complex, positive mother. #MSWL

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Always liked stories about cloning. If you have an original take on this theme, send it along! MG or YA. #MSWL

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Interested in MG or YA that deals with the struggle of faith, what it's like to be a doubter in a community of believers. #MSWL

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I'm particularly interested in YA that's about the nature of female friendships. Contemporary, but other genres too - fantasy esp. #MSWL

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If you have MG or YA about the early days of TV, or radio at it's height, send my way! #MSWL

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I'd love MG or YA that's set in the 1950s - anything about the post-WWII world. #MSWL

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I’m looking for hooky MG or YA, set in this world, with some magical element to the story. More details on the TBA blog! #MSWL

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MG or YA with magical realism. #MSWL

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I'd love to see literary MG or YA that takes narrative risks. #MSWL

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MG or YA where main character is first generation American. #MSWL

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Character driven MG and YA. If you've got high stakes and know your characters well, I'd like to see it! #MSWL

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I'd love a YA set in 1980s Moscow, against backdrop of Perestroika and Glasnost. #mswl