Amanda Jain

@wensday95

Literary Agent

BookEnds Literary Agency

Literary Agent repping adult fiction and nonfiction @bookendslit. You can query me at QueryManager.com/AJain. Books, books, books, always books. she/her

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· 20 Dec 2017

My kingdom for an #ownvoices South Asian retelling of P&P. #mswl

Austen in South Asia theatlantic.com/notes/2017/07/…

· 12 Dec 2017

Jeryl Bier @JerylBier

Idea: An NFL quarterback is injured mid-season; a British prince, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the QB, yearning to see how the other half lives, switches places w/ him. Hilarity ensues. And the Superbowl.
>>"The Prince and the Passer"<<
cc: @eagles @cj_wentz @RoyalFamily pic.twitter.com/8Go0UKicIC

#MSWL

· 30 Nov 2017

Vivien Jackson @Vivien_Jackson

I think we should make new romance subgenres for stories inspired by photos of Jason Momoa and Idris Elba. (I will then buy all of the above.)

Please query me with ALL OF THESE. #mswl

Romance

· 8 Nov 2017

Amanda Jain @wensday95

A #mswl item I will keep tweeting forever: diverse historical romance. Please. Diverse historical romance. Send it.

I would also love to see more diverse mystery projects, particularly cozies and historicals. #mswl

· 31 Oct 2017

Another #mswl: A really quirky, funny Christmas romance. Not a sweet, awwweeee one, a what in the actual...? one.

· 31 Oct 2017

A #mswl item I will keep tweeting forever: diverse historical romance. Please. Diverse historical romance. Send it.

· 23 Oct 2017

Victorian Houses @HousesVictorian

Abandoned Victorian Style Greenhouse, Villa Maria, in northern Italy near Lake Como. pic.twitter.com/wbTI8yL6wP

Can you #mswl a picture? 'Cause...#mswl.

· 14 Sep 2017

There were South Asians in London during the Regency period. I'd like to read their stories. Mystery, romance, HistFic, NF. #MSWL

· 1 Sep 2017

Keris Stainton @Keris

Well this is cute pic.twitter.com/ErGn4rp39K

Ummm, #MSWL. I mean, of course.

· 1 Sep 2017

HarperCollins @HarperCollins

The Women Who Rode Miles on Horseback to Deliver Library Books—read this fantastic article from @atlasobscura: atlasobscura.com/articles/libra…

I'm going to keep sending this one out until a manuscript or NF proposal lands in my inbox. #MSWL

Nonfiction

· 16 Aug 2017

If you have a NF project that looks at forgotten history of food in this way, I will always want to see it. #MSWL

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· 26 Jul 2017

#MSWL: It's been hot as blazes, so I'm looking fwd to Fall and all things witchy or haunting. Looking for stories very grounded in reality.

Witch

· 24 Jul 2017

markkennedysem @markkennedysem

@wensday95 Hi Amanda, I think I have a close match (YA), but the site says you are closed to queries. Should I wait until you guys open again?

Replying to @markkennedysem

I am closed to general queries, but special exceptions for those in response to #MSWL tweets. Send away!

· 24 Jul 2017

#MSWL: A fun, sports-centered contemporary romance where the heroine, not the hero, is the elite athlete.

· 21 Jul 2017

Cat Clyne @CatClyne

Check out that little girl's expression. twitter.com/historyepics/s…

Replying to @CatClyne

I would #MSWL that little girl's expression.

· 20 Jul 2017

NPR @NPR

The Navy Gets Its First Female SEAL Candidate n.pr/2gO9foP

Can anyone rec a book (romance? suspense?) about a female SEAL? If not, ahem, #MSWL.

· 20 Jul 2017

Amanda Jain @wensday95

I'd love to see a #romance or #WomensFiction set during the Great Depression, or against the backdrop of the Dust Bowl. #mswl

Bumping this in case anyone has one, you know, just lying around. #MSWL #amwriting #amquerying

· 22 Jun 2017

Random #MSWL. To celebrate the start of summer, does anybody have a contemporary romance set in the glamping world? Please?

· 14 Jun 2017

Getting a ton of subs for political / espionage thrillers. Sorry, but these just aren't my thing. I am def not the right agent. Anti-#mswl

· 2 Jun 2017

Adele Buck 📚🇳🇴 @_AdeleBuck

Who is writing this? PLEEEZ? twitter.com/sarrible/statu…

Oh, yes. Definitely. #mswl