Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - books where the setting & premise are woven together. A rambling hotel or estate (I'm looking at you, @EBain!), a small town with secrets, a cruise ship, a sprawling library, a museum (would love a MIXED UP FILES or a NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM type book) etc.

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - middle grade exploring crushes, loves, and heartbreak. My heart was pretty much constantly being broken in 6th grade. Let’s talk about it.

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - YA rom coms and love stories!

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - vampires, werewolves, oh my! I’d love some great paranormal, something sweeping and wonderful, or something exploring the every day angst of being a teenager. I’m ready for it!

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - Anything that feels high concept and cinematic in YA, whether it’s sci-fi, fantasy, or contemporary with a speculative twist. Stories with big “what if” premises.

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - Smart, commercial YA thrillers & mysteries! Think Tiffany Jackson, Karen McManus, E. Lockhart. Also, YA horror! I’d love something like MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, with a good speculative twist.

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

#MSWL - middle grade or YA graphic novel series, whether contemporary, contemporary with a twist of magic, or fantasy. Especially would love to find a great contemporary series with a great concept.

Peter Knapp
@petejknapp
Literary Agent
Lit agent with @parkandfine representing kid lit with enthusiasm! petejknapp.com
290 MSWL
118 AskAgent
228 Queries
5 Tips

Peter Knapp @petejknapp

Hello! I'm looking to find some great projects while I'm home with lots (and lots) of reading time. Here's a quick #MSWL rundown: a thread.

#MSWL - MIDDLE GRADE. Any and all middle grade! I am hungry for it: standalone contemporary, sweeping fantasy series, sci-fi, horror, you name it. I’d love something high concept, like CITY OF EMBER, NEVERMOOR, ARU SHAH & THE END OF TIME, etc.

Stephanie Winter
@readbystephanie
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @komediamanagement TCAF Board of Directors AALA & PACLA Member
54 MSWL
40 AskAgent
1 Queries

Stephanie Winter @readbystephanie

With #DVpit just around the corner, I want to share a few more #MSWL asks over the next week.

A thread. 🔖

#MSWL I want to grow my list of comic creators. I’d love to see protagonists/characters who are:
-differently-abled
-have various body types
-come from marginalized communities
-struggle with mental illness
-defy gendered stereotypes + representation

Caitlin McDonald
@literallycait
Literary Agent
literary agent @MaassLitAgency for SFF, YA, & GN • she/her • queer • ADHD • intensely editorial 📚 #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights
69 MSWL
33 AskAgent
124 Queries
39 Tips
Ali Herring
@HerringAli
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 Eclectic in life & books. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens👽rock!
250 MSWL
1 AskAgent
11 Queries
33 Tips

Would love an adult sci-fi, or spec-fi with strong world-building centered on a Latinx culture, but also want it to have a very strong science fiction plot line. Would love Dune vibes. #MSWL

Kaitlyn Katsoupis
@RedPenKaitlyn
Literary Agent
Agent @belcastr . insta: kjbelcastro. Freelance Editor. Serial comma for life. She/her. Query at QueryManager.com/1147
283 MSWL
345 AskAgent
55 Queries
385 Tips

#mswl I would love a graphic novel concept that's kids starting friendships through windows across the street or next door because of social isolating! Things one does to make the other happy and so on =]

Grace Kendall
@GraceKendallLit
Editor
Sr. Editor of award-winning, bestselling children's books at FSG / @MacKidsBooks . Home cook, reluctant reader. My tweets=my fault. #BLM #WNDB #AccessIsLove
16 MSWL

Grace Kendall @GraceKendallLit

Guy: Do you still want the food?

Me: Actually yeah. The malai kofta was really good last time...

Guy: [gasps] You’ve warmed my buttered chicken heart!!

Me: Ummm 😅

#MSWL Two teens fall in love over the phone. One is addicted to [insert dish] & is so terrified the restaurant will close during the pandemic, they order it every night. The other works for their mother’s restaurant, taking orders & such. Soon their hearts are READY FOR PICK-UP!

P.S. Literary Agency
@PSLiterary
Literary Agency
Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling and debut creators.
2691 MSWL
71 AskAgent
3 Queries
179 Tips

"Crime fiction like Laura Lippman, Patricia Cornwell, & Lorna Barrett." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Ali Herring
@HerringAli
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 Eclectic in life & books. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens👽rock!
250 MSWL
1 AskAgent
11 Queries
33 Tips
Savannah Brooks
@SBLitAgent
Literary Agent
Literary agent at @ktliterary & U of MN pub and lit lecturer (opinions my own) // I believe books make people better people // she/her 🏳️‍🌈
87 MSWL
2 Tips
Bibi Lewis
@Bibi_Lewis
Literary Agent
Agent at the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. Lifelong New Yorker and forever bookworm. she/her
82 MSWL
10 Tips

My latest #MSWL is for imaginative and innovative MG and YA Non-Fiction. Take me beyond straight biographies time period overviews. I want to see people playing with form, topic and language

Katherine Harrison
@KidlitKat
Editor
senior editor of ya, middle grade, & picture books (@knopfbfyr), appreciator of scientific oddities, & aspiring drummer // she/they 🌹
43 MSWL
1 Tips

Julie Falatko @JulieFalatko

Falatkos in every window checking out my new best friend, baby squirrel. pic.twitter.com/KoewwdjL4t

Big #MSWL energy for a middle grade caper about neighborhood kids solving a mystery while social distancing, so they can only communicate through windows and tin cans connected by string. REAR WINDOW meets LITTLE RASCALS. Someone write it, I beseech you!

Stephanie Winter
@readbystephanie
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @komediamanagement TCAF Board of Directors AALA & PACLA Member
54 MSWL
40 AskAgent
1 Queries

#MSWL Modern co-parenting (think bird nesting) in a commercial romance where getting back with the ex is not even a thing.