Brian Geffen
Editor
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. He/him
Brian Geffen
@Brian_Geffen
Editor
Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. He/him
58 MSWL
Agents: We need YA and kidlit and wonderfully distracting creativity more than ever right now! My inbox is wide open. #MSWL contemporary realistic & fantasy MG, YA, and GNs! Let's make some books!
Brian Geffen
@Brian_Geffen
Editor
Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. He/him
58 MSWL
Shannon Hale @haleshannon
Black cartoonists and writers and creators, please! Please make middle grade graphic novels starring Black girls! There's a HUGE lack. (and middle grade is SUCH a wonderful space and age of readers...join us...you'll never want to leave) twitter.com/varianjohnson/…I would love to see these books pop up in my inbox, agents. #MSWL
Brian Geffen
@Brian_Geffen
Editor
Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. He/him
58 MSWL
9/ #MSWL: Middle-grade and YA graphic novels about identity, particularly coming-of-age stories that explore relationships and friendships with emotional depth. Books like This One Summer, Real Friends, and American Born Chinese.
Brian Geffen
@Brian_Geffen
Editor
Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. He/him
58 MSWL
Nilah Magruder @nilaffle
Juuuust putting it out there~We could use more cartoonists in the kids graphic novel market. Especially marginalized cartoonists. Especially WOC.
It's an eagerly growing market. Lotsa big publishers are aching for more GNs... and the money's pretty good. 👀
I am proud to be among those editors aching for more GNs, particularly from marginalized cartoonists and WOC! #MSWL