Karen Chaplin

@CapChapReads

Editor

Harper Kids

Executive Editor at Quill Tree Books/Harper Children’s. Mom to humans/cats/a dog. Aspiring photographer. TV addict. Girl with a sweet tooth.

#mswl (11)

· 23 Mar 2020

Agents, please send me some "happy" MG and YA. Funny school stories maybe? And all YA Rom-Coms welcome! #MSWL

· 2 Dec 2017

Warsaw Suicide Pact @DOGGEAUX

zheng shi was a sex worker in Canton who was captured & wedded to a pirate lord and so quickly proved her ability to command that she took over and at one point commanded 300+ ships with 40,000 men and was so fearsome that she forced china and britain to let her peacefully retire twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

Ooh, and this one too--YA version. (It seems I want some kind of pirate-themed YA...?) #mswl

YA

· 2 Dec 2017

Greg Jenner @greg_jenner

Jeanne de Clisson, murderous French aristocrat-turned-pirate who named her ship My Revenge after the French king executed her husband. She spent the next decade killing all the French crews she encountered, sparing only 1 sailor to relay her message of vengeance ☠️⚓️⚔️ twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

Ummm, #mswl--the YA version pls.

YA

· 20 Apr 2017

Looking for a Wes Anderson-esque YA. Bring on the quirkiness, weirdness, darkness, or any other type -ness a la Royal Tenenbaums. #mswl

YA

· 30 Mar 2017

YA abt religious teens (any religion incl Jewish Orthodox) leaving religion w hard transition to secular life re friends/fam/romance #mswl