MJ Johnston

Editor

Sourcebooks

Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Need women-led southern fiction with the vibe of Tyler Childers singing โ€œI donโ€™t need the laws of man to tell me what I ought to doโ€ ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป #mswl

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Quirky That 70s Show but the kids are brought together as adults to solve a mystery from their past #MSWL

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Yes, Iโ€™m binging Desperate Housewives again, and yes, I need anything and everything that feels like a 2023 version of the neighborhood ladies. Give me a bunch of millennials in an apartment complex with a whole mess of drama and someone with the shine of Gabrielle Solis #MSWL

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Desperately in need of a submission that feels like swinging in a hammock with a paperback on a warm June day. Please fuel my gemini soul with all the summer reads (both bright & quirky and swoony & raw pls do apply) #MSWL

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Raise your hand if you got yanked out of a reading slump and are now standing in 2023 with big energy and even bigger book goals: ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

Looking to really expand my list this year so agents, check out my updated #MSWL and send all the fiction my way!

(pls, ty, I am very excited)

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Stevie Nicks singing a life-defining curse directly at Lindsey Buckingham during a live performance #mswl

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Dolly Partonโ€™s Jolene but make the women allies in a revenge plot #mswl

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

My mood has declared that spring is for historical fiction and I canโ€™t argue with the mood.

Agents, come talk to me about all your book clubby historical fiction because I need to acquire some stories of badass women doing badass things, the season has spoken #MSWL

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Need an upbeat novel or contemporary mystery with the specific vibe of the Catskills episodes of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, adult simon says and Susie traipsing around with a plunger included #mswl

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL
MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

New Year New #MSWL Me! Looking for:
โœจHistorical fiction featuring strong women and grounded Lost Apothecary mystic vibes ๐Ÿ”ฎ
โœจQuirky, accidental (or not so?) murders a la Only Murders in the Building ๐Ÿ”ช
โœจNovels w/ the Ted Lasso effect (uplifting but also unflinchingly real) โ™ฅ๏ธ

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL
MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL
MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

โœจPinning my updated #MSWL! Agents, send all the fiction my way!โœจ

manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/mj-jโ€ฆ

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

Calling all smart, uplifting commercial fiction with a speculative slant that basically encapsulates how my heart grew watching the last season of The Good Place and somehow emotionally attaches me to a weirdly wonderful cast of characters like this elite crew. #MSWL

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

itโ€™s fall, which means I need some historical fiction with The Lost Apothecary vibes.

Agents, will trade crockpot soup recipes and weirdly specific fall playlists for every badass women historical fic sub I receive! #MSWL

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL
MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

have been listening to a lot of emotional relationship-driven apocalypse music lately (iykyk) and not sure I can do anything but #MSWL that ish ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

give me all that broken soulmate, leave me in a puddle, upmarket fiction pls and thank you!

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

oh, and while weโ€™re at it, I will sell my soul for a southern fiction Delta Dawn right now. #MSWL

*Tanya notes the dramatics and approves.

MJ Johnston
@FictionalMJ
Editor
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ€ (she/her) ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽจ
25 MSWL

historical fiction vibe, please and thank you #MSWL