Katherine Harrison
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
senior editor of ya, middle grade, & picture books (@knopfbfyr), appreciator of scientific oddities, & aspiring drummer // she/they 🌹
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OK here's a free idea from my personal wishlist: a middle grade or YA graphic novel about drama and infighting in a school choir. Doesn't that sound delicious?
Brought to you by someone who got kicked out of sixth grade choir for having an "attitude problem"
#MSWL
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I updated my #MSWL page for the first time in... a decade? And I'm looking forward to reading some great submissions in 2024.
Agents, among other things, I'd love to find a feel-good underdog sports story to weep over and/or edit. Hit me up! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/katherine-harrison/
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Flashback to @laurenspieller’s #MSWL for a YA Drop Dead Gorgeous that I literally haven’t stopped thinking about since—someone write this!
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Bridgerton @bridgerton
Alert your acquaintances, Bridgerton is but three days away... pic.twitter.com/XyGXNF7oLeAlready obsessed 🤩 And I hope this means we’re about to see a spike in historical YA. My inbox is ready! #bridgerton #mswl
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PJ Vogt @PJVogt
God imagine having a break up in an escape room.This as a scene in a tragicomic YA #MSWL
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Am I the Asshole? @AITA_reddit
AITA for making my son give up the signifiers of wealth at school (designer clothes and sneakers, being driven in nice cars) because he was making fun of kids for being less wealthy than us? bit.ly/3jJx1hy pic.twitter.com/yIYyCWGTkgKind of want this epic punishment to be the starting point for a YA novel. Dual perspectives to show the POV of the kid he ridiculed, naturally #mswl
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Here's something I haven't seen in my submissions: a frothy, compulsively readable YA that is enthusiastically & unapologetically socialist. Like, what would RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE or THE PRINCESS DIARIES look like if they glamorized equality/working class interests? HMU, #MSWL
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Sophie Vershbow @svershbow
So jealous the girl with the green ribbon could take her brain off. pic.twitter.com/aVUkI3krKrThis post reminds me that I need one of you YA authors to write a creepy gothic retelling of the story of green ribbon girl. Maybe a graphic novel?!? #mswl
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Dawn of the Deadlines @kendrawcandraw
Hate when I fall in love with the man of my dreams only for him to insist upon asking about the green ribbon around my neckCan someone please write a YA gothic horror novel with a simmering f/f romance about the green ribbon girl? I want it soooooo bad #MSWL
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I would LOVE to edit a satirical MG or YA novel about student government. Think Mean Girls meets Wag the Dog. Or, like, Election without the gross teacher. #MSWL
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Amy Adrion @amyadrion
THIS IS WHY I'M WRITING A COMING-OF-AGE SCRIPT ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM! latimes.com/entertainment/…This but as a YA novel pls and thank you! #mswl
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I'm not really a horror person, but I would totally dig a MG or YA graphic novel about an escape room that turns deadly... #mswl
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A ripped-from-the-headlines YA novelization of the #Fyrefestival debacle just shot to the top of my #MSWL
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Seeking strong-girl YA & MG that would suit the tagline:
"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted." #MSWL
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Eyes glued to #writeyourresistance, pining for YA that delivers the perspective of teens living through these nightmarish times #MSWL
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I'm looking for YA that explores rivalry, toxic friendships, or f-ed up group dynamics. Agented only, pls. #MSWL
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers
@KidlitKat I'd LOVE for someone to cover interesting topics like Mary Roach, but specifically written for the teen market.Adding this to my #MSWL. Agents, send me topical science NF like Mary Roach for teens and/or MG! @runwithskizzers