Kristie Choi

Editor

Atheneum

Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL
Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

Picture Books: lyrical beautiful writing celebrating the different ways that people express love across cultures, personalities, the neurodiverse spectrum, or through disability. PBs that affirm "Love is love" and all the different incarnations love can take.

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

MG: stories highlighting the beauty of kids going through difficult things and complicated family dynamics; experiences of first love and crushes esp of queer kids discovering themselves; misfits finding connection, friendship, and the stirrings of desire.

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

Things I love in YA romances: queer love; sex-positivity; steaminess & tension; opposites attract (πŸ’œ stoic softies at heart); complex characters; discovering first love & lust; enemies or rivals to lovers; attraction (or battle) of minds; funny romantasy; dark gothic (2/)

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

A #MSWL in honor of love, specifics below but broadly: character-driven stories w/textured writing and complex themes, or beautiful prose that's deceptively simple & emotionally hard-hitting. A strong voice straddling commercial & literary lines, or more towards the latter. (1/)

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

YA historical featuring a trans/NB mc w/the gorgeous evocative prose of The Last Night at the Telegraph Club. A sense of angst, discovery, desire, a bit of complexity. If I'd had TLNATTC when I was younger, I'd have understood myself earlier. I want that for trans/NB teens #mswl

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL
Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

#MSWL a beautifully written PB/MG/YA touching upon and shedding light on Korean American history. Something like one of my favorite films, 말λͺ¨μ΄ Mal-Mo-E, weaving humor, nuanced characters, complicated family dynamics beating w/love, & a spirit of resistance against the odds.

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

When it comes to taste, I tend to be drawn to visual projects & prose w/strong imagery. #mswl For I was a kid whose art school dreams were dashed early on, & the inner art kid hasn't died yet. I doodle at a pace of 1x year & am planning the next. Last year's existential lantern:

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

Bradley ❄️ @bradleyberdecia

this is how you make a character entrance pic.twitter.com/dlCL48Oq8M

YAAS. Jobu Tupaki may be one of the best characters to ever grace the film screen. My wild #MSWL: a smart YA that has the feel of Everything Everywhere All at Once from the POV of Jobu w/the dysfunctional but heartfelt family dynamics, existential angst, absurd humor, & queer rep

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

Karolina Sutton @KarolinaSutton

From the coalface of publishing: all editors are saying no more witches please or retellings of myths.

I'll always want witches & myth retellings! Just give me a strong voice, layered characterization, & beautiful textured writing with them. Would especially love to see witches from underrepresented backgrounds - like, can I get a witch living in a hanok in the woods? #mswl twitter.com/KarolinaSutton…

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

fran @galacticidiots

Your run of the mill enemies to lovers story where the villain is obsessed with the heroine except this is the second iteration of the story; they were lovers before but she died in his arms so he went back in time and chose evil because maybe if she hates him, she’ll live.

Love this. Enemies to lovers (& vice versa) is a trope I'm a huge sucker for, not to mention sympathetic villains (like Xu Wenwu) and heroes who are willing to be perceived as or who become villainous for noble reasons in the vein of The Dark Knight or Simon/Ice King #mswl

Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL
Kristie Choi
@minjipatterson
Editor
Acquiring EA @ Atheneum (S&S) | she/her πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’›πŸ’™ μ΅œλ―Όμ§€, Korean-Am, cottagecore meets a punky morbid grandma, waterbender, sex/kink-positive leftist Christian
14 MSWL

Hi book nerds πŸ’œ Huzzah! My #MSWL is now officially live! Agented authors and creators, feel free to share this with your agent. Unfortunately for those in the query trenches, I'm unable to accept unagented submissions...I leave you with a catdog 🐱🐢
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kris…