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
23 MSWL

My bookshelf is 50% character-driven sff/speculative/spooky, 50% realistic contemporary/historical (coming-of-age romance, mystery/thriller, action-adventure, and verse novels), mostly by BIPOC, queer, or traditionally underrepresented folks, & my taste very much reflects that.

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
23 MSWL

#MSWL Agents, I've been seeing some fantastic YA sff subs. I'll never say no to sff that captures my heart, but I'm also on the lookout for gorgeously written verse/prose, layered coming-of-age (historical or contemp) esp if it weaves in queer romance and/or mystery/suspense.

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
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Or maybe what you have is not like anything we've ever seen before - super gay, weird, and innovative with all the seemingly disparate threads somehow coming together & there's just no way I could've known to want something like your bonkers creation. Well! I might want it then.

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
23 MSWL

GN: absurd, funny MG; fantasy/spec like This Was Our Pact; YA like The Prince and the Dressmaker, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up..., Genderqueer, Go with the Flow, The Magic Fish, beautiful coming-of-age like This One Summer that lingers w/you but make it all gay gay gay. 5/6

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
23 MSWL

YA: coming of age romance like Last Night at the Telegraph Club or Ari & Dante w/gorgeous prose; coming of gender; atmospheric gothic (like The Handmaiden); historical/nf; mystery/thrillers like Firekeeper's Daughter or Patron Saints of Nothing; character-driven speculative. 4/6

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
23 MSWL

MG: character-driven fantasy/speculative/spooky; gorgeous verse novels; beautifully written coming-of-gender/gay stories w/ young people just beginning to come into their identity or discovering first love and crushes. Think Chiron in Moonlight when he's still a kid/preteen. 3/6

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
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PB: I'd love to see nonfiction & fiction that undermine heteronormativity/gender binaries & celebrate queer kids beginning to find words for who they are, or who don't yet have the words for "trans," "nonbinary" (how you can be AMAB, feel like a girl, & still like girls) 2/6

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
23 MSWL

With #queerpit approaching, I thought I'd write up a super specific super gay #MSWL . I acquire for picture books, MG, YA, graphic novels, & nonfiction for Atheneum, and I'm looking for queer esp intersectional (BIPOC, neurodivergent, disabled) and trans/NB/genderqueer voices. 1/6

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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
23 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
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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
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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…