Stephanie Stein
@stephlystein
Editing books and taking names. ๐: @HarperChildrens & @HarperTeen ๐: ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐โ๏ธ. Occasional bar trivia champ, 47% caffeine by volume. She/her.
New York, NY



Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Dec 2
Back at my desk with this #mswl thought from the holiday weekend: I would love a book about advice columns! (Do I read not one but several? Yes. Did I write one for my high school newspaper? MAYBE.)

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Nov 13
Very specific #mswl time: I've been craving a middle grade book about wishes (with any degree of actual magic). Agent friends, if you've got one of these up your sleeve, send it my way!

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 27
sage ๐ @sageshelves
Listen, I just need more queer princes in YA.Where is my soft prince falling for his bodyguard? Where is my tough take no shit political prince that falls in love with the wrong diplomat just before his parent(s) declares war?
More queer princes in YA 2Kforever
Speaking of #MSWL, I too need more of this in my life


Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
Done with lunch and have to leave Twitter now, but I'll leave you with this last #MSWL: an EPIC star-crossed love story! Can be enemies-to-lovers (think CRIER'S WAR or SERPENT & DOVE), kept-apart-by-circumstances, or just... slow-burning mutual pining because Feelings Are Hard

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
Speaking of which, if anyone sends me a YA that feels like HBO's GENTLEMAN JACK, it's possible I'll die of happiness #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
Would also still love some fun, swashbuckly, queer/feminist/all of the above YA historical fiction (with or without magic) #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
Still, always, forever dying for the one true magical school book of my heart. I would especially love to hear more from marginalized voices and POC authors on this subject. #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
I always love books that play with structure, format, and narrative conventions. I'd love something that does for a YA or MG narrator what (stay with me) FLEABAG did for the fourth wall in TV. #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
You'll have noticed that I've acquired a fair amount of queer YA lately and I am not! done! Always looking for more LGBTQ+ characters for both YA and MG audiences, and no, it does not have to be a rom-com! #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
I'm dying for more fun, FUNNY, escapist YA with a killer one-sentence concept. The mood is 100% Red, White, & Royal Blue with younger characters. #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
In MG, my list is fantasy-heavy, and, like, don't stop sending me MG fantasy because I love it--but I want to see more MG contemporary! Particularly one that will make me ugly cry on the train, and then carefully glue my heart back together. #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
YA fantasy is evergreen, but what I want to see is where the genre is going next. A more contemporary direction, a new take on paranormal, twists and turns on some heavy-hitting elements like dragons, gods, monsters, the nature of story? Bring it to me!! #MSWL

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Sep 24
Hi, #MSWL Day! Agents, as many of you know, I'm acquiring a range of YA and MG (open to fiction, narrative nonfiction, and graphic novels), and I'm still looking for a lot of the things I've tweeted about on this hashtag in the past! twitter.com/search?q=(%23Mโฆ

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Mar 25
Rochelle Hassan @mustlovecorvids
destined to be on opposing sides but if one of them were to actually โdefeatโ the other in a final way, it would be a crushing disappointment to both of themDestined! Rivals! One of my favorite things to read. #mswl

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Mar 15
Peter Knapp @petejknapp
#mswl - a sweeping middle grade series with heart and humor! Related, but more specifically: a middle grade series with puzzle-y elements. And, always, middle grade with magic, especially cozy magic!โCozy magicโ is my new eternal wish list item. EXTREME bonus points if I get a magical school with it. #mswl

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Feb 7
Rebecca Barrow @RebeccaKBarrow
WHEN TWO CHARACTERS WHO LIKE EACH OTHER VERY DISCREETLY BRUSH FINGERSEternal #mswl. Someone send me a slow-burning romance, STAT!

Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Jan 4
Danielle Burby @DanielleBurby
What I absolutely love about this trend of Tidying Up, Queer Eye, and Great British Bake Off is that it moves us away from cynicism and cutting people down into a mode of kindness, support, and lifting each other up. So so much more of this moving forward please.This is a big #MSWL mood for me in 2019! Letโs have some warmth, hope, and good genuine fun.