Stephanie Stein
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Harper Teen
Harper Kids
Senior Editor @HarperChildrens & @HarperTeen . 47% caffeine by volume. She/her. ๐ฎ๐๐๐
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Oddly specific Halloween #mswl: in the mood for... a YA ghost romance? ๐ค Some kind of historical or time-travel shenanigans a plus but not required.
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Agent friends, I've been hungry for a smart, incisive, fresh retelling--think A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE. If you've got something like that in YA or MG, send it my way! #MSWL
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Babu Prit (Preeti Chhibber) @runwithskizzers
I've been chasing the feeling of watching Hot Priest ask Fleabag what she's doing when she talks to us since I watched #Fleabag season 2 and nothing has come close pic.twitter.com/viyEjQvCo6This will always be an #MSWL for me. The playfulness with form, the setting up of expectations only to blow them out to a new level, the sharp use of direct address through the fourth wall: this moment took this show from good to masterclass.
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Thao Le @ThaoLe8
Okay guys, I've been obsessed with #KnivesOut and I'd love to get a YA in a similar vein. I'm thinking more of the fun vibe than super suspenseful mystery. And because I am a trash shipper I'd love maybe some Marta/Ransom vibes with the characters. #MSWLp l e a s e! Fun, saucy, self-referential mystery with pointed social commentary๐๐ผ #mswl
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gayesanders @gayesanders
@stephlystein Is there anything youโve really yearned for lately in your inbox? #okscbwichatAlways! I'm dying for some deeply emotional MG contemporary, smart MG fantasy/adventure, and a sweeping, EPIC YA romance. More of my recent wishlist items are on the hashtag #MSWL! #okscbwichat
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Agent friends, it would be cool of you to send me some more stuff to read while I practice ~social distancing~ and try not to let myself anxiety spiral! Just sayin'. ๐ #MSWL
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Would love a killer middle grade mystery.* Spooky/supernatural, cozy, and Westing Game puzzle-style varieties all encouraged. #mswl
*no actual murder required
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I turned 30 (!!!) last weekend, an occasion I'm seizing to share my #MSWL this year:
- sweeping YA romance
- โจqueer magicโจ
- savvy, commercial MG fantasy
- joyful queer & POC stories
- & POC authors with something to say
- emotional contemporary MG
- cozy af graphic novels
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elizabeth ๐ฆโจ @prvserpine
Must a book have plot? Is it not enough for two mortal enemies to have to attend the same ball, dressed in their finest, to dance with each other, only half-unwilling?โif you'll land a blade in their heart later, why not simply hold them now, too close and too gentle?I mean. Eternal #mswl
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Agents, I am starving for something ROMANTIC. Lush writing, big emotions, pining, a love-conquers-all mood: I want to fall in love! #mswl
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chicken shittle @robiinya
so... two witches...... one is like. a cute witch who practices like nature magic and loves pastel stuff and baking. the other is a gothic witch who practices more traditional witchcraft. they live in contrasting cottages next to each other in the woods. enemies to lovers...... pic.twitter.com/jFkMe5b6qMplease please please #mswl
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Julie C. Dao @jules_writes
Does anyone else (who is my age obvi) remember A Knightโs Tale? Because I am really craving a YA that feels like that ๐ค pic.twitter.com/qLGOLMSGfNThis movie was FORMATIVE for me and I INSIST everyone send me their YA manuscripts with this vibe so I can love them equally to bits #MSWL
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At the top of my #MSWL this year: AMBITION. I'm looking for books that take big swings at big feelings and bigger questions, with writing that makes me stop in my tracks and whisper, holy $%!*. Let's do this, 2020.
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Are we all still talking about how much we love witches? Because Y E S. Would love for witches of all kinds to be a big theme in my inbox in 2020! #mswl
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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.)
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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!
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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