Stephanie Stein
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Harper Teen
Harper Kids
Senior Editor @HarperChildrens & @HarperTeen , she/her, 47% caffeine by volume. Opinions my own, and I do have a lot of them. π

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πΌ While we're on Broadway: a retelling that feels as fresh and topical but perfectly, wholly, inevitably classic as Hadestown. Also very much looking for retellings/riffs on folklore and legend that decolonize and reclaim magic from white patriarchy (think LEGENDBORN) #MSWL

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I turned 30 (!!!) last weekend, an occasion I'm seizing to share my #MSWL this year:
- sweeping YA romance
- β¨queer magicβ¨
- 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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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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Would also still love some fun, swashbuckly, queer/feminist/all of the above YA historical fiction (with or without magic) #MSWL

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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!βCozy magicβ is my new eternal wish list item. EXTREME bonus points if I get a magical school with it. #mswl

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Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller
I love fairytales, the darker and more dangerous the better.I love stories about girls with troubled pasts.
Stories about magic, and its cost.
Take me on a journey that makes me never want to come home.
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Magic that has a price, and situations that make it worth the risk. So much yes. #mswl

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Rebecca Podos @RebeccaPodos
#MSWL π io9.gizmodo.com/animated-shortβ¦SAME. Love a slight twist of magic/a concept like this made literal, backed by real emotion. #mswl

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New updates to my #MSWL Manuscript Wish List post, full of magic, feminism, #ownvoices, and occasional heartbreak: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/stepβ¦

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Always looking for fantasy with a nifty, compelling, unique kind of magic. One recent example: THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE. #MSWL

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YA/MG fantasy where the magic is essential to the story. Can be beautiful, arcane, messy, inconvenient, whatever, but feels integral. #MSWL

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Starting off #MSWL day with an evergreen one: contemporary YA with a weird/unreal twist (magical realism or Eternal Sunshine-esque light SF)