Rachel Stark

#MSWL!

I've gotten a couple of pitches through my freelance site, so I should clarify: Unfortunately I can't accept unagented & unsolicited pitches! Sorry, gang, it's a Disney rule. When conventions come back, I'll be scouting for y'all—till then, have your agent send to me @ work #MSWL

This is a good question! At least for the time being, the acquisitions team does best with art attached to the script. I hope that will change as time goes on! #MSWL twitter.com/Natalie_Lakosi…

If you read this long thread, puppy high-five to you! Now send me those good good graphic novels! #MSWL 25/25

Adult
• Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth
• Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice
• Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue
• Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death
• Octavia Butler's Kindred
• V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic
#MSWL 24/25

MG
• Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah series
• Veera Hiranandani's Night Diary
• Jason Reynolds's Ghost
• Kelly Yang's Front Desk
• Celia C. Pérez's First Rule of Punk
• Alex Gino's George
• Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
• Holly Black's Doll Bones
#MSWL 23/?

YA cont.
• Mackenzi Lee's Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
• Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
• Justina Ireland's Dread Nation
• Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus
• A.S. King's Ask the Passengers
• Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi
#MSWL 22/?

Again, I am ONLY open to graphic novel submissions. But I'd love to see comics that read like the following prose books:
YA
• Yamile Saied Méndez's Furia
• Kacen Callender's Felix Ever After
• Kristin Cashore's Graceling Realm series
• Courtney Summers's Sadie
#MSWL 21/?

Adult
• Brennan Lee Mulligan & Molly Ostertag's Strong Female Protagonist
• George Takei's They Called Us Enemy
• Emily McGovern's Bloodlust & Bonnets
• Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband
• Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples's Saga series
#MSWL 20/?

MG
• Grace Ellis & Noelle Stevenson's Lumberjanes series
• Dav Pilkey's Dog Man series
• Ben Hatke's Zita the Spacegirl
• Cece Bell's El Deafo
• Jerry Craft's New Kid
• Jen Wang's Stargazing
• Mike Curato's Flamer

Chapter Book
• Luke Pearson's Hilda series
#MSWL 19/?

Some books I think exemplify what I'm looking for in comics!
YA
• Jen Wang's The Prince and the Dressmaker
• Noelle Stevenson's Nimona
• Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks's Pumpkinheads
• Gene Luen Yang's Dragon Hoops
• Emily Carroll's Through the Woods
#MSWL 18/?

I enthusiastically seek BIPOC, LGBTQAI+, disabled, neurodiverse, religious minority & otherwise underrepresented authors for my list & my goal is to publish books that prioritize making underrepped readers feel seen over making readers outside those groups comfortable
#MSWL 17/?

• Stories about (non-anthropomorphic) animals, human-animal bonds, nature & high-stakes survival
• Select author-driven nonfiction, primarily with a radical, social justice–oriented focus—think prison abolition, open borders, union organizing, anarchy, socialism
#MSWL 16/?

• Horror and supernatural fiction that radically represents and explores queer, female, and BIPOC rage
• Books that slide adeptly between humor and poignancy—if a book can make me laugh on one page and cry on the next, it wins my whole heart!
#MSWL 15/?

• Queer friendship, love, and adventure stories, especially featuring the less-represented members of the queer family: trans, non-binary, asexual, intersex, queer, and bisexual characters
#MSWL 14/?

• Nuanced stories about rebellion against unjust systems, building solidarity and mutual support, and/or imagining a world better and more equitable than our own
#MSWL 13/?

• Unique family structures depicted in a positive and nuanced light—think found families of friends, guardians other than parents, or loving and supportive separated families
#MSWL 12/?

• Sharp and original humor that shows a deep understanding of its readers—whether goofy and over-the-top humor for middle graders or well-observed sarcasm for teens
#MSWL 11/?

• Zany middle grade humor with a big heart, in the vein of Dog Man—I’d particularly like to explore careers outside of policing that nonetheless lend themselves to multiple adventures over the course of a series
#MSWL 10/?

• Fantasy and other speculative fiction that uses the conventions of its genre to critique, subvert, or illuminate a truth about our world
#MSWL 9/?