Julia McCarthy
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Atheneum
Editor at Atheneum (S&S) by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar @NicoleGoux bit.ly/juliabooks
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Hello my #MSWL is queer joy stories like Heartstopper only thank you goodbye ❤️🌈✨
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Just gently cried my way through the end of Alice Hoffman’s The Red Garden, and I’d very much love a multi-generational MG or YA novel that lovingly explores the ties that bind us to our ancestors and our homes. And, well, a little magic never hurts ✨ #MSWL
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Amanda M. Pierce @amanda_m_pierce
Reallyyyyyy glad I caught this typo before sending out queries. pic.twitter.com/tUAyz07kPLAlthough, fwiw, that’s a #MSWL for me right there
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Hi hello Yellowjackets is my new YA #MSWL
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Just a reminder that I (and many other editors!) are eager to acquire and amplify trans voices. Agents, I’m always looking for picture books, graphic novels, and MG/YA novels that uplift the trans community 🏳️⚧️ No more room in this world or on our pub lists for bigotry & hate!
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Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates
"they" will not become a part of general usage, not for political reasons but because there would be no pronoun to distinguish between a singular subject ("they") & a plural subject ("they"). language seeks to communicate w/ clarity, not to obfuscate; that is its purpose. twitter.com/JoyceCarolOate…Hi! I’m looking for more picture books, novels, and graphic novels that feature non-binary characters, people who use they/them pronouns, etc.! Shouldn’t be a problem, since kids easily get the fact that language is mutable ❤️ #MSWL
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Hi folks! I have SO many wonderful picture books and graphic novels on my list, and I’d love to get some more novels on there, too! MG and YA are very welcome in my life at the moment ❤️ #MSWL
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Hiya! For slightly personal reasons, I’d love to acquire a middle grade novel that tackles the fact that many girls with ADHD go undiagnosed! #MSWL
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Shoutout to @trivialdispute for an A+++ round on Sea Monsters, which reminds me…..intensely #MSWL all ages. Gimme that watery horror!
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Hi hello I’d love a very queer and very snarky YA heist novel please and thanks #MSWL
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#MSWL if someone would like to write a picture book biography about all the marvelous, kind, beautiful things Robin Williams did with his brilliant and complex life, I would like to be first in line to see it!
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JOANNA NEWSOM BOT @jnewsombot
Life is thundering blissful towards deathin a stampede
of his fumbling green gentleness.
You stopped by;
I was all alive.
In my doorway, we shucked and jived.
And when you wept, I was gone;
see, I got gone when I got wise.
But I can’t with certainty say we survived.
#MSWL for a YA that carries this same heart
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Friendly reminder that gimme gimme all your BIPOC Kiki’s Delivery Service-adjacent middle grade, please and thanks! #MSWL
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Friendly reminder to the Universe that I am always looking for books that feel conjured from the same magic source as this album: #MSWL
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Hello I’d love to see more books about intersectional environmentalism! #MSWL
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The Horn Book @HornBook
#CallingCaldecott: "History has been made today in that We Are Water Protectors is the first #Caldecott win for a Native illustrator and, more generally, the first solo win for a BIPOC woman" hbook.com/?detailStory=2… #alayma #ALAMW21 #ALAMW21 #alamw @MichaelaGoade @CaroleLindstrom pic.twitter.com/wCjRgfLmxPI am SO happy to see more Native representation and celebration!! Agents, I am always looking to amplify Native voices in any genre or age range (with children’s publishing), so just putting that out there ;) #MSWL
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Stef Moony @ Art🍂 @stefthefrizz
A study of one of the best images on the Internet 🖤🗡 pic.twitter.com/3nZto0a97YGive me this exact energy in YA format #MSWL