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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Just finished Legends & Lattes and my heart couldn’t be warmer, so of course cozy fantasy with found family is shooting to the top of my #MSWL for both MG and YA ✨
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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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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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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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Friendly reminder that gimme gimme all your BIPOC Kiki’s Delivery Service-adjacent middle grade, please and thanks! #MSWL
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Emily Feinberg @EmilyFeinberg
I don't do much YA but if someone wants to write an alien contact SF, I'd take a look! #mswlYES! Always always thinking about what first contact would look like. Basically, gimme YA or MG Arrival ❤️
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Hi! I’m putting it out into the universe that I‘d love to acquire more middle grade novels! I want to find strong personalities and big hearts, stories about finding confidence and discovering friendship, magical stories, contemporary tales, amplifying marginalized voices. #MSWL
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Hi I would give ANYTHING to acquire a middle grade novel that’s like the nostalgic, slice-of-life, utterly precious gift that is Only Yesterday. #MSWL
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I want to believe that stories can change hearts. I’m actively seeking stories about immigrants, refugees, and the marginalized, so please send me your graphic novels, your picture books, your YA, your MG! Love and empathy and awareness can be radical. #MSWL
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Hi it’s Brooklyn Pride and I just want to publish and celebrate sweet, earnest, cozy queer stories until the cows come home—picture book, MG, YA, you name it! Open to any and all reading recs, definitely also on my #MSWL
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I’d be honored to help amplify Native American voices through literature, and am very much seeking Native stories—picture book, MG, YA—as part of my #MSWL .
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SJSU King Library @sjsulibrary
The exhibit "Tales from La Vida" celebrates Latinx comic book work, showcasing art pieces from the book of the same title. The exhibit captures world views of today's Latinx artists and features almost 40 narratives. Now on display in the AAACNA Center until 9/28. #KingLibrary15 pic.twitter.com/6mTuAFIQIvHELLO THIS BUT YA OR MG IS HARDCORE ON MY #MSWL
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Noelle Stevenson @Gingerhazing
First look at She-Ra and the Princesses of Power! ✨ pic.twitter.com/NvC56z97czHello, if this magnificent vibe could be distilled into a graphic/middle grade novel, I’d be ALL ABOUT IT #MSWL
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Another deeply-desired #mswl involves magical realism + bicultural characters negotiating their identities, MG or YA