Julia McCarthy

Does anyone have recommendations for a cozy fantasy mystery? Also very open to agented YA submissions in that genre!

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 ✨

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

Hi hello Yellowjackets is my new YA #MSWL

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!

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

Hi hello I’d love a very queer and very snarky YA heist novel please and thanks #MSWL

HelLO #MSWL

#MSWL for a YA that carries this same heart

Give me this exact energy in YA format #MSWL

YES! Always always thinking about what first contact would look like. Basically, gimme YA or MG Arrival ❤️

Please to the Universe, might I have a Queen’s Gambit YA novel? #MSWL

I cannot believe that I am one day away from watching @LovecraftHBO . So I‘m gonna channel this energy and The Secret some stuff into the Universe: Please send all supernatural horror YA that centralizes PoC and examines racism and intersectional feminism via monsters thx!! #MSWL

Hello, who wants to discuss #DarkNetflix ? And who wants to write its spiritual YA component? #mswl

Yes HELLO I would love a YA novel that matched this mood, please and thank you!! #mswl

Hello! I am on the hunt for a dark, magical YA that has elements of romance but is more largely focused on Some Grand Mystery/Threat, in the vein of Chime or The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Gimme that spooky, transportive grit, especially if it’s from a BIPOC perspective! #MSWL

Hi, I am always in the mood for spooky, feminist witch stories, so that’s a hard #MSWL right there for ya

Please, I desperately want a Halloween Romance YA #MSWL

Give me this YA romcom between a vampire and a nice bro #MSWL

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