Helen Lane
@HFLane_writing
Literary Agent
Agent at the Ki Agency. Editor. Obsessed with deep sea horror 🦈🐙 🐊🌊 www.helenlanewriting.uk
39 MSWL

#MSWL something like the Goonies for the YA market. (Yes, I am watching it as we speak).

Samantha Wekstein
@SWekstein
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @TL_Agency . She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, dog lover. Illustrators: wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com. Pitch to QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekste…
149 MSWL
124 Queries
88 Tips

Happy New Year! As some of you noticed, I've reopened to queries. Here's a collection of all of my former #MSWL Tweets. Still actively looking for these! mswishlist.com/agent/SWekstein

Ismita Hussain
@ismita_h
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @greatdoglit Founding Member @DisabilityinPub Open to Queries: querymanager.com/query/IsmitaHu… MSWL & more info on website!
21 MSWL
1 Queries

New year, new website! You can find all the info on agenting things, a detailed #MSWL, etc. at ismitahussain.com. #amquerying folks, check out that Manuscript Wishlist page :)

Helen Lane
@HFLane_writing
Literary Agent
Agent at the Ki Agency. Editor. Obsessed with deep sea horror 🦈🐙 🐊🌊 www.helenlanewriting.uk
39 MSWL

#mswl I would like books set in snowy places. Give me your Alaskan and Siberian landscapes. Set books in Canada. And give me the Arctic and Antarctic. Please!!!!

Amy Giuffrida
@kissedbyink
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @belcastr & wrangler of #TheATeam Lover of books, reality TV, Buffy, coffee, rescue dogs, and tattoos. 💀 My opinions are my own. She/her.
115 MSWL
92 AskAgent

Want to see what I'm really excited to find in my 2023 inbox? My new #MSWL is live! Don't forget...I won't be open to submissions until January 9th🔥

manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/amy-…

Amber Caraveo
@AmberCaraveo
Literary Agent
Literary agent & co-founder: @SkylarkLit . Loves sunny days, myths & mysteries, children's books, YA books, all books! (She/her)
15 MSWL
65 AskAgent
Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
980 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Tomorrow i will do an #MSWL ahead of reopening to queries.

Upfront, i am going to be only looking for YAs for a while since my list needs are specific at the moment.

Emmy Nordstrom Higdon
@_saskeah
Literary Agent
📚 lit agent @WCA_LitAgency 📖 advisor @TheFOLD_ ✍ faculty @MSWLMA 🐕‍🦺 recovering PhD 🌈 they/them; Sal: Dr. ♿ clients #SpineSquad 📘
178 MSWL
12 Queries
71 Tips

This has been a heavy week for the passing of influential people, and certainly retrospectives on either Barbara Walters' or Vivienne Westwood's work are at the top of my 2023 #MSWL. Their accomplishments should be honoured, critiqued, and memorialized.

Laura Crockett
@LECrockett
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @TriadaUS | Opinions my own | she/her
148 MSWL
24 AskAgent
322 Queries
88 Tips
Lane Clarke
@lanewriteswords
Literary Agent
Ultra Literary Agent (of chaos) repped by @petejknapp (she/they). #PitBLK cofounder. #BVM creator.
9 MSWL

For the new year, in addition to my forever #MSWL on the ArtHouse page, in 2023, I’m looking for some specifics!!:
- picture book nonfiction
- narrative nonfiction/memoirs (think MAID)
- middle grade National Treasure with non-founding father artifacts
- adult Black romance

Shari Maurer
@sharimaurer
Literary Agent
Associate Agent at Stringer Literary and Local Group Lead for @MomsDemand Rockland County, NY. The best days include ice cream.
14 MSWL

Just finished "Some Kind of Hate" by @SarahDarerLitt and...wow...I'm blown away. This needs to be required reading in every high school to start conversations that will hopefully tamp down the hate and divisiveness we are experiencing. #Antisemitism @ccsdschools #MSWL

Susan Graham
@Grahamophones
Literary Agent
would love to be stabbed by Jim, professional hype man (agent at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner) #friendship #teamwork art by @anuanew , pn they/them (agender)
123 MSWL
14 AskAgent
128 Tips
Susan Graham
@Grahamophones
Literary Agent
would love to be stabbed by Jim, professional hype man (agent at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner) #friendship #teamwork art by @anuanew , pn they/them (agender)
123 MSWL
14 AskAgent
128 Tips

Still looking for creators writing abolitionist works - been thinking a lot about what I'd like to represent in the adult and children's nonfiction space, and talking about inadequacies of our court and prison systems is very important to me as a human #mswl

Gina Panettieri
@ginapanettieri
Literary Agent
Founder/literary agent with Talcott Notch. If I'm not reading, I'm in the gardens or baking. I get way too into Fall and Halloween. Chocolate is life.
13 MSWL
9 AskAgent
4 Tips

With 2023 on the horizon, I’m planning out threads to write in the coming weeks. So, #WritingCommunity, what questions do you want addressed? What are your biggest concerns and frustrations? What do you most need help with? #amquerying #amwriting #MSWL

Sabrina Lundberg
@Beanberg1018
Literary Agent
Passionate book nerd and Literary Agent at Golden Wheat Literary @GoldenWheatLit Open to submissions in a limited capacity. See Wish List!
5 MSWL

#MSWL

Also, if you use science as an explanation for anything in your manuscript, you must be exceptionally diligent, I don’t do pseudoscience.

Sabrina Lundberg
@Beanberg1018
Literary Agent
Passionate book nerd and Literary Agent at Golden Wheat Literary @GoldenWheatLit Open to submissions in a limited capacity. See Wish List!
5 MSWL

#mswl

I’m generally not a good match for predictable romance or the paranormal.
I think stories where the protagonist has to have a loved one maimed for them to reach their climactic epiphany feel cheap.

Sabrina Lundberg
@Beanberg1018
Literary Agent
Passionate book nerd and Literary Agent at Golden Wheat Literary @GoldenWheatLit Open to submissions in a limited capacity. See Wish List!
5 MSWL

#MSWL

Make me laugh! I especially love witty banter.
I prefer stories that convey subtle wisdom that teach something or leave my perspective forever altered and also well-rounded, unexpected characters.

Sabrina Lundberg
@Beanberg1018
Literary Agent
Passionate book nerd and Literary Agent at Golden Wheat Literary @GoldenWheatLit Open to submissions in a limited capacity. See Wish List!
5 MSWL

#MSWL

I love histories about real, bad@$$, quirky, or hilarious women who defied societal expectations. Come at me with a (well-researched) story about Julie d'Aubigny, Wu Zetian, Cheng I Sao, or Anne Bonny and Mary Read's unusual friendship, anything in that vein.

Sabrina Lundberg
@Beanberg1018
Literary Agent
Passionate book nerd and Literary Agent at Golden Wheat Literary @GoldenWheatLit Open to submissions in a limited capacity. See Wish List!
5 MSWL

#mswl

Now back open to submissions in a limited capacity.

Sabrina loves to learn and is looking for fresh perspectives; come at me, authors from historically marginalized backgrounds (anything from non-fiction to crazy fantasy).

Rebecca Matte
@RebeccaLMatte
Literary Agent
Literary Agent & Contract Manager at @Bradford_Agents . NYC DOE Lawyer. Author in Progress. Always a nerd. She/her.
29 MSWL
68 AskAgent

Rebecca Matte @RebeccaLMatte

4) Keep up to date with current trends/comps. I've seen a few queries described as "unique" with a premise that is reminiscent of a 2022 release. Obvs 2 people can have the same idea, but keeping up to date will give better comps and help you distinguish yours.

5) Finally, do keep in mind my #mswl for queries. I really only accept romance & SFF, and so general contemporary fiction is not for me, even if it features the type of characters/relationships that I like.

Thank you all for your amazing queries, and I hope this helps some.