If any of these describe your book, I hope to see you in my Query Manager soon! I'm updated on my queries through 1/29 and try to respond as soon as possible😊

I’m not the right fit for: military/police novels, “return to hometown” romances, fantasy, science fiction, most young adult, and WWI/WWII historical fiction.

I’m on the lookout for family sagas, new adult-ish protagonists, and anything that explores the human experience with nuance.

In literary fiction, I’m interested in messy people making tough choices, campus novels, unlikeable narrators (especially women who either gaslight, girlboss, or gatekeep) who may or may not win you over, and atmospheric writing styles.

In historical fiction, I’d prefer stories not set in Western Europe or the USA. Hidden histories and female-led retellings are also up my alley.

Some tweet-sized updates: For book club fiction, I love voice-driven writing, a social commentary that resonates with the current culture, or a critique on the ideals of femininity.

Happy updated #MSWL day! As always, you can find my interests here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kend…

I love a Murder Book that somehow also feels like a warm hug #MSWL

I love beautiful historical fiction that reminds us that trans people have always been here #mswl

I love litfic that tricks Very Serious Contemporary Readers into reading about magic #mswl

I love YA that in its surface is about monsters or magic but is actually about family or community or growing up #mswl

#PBPitch & #MSWL on the same day makes me wish I could nestle here on Twitter and do nothing else!

I’m updating my MSWL page for when I reopen, but my biggest change is that I’m dropping adult fiction.

Brief list (will expound later)
💫Adult NF - CBA & ABA
💫PB, MG, YA - ABA

Next one for #queryingauthor !
#mswl

Happy #MSWL Day! I’d love to see…

Generally fic that gets a little weird and makes me feel things (see Lisa Taddeo’s ANIMAL, Jessamine Chan’s THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS)

A YA crossover witchy or obsessive girlhood friendship

An unusual & chaotic contemp workplace romance

Are you winky-nodding to the audience with a story that feels like the most fun D&D session you've ever played? Cool. Or does your SF break hearts with how unflinchingly it depicts the human condition? I'll take a look. #MSWL

I am a HUGE sucker for books that cross genres or that pull in familiar tropes from other genres. Want to put a heist inside a romance? Here for it. #MSWL

In all things, I am looking for compassionate writing, community-focused politics, strong BIPOC and LGBTQ+ representation, and to have lots of feelings and/or fun while reading

I'm closed to queries for the next couple months for dedicated reading time, but in honor of #MSWL Day I redid my MSWL! I am looking for all types of romance, SFF (plus horror), mysteries, thrillers, YA, and some small subsets of literary and commercial fiction!

In honor of #MSWL day, I'm giving this thread a boost! I open to queries the first week of each month so if you're ready to query and my wish list resonates with you, I look forward to reading in March!

Oh wait-- one more bizarrely specific #MSWL from me:

I'd love to read a historical or Regency farce set on social media. The scandal! The games of gossip telephone! The social climbing! I'm talking Georgette Heyer with groupchats and softblocks.