Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

finally, gimme that YA with unicorns 🦄. just...gimme. #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

i would LOVE to see stories about immigrant communities - especially ones with a multi-generational family angle in the vein of mitali perkins' YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

i also need more contemporary fantasy that draws from diverse folklore! anything in the vein of daniel josé older's SHADOWSHAPER or kat cho's WICKED FOX #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

i'm desperate for commercial, soap-y, contemporary YA that is both highly aspirational and has high emotional stakes. think anything from casey mcquiston's RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE to jennifer lynn barnes' THE FIXER #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

DIVERSE LOVE STORIES, DIVERSE ROM COMS, DIVERSE ROM DRAMS! 💕💕💕 please send me anything in the vein of jenny han's TATBLIB, sandhya menon's WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI, maurene goo's THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, and gloria chao's AMERICAN PANDA #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

in general, would love more contemporary YA that takes place outside the U.S. #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

i am forever looking for YA written by korean/korean american authors that feature korean/korean american characters - especially contemporary stories that take place in korea 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

first and always, i am looking for YA by underrepresented creators, featuring underrepresented characters - especially commercial, contemporary fiction that leads with joy #mswl

Rebecca Kuss
@reebsthereader
Editor
senior editor @ rick riordan presents+disney hyperion. @DVpit_ program manager. 🇰🇷✡️. she/her.
52 MSWL
7 AskAgent

agent friends! watching bong joon ho make history last night 🇰🇷🥳💕 has restored my faith in the power of creativity

so here is my 2020 YA #mswl. let's make stories together & continue to strive towards a better world that offers mirrors, windows, and doors to all young people

Katherine Harrison
@KidlitKat
Editor
senior editor of ya, middle grade, & picture books (@knopfbfyr), appreciator of scientific oddities, & aspiring drummer // she/they 🌹
42 MSWL
1 Tips
Tiffany Liao
@Tiff_Liao
Editor
Executive Editor @zandoprojects . 408 in the land of 212. It's pronounced meow with an L. Opinions are my own. She/her.
26 MSWL
5 AskAgent
1 Tips
Mekisha Telfer
@MekishaTelfer
Editor
Editor || Roaring Brook Press || Tired || Bi || 🗽🍑🇯🇲 || She/Her
31 MSWL
16 AskAgent
Cheryl B. Klein
@chavelaque
Editor
Editorial director, Algonquin Young Readers; author of THE MAGIC WORDS, HAMSTERS MAKE TERRIBLE ROOMMATES, & more; toddler mom. Opinions my own. She/her. #BLM
47 MSWL
3 Tips
Kate Prosswimmer
@kap212
Editor
Senior Editor at Margaret K. McElderry Books, animal lover, amateur knitter, and supporter of all things mint chocolate. She/her. Opinions are my own.
7 MSWL

A dreary Thursday afternoon feels like the perfect time to share some of my recent anti #MSWL preferences, so here I go! Currently NOT looking for projects that feature the following themes:

tech/robots
sports
religion
dance
time travel
verse

Tiffany Shelton
@TiffanyDiahann
Editor
Editor & Manager, Acquisitions Outreach @StMartinsPress • Foodie • Tattoo + Tea Addict • Siren of Sass • Opinions are mine • 🇨🇦-🇺🇲 (🇯🇲🇮🇳🇨🇳)
110 MSWL
2 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford 🎓, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Alyza Liu
@alyzaliu
Editor
🌙 刘天舒 • editor @simonkids & @simonteen , opinions mine • 中EN都OK • spicy chip enthusiast, emoji connoisseur, 可盐可甜 • she/her/他; be unassimilable
49 MSWL
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford 🎓, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Martha Mihalick
@MarthaMihalick
Editor
Children's/YA book editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. All views my own. (she/her)
18 MSWL
1 Tips

I would very much love to see a non-white author reimagine The Secret Garden for today’s middle grade readers. #mswl