Chelsea Eberly
@chelseberly
Literary Agent
Agent @ Greenhouse Literary | formerly Senior Editor @ Random House Children's Books | PW Star Watch Honoree | ❤️ books, cats, & coffee in that order? | she/her
36 MSWL

Fake dating trope meets quinceañero w/ rich and nuanced family relationships alongside the YA romance please. #MSWL

Hattie Grunewald
@hatteatime
Literary Agent
Literary Agent. She/her. Great job, great hair. RNA Agent of the Year 2020. Bookseller Rising Star 2020 🌟 'A very precocious twelve year old'. Views my own.
52 MSWL
4 AskAgent

Darker, issue-led women's fiction, and books about difficult or challenging family dynamics that we might not have seen before #mswl

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. 💗💜💙
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips

Wait, I have another #MSWL item. Blended families!! There is nothing I love more than seeing exes okay with their former significant other’s new partner and vice versa. I need that happiness in my life.

Melanie Castillo
@wellmelsbells
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @rootliterary . @aalitagents member. 📝 MS in Creative Writing & Book Publishing. 📚 Scorpio. ♏️ Laughs too loud and constantly craves sweets. 🧁
15 MSWL

I am literally copying and pasting this from my Pub Marketplace profile BUT I was born and raised in Southern California in a multi-cultural, blended family, so I have a soft spot for books that shine a spotlight on the nuances of family relationships and identity. #MSWL

Ella Marie Shupe
@ellamarieattheB
Literary Agent
I like to read...in my pajamas...with a drink in my hand. Most of the time, that drink is tea. she/her Agent with Belcastro Agency @belcastr
1 MSWL

Happy #mswl day! I'd like to see a suspense/thriller with a single pov and a rich atmosphere. Historical suspense in the vein of Ruth Ware. Family, friendship, and enemies attract my attention. Check the rest of my wish list on the Belcastro Agency website.

Amy Cloughley
@AmyCloughley
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Kimberley Cameron & Associates @K_C_Associates
9 MSWL
1 Tips

But I also look for a “lean forward” plot. Whether a domestic mystery, family saga, upmarket fiction, or light-hearted romcom, send me your novels with that page-turning quality that keep me reading late into the night. #mswl

Bridget Smith
@bredalot
Literary Agent
aka Breda. Literary agent at JABberwocky. Co-host of @ShipAndHandling publishing podcast. Plays with swords in free time. Way too long-winded for Twitte
77 MSWL
21 Tips

My clients have pointed out that I've got a specific subset of YA Nerd Girl Romance, and I am always here for more! Queer & POC girls very welcome, and I'm more likely to be won over by the romance if it intersects with other themes - family, friendship, self-discovery. #mswl

Jess Dallow
@jldallow
Literary Agent
new yorker. associate literary agent at @browerliterary & cat sitter. she/her. opinions & tweets are my own. 💗💜💙
142 MSWL
26 AskAgent
9 Tips
Ann Rose
@annmrose
Literary Agent
agent: @TheTobiasAgency & #rosebudauthor wrangler | author: ROAD TO EUGENICA & BREAKOUT | opinions are my own | she/her rep:@evascalzo layout:@ana_scribe
206 MSWL
449 AskAgent
11 Queries
127 Tips

Books with complicated family dynamics #MSWL

Stephanie Doig
@stephaniedoig
Editor
Editor @ Harlequin's Carina Press. She/her. Opinions are all mine.
49 MSWL
18 Tips

All right, all right, one last one. I don't know exactly how you could execute this and make it a romance, but I am VERY into Succession right now so I'm going to throw "rich and extremely dysfunctional family with twisted but loving sibling dynamics" out there. #MSWL

Chelsea Eberly
@chelseberly
Literary Agent
Agent @ Greenhouse Literary | formerly Senior Editor @ Random House Children's Books | PW Star Watch Honoree | ❤️ books, cats, & coffee in that order? | she/her
36 MSWL

A MG with the incredible voice, fully-realized characters, and sense of family love of Schitt's Creek. #MSWL

Kiana Nguyen
@kianangu
Literary Agent
YA/Adult Fiction Agent at DMLA. Hobbit degenerate. She/her. I smile a lot/make inappropriate jokes. 🌈🦄 ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES ✨ Rep: @samanthashnh
189 MSWL
25 AskAgent
21 Tips

And another #mswl in the thriller space: I am horribly obsessed with true crime about cults, and family secrets that lead to deadly outcomes, and wild stuff like this. In Adult, especially, and in YA!

Stephanie Doig
@stephaniedoig
Editor
Editor @ Harlequin's Carina Press. She/her. Opinions are all mine.
49 MSWL
18 Tips

For a long time now I've been looking for a contemporary romance in which an only child/lonely person is welcomed into a huge, sprawling, loving family. Think While You Were Sleeping. (We're looking now for romances for 2020's holiday season, hint hint.) #MSWL

Katelyn Detweiler
@katedetweiler
Literary Agent
literary agent @jillgrinberglit | author | debut rom-com THE FIRST DATE PROPHECY with @dtamberelli coming in 2023 | mom | she/her
9 MSWL

i'm a sucker for a good family story, a good friendship story, and of course some good romance, too, but it's okay if that's not front and center. i didn't date until i was in college, so i know there's more to being a teen than romance! #MSWL

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…
139 MSWL
124 Queries
88 Tips

#MSWL Explorations of families, especially those with interesting and varied cultures/traditions. I loved the balance in To All the Boys I've Loved Before.

Cate Hart
@CateHart
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger. YA author. Kid wrangler. Galactic Princess. Addicted to the Foo Fighters. Need More Cowbell!
89 MSWL
31 Queries
13 Tips

Last one until after lunch but Southern psychological thriller in the vein of Sharp Objects. Less damaged heroines but more matriarchal and family secrets and drama. #MSWL

Cate Hart
@CateHart
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger. YA author. Kid wrangler. Galactic Princess. Addicted to the Foo Fighters. Need More Cowbell!
89 MSWL
31 Queries
13 Tips

I’d love to see some horror but more psychological, ghosts, family secrets ala The Haunting of Hill House. YA or A. #MSWL

Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency
@K_C_Associates
Literary Agency
Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency. Kimberley Cameron, @ElizabethKracht , @AmyCloughley , @Mary_C_Moore , @LisaAbellera , & @DorianMaffei
6 MSWL
10 AskAgent
20 Tips
Charlotte Wenger
@WilbursBF_Char
Literary Agent
Literary agent with @prospect_agency | @SimmonsSLIS MA in Children's Lit alum | #wndb | opinions mine | she/her
16 MSWL

Four generations of my family get together at the same beach for a week every year. There are A LOT of us, but we love each other! Give me your multigenerational family beach stories with humor and heart! #MSWL