Food
Samantha Wekstein @SWekstein · May 21
Sarah Grill @SarahGrill1
Just thinking how much I’d love to get a Jewish YA that is NOT centered on the Holocaust. Give me a Birthright thriller!! A Camp Chi summer romance! A Hillel set-up gone wrong!! And the more food descriptions, the better. Please & thank you #mswl #ameditingSame #MSWL
Sarah Grill @SarahGrill1 · May 21
Just thinking how much I’d love to get a Jewish YA that is NOT centered on the Holocaust. Give me a Birthright thriller!! A Camp Chi summer romance! A Hillel set-up gone wrong!! And the more food descriptions, the better. Please & thank you #mswl #amediting
Megan Ilnitzki @megilnit · May 4
Picture books that celebrate food and family in the vein of FRY BREAD by Kevin Noble Maillard. #MSWL
Stephanie Winter @readbystephanie · Apr 14
Brit Brooks-Perilli @Britny_Perilli
Illustrated/graphic novel style non-fiction is something that I really want to see more of in my inbox!Cookbooks and food are great, but I would love to see author/illustrator teams work on other topics as well like film, books, nature, science, pop culture, etc. #MSWL pic.twitter.com/tFCywHcKIF
This #MSWL is a big ask for me as well! You don't see enough of these.
Brit Brooks-Perilli @Britny_Perilli · Apr 14
Illustrated/graphic novel style non-fiction is something that I really want to see more of in my inbox!
Cookbooks and food are great, but I would love to see author/illustrator teams work on other topics as well like film, books, nature, science, pop culture, etc. #MSWL
Tia Rose Mele @TiatheTiger · Mar 17
I would love to see some nonfiction in my inbox right now. If you have a pop culture, baseball/sports, psych, food, fandom, music, or craft related NF, or any other NF you think I might like, send me a query!
I’m not actively looking for memoir or biography right now. #mswl
Brit Brooks-Perilli @Britny_Perilli · Feb 16
Always always on the hunt for diverse, creative contemporary YA that can capture the humor, heart, and playfulness of anime. 💖
Bonus if the story involves friends sharing their passions (geeky or not) or has some delicious food. #mswl
Becca Podos @RebeccaPodos · Feb 3
Rereading my eternal fave NATALIE TAN’S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE reminds me how badly I want an Adult Romance/Contemporary steeped in family, food, culture, and a little bit of magic #MSWL
Rachel Brooks @RachMBrooks · Jan 24
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
In the @bookendslit #MSWL doggie pile! I want more graphic novels! I just read LILY THE THIEF and it was so good and I need more. twitter.com/jmcgowanbks/st…I'm next in line on the @bookendslit #MSWL train chuggin' along 🚂 I'd love to find a novel in the vein of NATALIE TAN'S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE where food, community, and culture intertwine. Also, I'm a fan of AYESHA AT LAST, so a fresh retelling like this might catch my eye!
Jessica Faust @BookEndsJessica · Jan 16
Passions and personal interests hugely inform any agent's list. Mine include: Minnesota, Hockey, Cooking/Food, Wine/Cocktails, motherhood, business ownership, dogs, diversity, equality, women, books/reading. #MSWL
Joanna Cardenas @joannananamc · Jan 6
Things I like to read about: hiking and the outdoors, the transforming power of travel, food & how it connects us, the art of comedy, women’s relationship to anger, building community, community organizing #mswl
Robbie Guillory @RobbieGuillory · 28 Nov 2019
*submissions alert* We are looking for brilliant, engaging non-fiction!
I am particularly interested in nature and climate writing, food, drink and travel, and deep-dives into weird and wonderful subjects.
See: katenashlit.co.uk/non-fiction/ #MSWL
Fairbank Literary @FairbankLit · 25 Sep 2019
If you write about food and life, do it with the passion and beauty of Ruth Reichel, or Molly Wizenberg. #MSWL
Jess Dallow @jldallow · 24 Sep 2019
Stephanie Doig @stephaniedoig
Show me a foodie character--kitchen/chef setting not necessary! Someone who shows love through the food they make for others, however that may work for your story. #MSWLI'd also love something like this. I really love food, I love cooking, and I love characters who do, too. #MSWL
Jordan Hamessley @thejordache · 24 Sep 2019
Elle Keck @ElleKeck
I'm not normally a "foodie" reader but I would read the crap out of an enemies to lovers romance about rival restaurant owners, one who serves CaliMex (THE BEST) and one who serves TexMex. As long as CaliMex wins, obviously #MSWL twitter.com/ElleKeck/statu…OMG. I LOVE this idea. I edited @elisalorello's PASTA WARS a few years back and adored working on a foodie book. As a Top Chef-fanatic and homesick Texan, I fully support this idea. But the TexMex chef wins. 😉 #MSWL
Stephanie Doig @stephaniedoig · 24 Sep 2019
Show me a foodie character--kitchen/chef setting not necessary! Someone who shows love through the food they make for others, however that may work for your story. #MSWL
Laurel Symonds @LaurelSymonds · 24 Sep 2019
Other random elements I love: historical fiction, witches (historical and contemporary, but less on the humorous side), boarding schools, food, slow build romance, whimsy, retellings...#MSWL
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · 24 Sep 2019
I also work in non-fiction, handling cookbooks, memoir, pop-history, and more!
If you've got a platform and a story to tell or gorgeous food photography (or both!), I want to chat. #MSWL
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · 24 Sep 2019
I thought of another: A culinary history/food memoir. Think: The Cooking Gene (a look at people and culture) or Salt (how a food shaped history). Any topic goes. #MSWL
Dorian Maffei @DorianMaffei · 24 Sep 2019
Some words I'm drawn to in pitches:
Small town, haunting, road trip, island, flowers, graveyard, aerialist, lake, beach/beach house, summer, secret, eerie, key, orchard, food/recipes #MSWL