Editor
Ok, agents and authors. It's me! Your friendly, local editor. I'm starting to build my 2026 list. Interested in what I'm looking for? Sure, you are. Here's my #mswl .
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ariell-cacciola/
Literary Agent
#MSWL for March 2024:
In ADULT Fiction:
👁🗨 Mystery:
- Cozy
- Traditional (murder) mystery
- Caper (story focus is crime plan/execution
- Crime Mystery (w/ POV of member of criminal underworld)
- Noir (gritty, atmospheric w/professional investigator POV)
Editor
Agents and/or authors.
Please send me train thrillers like BULLET TRAIN, or something LEON-like with assassins or gangs.
Am always on the lookout for crime adjacent novels set in South Central LA, NYC, South Korea or Japan.
Or maybe some 90s Seattle-set grunge noir.
#MSWL
Literary Agent
Manuscript Academy @MSWLMA
#MSWL DAY! February 16th. All day long! pic.twitter.com/2dUZ57wMt2I've updated my #MSWL page for their great new platform and look forward to queries - especially if it's a multicultural love story, a
BIPOC perspective on history (fiction or nonfiction), a thriller in an unusual time and place...
Happy #MSWL Day! 👇🤗 manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/Jess…
Literary Agent
Good news #MSWL has my new post up. manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/anis… I hope this helps anyone having trouble getting to know what I am working on.
Literary Agent
I really enjoy noir mysteries. They are so sinister and devious and delicious. I really enjoy flawed characters that you should hate but kinda love. Send me your messed up, nefarious, duplicitous, shrewd, sneaky, deceitful, calculating, manipulative, scheming, anti-heroes! #mswl
Literary Agent
I am open for submissions, so please send me your books! Find out about me, my taste & what's at the top of my #manuscriptwishlist here:
Agent bio: bit.ly/3cbqsBC
Q&A: bit.ly/33Ob22v
How to submit: thesohoagency.co.uk/literary-submi…
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Literary Agent
I just finished WESTSIDE last night, and it has a lot of qualities I'm looking for: historical, noir, speculative element, gorgeous writing, great voice. #MSWL
Literary Agent
I seriously need more country noir. #MSWL
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Leodora Darlington @Leodora_
Yo, fab #DVpit writers pitching their books today, BEST OF LUCK! Was totally blown away by y/day's YA pitches. Evidence that diverse books are out there - we in publishing just need to be looking harder! #weneeddiversebooksIf you want to submit to me, guidelines in thread 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/hv2FANStSD
#querytip alert! Gripping adult fic is MY JAM. Love a tense psych thriller, domestic noir, and have room for the right police procedural. As ever, I'm yearning for exciting fantasy projects and swoon-worthy romance. #DVpit #MSWL
Editor
"An edge-of-your-seat noir about an agoraphobic coven's adventure to transcend their mother's death" #MSWL, please
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Literary Agent
#MSWL YA Historical Mystery! Whether it's fun & funny (think MISS FISHER) gothic, noir, procedural or lawless... get at me!
Literary Agent
And for the wild card: hipster noir! #mswl
Literary Agent
Would love to see noir detective stories set in almost any other genre but the mystery must be central/taken seriously! #mswl
Literary Agent
Basically I'm still looking for all my old #MSWL requests: Victorian era; evil children; remote places; noir; unreliable narrators, etc.
Literary Agent
Finishing 1st season of #Riverdale on #Netflix. Would love #YA w/ smart, brooding loner MC like Jughead or campy noir w/ a Cheryl. #MSWL
Literary Agent
Huge fan of domestic noir that gets under the skin - I've seen bad mothers by the bucketload but what about fathers and daughters?
Literary Agent
ellen @ellencormier
#MSWL: A Riverdale-esque YA retelling of a classic, non-murdery tale. But less soapy, more literary, and turn the noir up to 11.Guys, please. Put the noir in my inbox. #mswl
Literary Agent
#MSWL: I'd love a noir told from the femme fatale POV, rather than the PI.
Literary Agent
I'd love to see more noir w/ a strong sense of place and memorable voice. Hillbilly noir. Noir set in foreign counties & small towns. #MSWL