Picture Books #MSWL

Wants:
☑️ STEM-based
☑️ break down gender stereotypes
☑️ variety of family structures

Nos:
🚫 Sports
🚫 Anthropomorphism (objects/animals)
🚫 Issue books, saviorism, or "inspirational" (written to center the dominant narrative of "overcoming" an identity

All-Age Category #MSWL wants
☑️ BIPOC
☑️ Queer/Trans
☑️ ND
☑️ Disability
☑️ Religions & spiritual beliefs that are underrepresented in publishing
☑️ Intersectionality

Basically: The world we live in is diverse. Books written for kids in the 21st century should reflect that.

Buckle up, friends! It's time for my #MSWL thread. Some basic facts:

Opening: August 15
Repping: PB, MG, YA
Mentored/Co-repped by: @MandyHubbard and @LindaEpstein (get two agents in 1!!)
Query: QueryManager.com/DAnnWilliams (please add CW to your query)

MSWL below 👇🏾

“Actively seeking fun / funny gift books, especially with a lifestyle twist to them. Open to a really wide range of topics on this one, so be creative!” @claire_m_harris #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

#mswl medieval fantasy with the green knight energy, i.e. the true spirit of the source texts: effortlessly weird, dazzling and grand in its sensory language, horny as shit.

#MSWL I WANT a hot regency romance like BRIDGERTON but with supernatural elements. ADULT only pls. 50-75K. #MSWL QueryManager.com/LisaGreenQueri…

Just finished reading Lizzy Dent's debut THE SUMMER JOB. Loved the read! Great combo of summer fun, romance and comedy, but also warm and well developed characters. #Writers, send me manuscripts like this! #mswl #amquerying #literaryagent

“Queer rom coms that represent not just the L and the G in LGBTQQIP2SAA.” @readbystephanie #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

#MSWL #CliFi

I’d like to read a YA that has the *vibes* of RESERVATION DOGS on Hulu #MSWL

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2/...they are also big time copaganda. If you are writing crime stories that will appeal to my sense of nostalgia AND have progressive politics, I want to see them Very Much! #MSWL

If it does exist—please send me a book that is CHUCK meets JANE THE VIRGIN. That would be wonderful!!

I’ve been binge watching Chuck and I’d love to see a book version with telenovela elements mixed in there. Crime, intersect, & messy love 🥰

Please and thank you👀 #MSWL

#MSWL

An entire book of an author shit talking their publisher, published by that publisher. #MSWL

i’ve been listening to old gods of appalachia and reading an arc of SUMMER SONS by @leemandelo and y’all

i need more lush, atmospheric horror in my box stat pls and thank you #mswl

My favorite reality show, The Challenge, returns tonight. And I've been thinking about how much I want a strategic, athletic, game show romance with all of the drama, all of the stunts and endurance, all of the conniving, backstabbing, strategizing, etc. #MSWL

Hiya! For slightly personal reasons, I’d love to acquire a middle grade novel that tackles the fact that many girls with ADHD go undiagnosed! #MSWL

“Nonfiction works that explore the intersection of misogyny and capitalism.” @ceciliaclyra #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

ok I would actually very much like to see some of these tho #mswl

“Essay collections like One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul and This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins.” @agentvicente #MSWL mariavicente.com/representation