Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

This list is not exhaustive, but hopefully helpful & indicative.

CAA does now have a writer facing website, so we welcome your submissions here: www.caa.com/entertainmen...

And, as I said on The Other Place, thank you for indulging my whims - it’s a privilege to be a professional treasure-hunter

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

The formally interesting too - Benjamin Zephaniah, Ursula LeGuin or David Almond-esque.
I published MG & YA for 10 years and it will always have my heart - the market’s tough but the readers are still there!

I don’t tend to rep picture books or fiction younger than 7+

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

I feel very strongly that we need to focus on literary quality as well as accessibility in our books for children. Anything YA or MG that does any of the above, ideally with hook & humour, I’d love to see.

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

…returning to nature & to ourselves.

I will always be drawn to international stories and settings - what is unfamiliar (& uncomfortable!) to a Western reader.

I don’t tend to rep high fantasy, but love magic & a speculative hook.

Every kind of love, please.

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

Themes: always, always work that in some way acknowledges the ecological crisis in which we now & will always exist.

Radical reimaginings of how we might live, in terms of collective care, eradicating borders, tearing down capitalist, colonialist & imperialist structures…

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

Commercial-literary fiction in general: Bunny,Tender is the Flesh & Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl are all good examples.

I’m also looking for something big - perhaps a family drama, perhaps multi-generational - still with voice. I love Iris Murdoch, Toni Morrison & Barbara Kingsolver.

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

Literary / commercial-literary horror - see above…

Graphic novels across the market, but see 🧵 for general themes that I’m interested in.

Literary / commercial-literary romance. Especially if bi / pan / queer. I’m looking for both something sweeping & epic, & something more contemporary.

Rachel Mann
@rachelpmann
Literary Agent
Literary agent | She/her
31 MSWL

Writers of this better place: I’m closing submissions soon but before I do, I’d love some final books to sell! Here’s my #mswl :

High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better

YA horror - ALL OF IT

Sam B. Farkas
@SamBFarkas
Literary Agent
Foreign Rights & Agent at Jill Grinberg Literary. History dork. Gritty fanatic. Licorice connoisseur. She/her. Writer rep’d by @patricianels
42 MSWL

Sophisticated MG, by which I mean MG that tackles big things, that plays with form. Think HOLES, THE INQUISITOR’S TALE, or for a film comp, THE IRON GIANT.

#mswl

Sam B. Farkas
@SamBFarkas
Literary Agent
Foreign Rights & Agent at Jill Grinberg Literary. History dork. Gritty fanatic. Licorice connoisseur. She/her. Writer rep’d by @patricianels
42 MSWL

In 2025, I would love to sign my first adult non-fiction project. Top of my list is food writing/food memoir. Some recent favorites in this genre:
- CORK DORK
- NATIONAL DISH
- CRYING IN H MART
- KOSHERSOUL

#mswl

Catherine Hedrick Armstrong
@C_H_Armstrong
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
54 MSWL
17 AskAgent
3 Tips

#MSWL I'm closed to queries at the moment, BUT...I will ALWAYS be open to INDIGENOUS VOICES. This is a special passion of mine, yet I don't have a single Native American author or story. If this describes you/your project, PLEASE REACH OUT! I will open a link for any Indigenous creator (fiction).

Nour Sallam
@nourhasbooks
Literary Agent
associate literary agent at p.s. literary agency & huge virgina woolf fangirl, amongst other things
3 MSWL

My whole personality is books but I do like to lie & say there is more to me than that. I also love: pop culture, taylor swift, fashion & sustainability, lattes, stickers, cute stationary, going down a research rabbit hole about something random and objectively unimportant, literally anything mini.

Nour Sallam
@nourhasbooks
Literary Agent
associate literary agent at p.s. literary agency & huge virgina woolf fangirl, amongst other things
3 MSWL

Right now, I’m especially looking for:
📚Smart upmarket & book club fiction
📚 Women’s fic
📚 Horror
📚 Thrillers with a twist
📚 Rom-coms (any spice level)

A snapshot of some genres I don’t rep:
🚫 Kidlit
🚫 SF / F
🚫 Memoirs (but I am open to hybrid memoirs!)

Nour Sallam
@nourhasbooks
Literary Agent
associate literary agent at p.s. literary agency & huge virgina woolf fangirl, amongst other things
3 MSWL

I’m what you’d call a baby agent 🤓 so I’m actively building my client list & looking for more projects in my inbox that would give me brain butterflies ✨You can find my #MSWL linked below with all the deets👇🏼

noursallam.com/manuscriptwishlist

Nour Sallam
@nourhasbooks
Literary Agent
associate literary agent at p.s. literary agency & huge virgina woolf fangirl, amongst other things
3 MSWL

Hi new pals! I thought I’d introduce myself and what I’m looking for in this thread 👀

I’m a lit agent at ps literary agency repping adult fic + nonfic. I’m excited to be here!! I’m hoping to connect with more authors, readers, and publishing folks so if you fall into one of those buckets drop a 👋🏼

Kendall Berdinsky
@klberdinsky
Literary Agent
literary agent, knitter, survivor enthusiast
18 MSWL

#MSWL Murder-mystery meets the Dull Club - inspired by this wonderful piece in NY mag

nymag.com/intelligence...

Alex Grana
@alexmgrana
Literary Agent
writer. jd. horror lover. associate literary agent w/ corvisiero literary agency. she/her
3 MSWL

I’m always down for folk religion, cults, and religious deconstruction.

And if you have a book (esp for MG) about swimming/swim team, please send it my way!

Alex Grana
@alexmgrana
Literary Agent
writer. jd. horror lover. associate literary agent w/ corvisiero literary agency. she/her
3 MSWL

#MSWL

I’m prioritizing BIPOC and queer & trans writers atm! I’m really hunt for
- MG horror & mystery
- YA horror & mystery
- Adult spec fic, gothic horror, horroromance, romantasy
- sister stories
- mother daughter stories
- mermaids
- stories in the PNW, Appalachia, or arctic!
- dual timelines

Alex Grana
@alexmgrana
Literary Agent
writer. jd. horror lover. associate literary agent w/ corvisiero literary agency. she/her
3 MSWL

Hi #amquerying #writingcommunity ! I’m open for queries today through December 13! I’m including highlights from my MSWL in the thread. Can’t wait to hear from you!

Query me here: QueryManager.com/3000

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
931 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Picture Book #MSWL I want to see in the new year:
-spooky adjacent
-weird but with a heart of gold