Now Frankfurt is over, I’m so keen to find new authors to add to my list at
@MMLitAgency . If you’re a writer of literary/upmarket/book club fiction, I’d love to hear from you!

#mswl #amwriting #amquerying #litfic
madeleinemilburn.co.uk/agents/olivia-maidment/

I am very much on the hunt for some exciting new authors, so do send your submissions my way. You can see my #MSWL at unitedagents.co.uk/afeinerunitedagentscouk

What are we looking for in our #query inboxes right now? Check out some highlights from our team's #mswl !

If you're ready to submit, head over to our website: contextlit.com/submissions

@trydzinski

What are we looking for in our #query inboxes right now? Check out some highlights from our team's #mswl !

If you're ready to submit, head over to our website: contextlit.com/submissions

@jsinsheim

What are we looking for in our #query inboxes right now? Check out some highlights from our team's #mswl !

If you're ready to submit, head over to our website: contextlit.com/submissions

@loveleemonicaa

I’d love to see a book proposal that explores the history and current cultural impact of the friendship bracelet phenomenon.

If we’re already connected, DM me if you’d like to discuss further. If we’re not yet connected, my query info is in the link in my bio. 🫶

#MSWL

rewatching Flanagan's (incredible, jaw-dropping) Midnight Mass and if anyone can comp to this show ... I would like to see it, please #mswl (this is your October version of "Julie is once again on the hunt for literary vampire stories")

Re: underrepresented voices, I would in particular love to see more MENA authors/stories, and South Asian authors/stories!

…but if you’re writing SFF in these age categories and you don’t think any of this describes your book, try me anyway! I am surprised often and I read so widely in this space that it’s always worth a shot.

Across the board give me:
+ more Austen and Shakespeare retellings (I’m a simple girl)
+ more court intrigue and clever protagonists, from Marie Rutkoski to Natasha Ngan to Arkady Martine I love them in all forms
+ more soft magic (ie no rules)
+ more fantasy mysteries

For horror: try me with anything and everything, I am eager to expand my YA horror list!

For contemporary stories, I am looking for confident high-concept speculative novels à la Ann Liang. I am very selective in the YA realistic space, and I’m looking for super commercial, funny, and well-plotted.

In YA SFF: I prefer my romance to be a b-plot, and would love more atmosphere-forward storytelling à la Ava Reid or Axie Oh. Especially interested in folktale/myth-inspired stories from underrepresented voices.

I love a novel about celebrities, and my appetite for those will never die!

For adult fiction in general, give me more books that blend genre. All stories are mysteries, and I love a book that leans into its mystery element even if it’s not actively a mystery novel. I also love fabulist or surrealist stories, broadly.

In adult horror, I am more a fan of the psychological than the monstrous, unless the monster is a metaphor. I would love something darkly comic; I would love something in the vein of BOY PARTS.

Speaking of which, a specific ask I have is more speculative heist novels. I am dying to see more books that have the delightful sleight of hand of Leigh Bardugo or Scott Lynch or Margaret Owen. Not assassins. Con artists, doing con artist things!

In adult SFF: give me big and epic in scope without sacrificing character work. Touchpoints I’ve been thinking of lately are THE STARS UNDYING, BARU CORMORANT, and INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE. I love intricate worldbuilding and being tricked by the narrative!

I’m looking primarily for adult and YA fiction right now. (No nonfiction pls, and I don’t work on anything younger than MG.) I am a genre lover first and foremost, and I’m always looking for underrepresented voices (more on that below).

Fall #MSWL ? Fall MSWL. 🧵