Allison Lyons
@Allison_Lyons
Editor
Native NY’er. Editor for Harlequin Intrigue. My TBR pile is huge, but I keep buying. Send help. Addicted to British TV mysteries and true crime.
1 MSWL

I'd love to see books featuring strong law enforcement heroes in remote areas who must protect heroines in jeopardy for Harlequin Intrigue. Heart-stopping suspense, compelling backstories, believable plotlines. #ownvoices authors welcome and encouraged #MSWL

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

And as long as it’s within a category I rep, I love being surprised by something I never knew I always wanted #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Genre-bending. I don’t rep traditional sci-fi, horror or fantasy but very open to those elements being folded into a literary novel (think Victor Lavalle, Kate Maruyama, Rivers Solomon, Helen Oyemi) #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Novels about shame/guilt, personal or cultural, like Atonement, The English Patient, Remains of the Day, Shame (that last one is a given) #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Novels that embrace moral ambiguity, like that of An American Marriage #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Explorations of madness (or perceived madness) and characters who have reached their breaking point and/or are in a downward spiral (Girls on Fire, Meg Abbott, Merritt Tierce) #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Always very interested in an international lens but domestically, I’d love to see more novels set in Silicon Valley, Florida, Texas, Alaska (or anywhere that experiences uninterrupted daylight or darkness) #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL
Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Multi-generational novels like Pachinko, Kintu, Roses, The Fortunes, etc. #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

This is broad but novels exploring identity. Everything from The Girl Who Fell From the Sky to There, There to She’s Not There. #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Gothic atmospheres like Sarah Waters, Thirteenth Tale, What Should Be Wild #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Novels about real-estate or inheritance. Doesn’t have to be for the super wealthy (for instance, I loved The Turner House but also fell hard for Family Trust). These things are always high-stakes for those involved #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

Cults, con-artists and survivalist narratives are longtime obsessions of mine—as are narratives about obsession #mswl

Melissa Danaczko
@mad2034
Literary Agent
Agent at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She/Her
23 MSWL

#mswl A few more. One of my favorite recent books was #1 Chinese Restaurant, so if you have a restaurant (or workplace) drama that blurs the line between family and employees, send my way.

Lauren Spieller
@laurenspieller
Literary Agent
LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr - Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace! ~ Author w/ S&S ~ I love dogs like it's my job ~ She/Her
637 MSWL
98 AskAgent
2 Queries
91 Tips
Natalie Lakosil
@Natalie_Lakosil
Literary Agent
Literary Agent & Founder, Looking Glass Literary & Media, making my way through adventures in agent land. IG natalie_lakosil. She/her
26 MSWL
30 AskAgent

Dying for more magical realism women's fiction, or #ownvoice women's fiction contemporaries #mswl

Natalie Lakosil
@Natalie_Lakosil
Literary Agent
Literary Agent & Founder, Looking Glass Literary & Media, making my way through adventures in agent land. IG natalie_lakosil. She/her
26 MSWL
30 AskAgent

I typically go for pretty dark & gritty, but craving some good FUNNY & voice-driven rom com ala TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE, WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR in YA #mswl

Natalie Lakosil
@Natalie_Lakosil
Literary Agent
Literary Agent & Founder, Looking Glass Literary & Media, making my way through adventures in agent land. IG natalie_lakosil. She/her
26 MSWL
30 AskAgent

Hot on my list for #mswl are #ownvoice contemporaries featuring diverse characters.

Stacy Whitman
@stacylwhitman
Other
Founder & publisher of @tubooks , an imprint of @leeandlow . Diversity in SFF, mystery, GNs & more for kids & teens. K-dramas. And cats. Opinions my own.
57 MSWL
1 AskAgent
11 Tips

Honestly, so much is just not being told yet that there's such a wide variety of diverse stories I just can't say I want till it shows up on my door. Best thing of course is a great story, well written. #MSWL