Krista Vitola Tepedino
@kav_tepedino
Editor
City girl at heart. Senior Editor at S&S Books for Young Readers. Lover of sunshine, wine and running.
1 MSWL

AGENTS! I'm backkkkkkkkkkk and ready to read amazing new stories #matleaveisover #happynewyear2020 #mswl

Tara Gilbert
@Literary_Tara
Literary Agent
Literary Agent at @ktliterary | 🌈she/them | ✨magical | opinions my own | Gemini ☼ Pisces ☽ Capricorn ↑
245 MSWL
46 AskAgent
25 Tips
Jessica Sinsheimer
@jsinsheim
Literary Agent
Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL , Manuscript Wish List® + ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
118 MSWL
12 Queries
10 Tips

I'd love to see a novel about an Oregon Trail Generation protagonist reconciling the enormous expectations we had as children with the day-to-day realities of modern life. #MSWL

Laurel Symonds
@LaurelSymonds
Literary Agent
Literary agent at @ktliterary (closed to queries). I tweet about books and desserts in equal measure. My dog is the best office assistant ever. She/her
39 MSWL
1 Tips

Starting the New Year with some updates to my #MSWL: I’m primarily looking for contempory novels right now! Especially if they are upbeat & include: Sisters. Crushes. Friendship Breakups. Sex-Positivity. Gender Expression. Hopeful Endings. Kids/Teens Acting Like Real Kids/Teens.

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent
Replying to @joannananamc

If you're a writer and/or illustrator without have an agent, please consider sharing your work with me via Kokila's open submissions window. More info here: penguin.com/publishers/kok…. If you do have an agent, encourage them to reach out to me. #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent
Replying to @joannananamc

Things I like to read about: hiking and the outdoors, the transforming power of travel, food & how it connects us, the art of comedy, women’s relationship to anger, building community, community organizing #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent
Replying to @joannananamc

Still looking for a YA rom-com that’s incisive & frothy, whether it’s about partners or a novel where someone falls in love with all the many facets of themselves. A falling-in-love-with-yourself story would be amazing! #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

To quote @CeliaCPerez: more books about brown weirdos! #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

Will always want MG that gives characters (and readers) the space to discuss the BIG questions on their minds. #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

Take me on a MG adventure and/or spooky journey with a strong friend group! #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

DID YOU KNOW I’m interested in adding magic and light fantasy to my MG list? In the vein of the funny, contemporary realistic books I love to publish with a dash of magic to alter the world we think we know. #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

Send me a breakout picture book character! #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

For picture books, I’m looking for narratives that center joy, humor, silliness, curiosity, and imagination. #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

Top of my list: more family capers! Stories that celebrate the messiness & complexity of family systems & how they shape our worldview. I adore a well-drawn, offbeat family as an ensemble cast. #mswl

Joanna Cardenas
@joannananamc
Editor
I edit books for young readers @KokilaBooks . Please support @Latinxinpub & Repmatters.org!
28 MSWL
21 AskAgent

We're back from break, which means agents are open to queries & editors are looking for projects to acquire! I’m excited for the beautiful, memorable PB, CB, MG, & YA manuscripts I’ll get to read & consider in 2020. Adding my #mswl to the mix!

Leslie Zampetti
@literarylesliez
Literary Agent
Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents .
43 MSWL
7 Tips

I’m back open to queries as of today!
As usual, please send your query & first five pages in the body of the email to query[at]dunhamlit[dot]com.

Submission guidelines & #MSWL are at dunhamlit.com

Thinking about doing a #MSWL update soon...

Abby Saul
@BookySaul
Literary Agent
agent at The Lark Group (@LarkWords), reader of books, hiker of trails | she/her
75 MSWL
8 Queries
70 Tips
Hannah Weatherill
@hgweatherill
Literary Agent
Fiction & book-to-screen agent at @NorthbankTalent . Bookseller Rising Star 21 ✨. DMs open for advice to underrepresented writers and publishing hopefuls 📚 🇪🇺
8 MSWL
20 AskAgent

Back in the office today and, as always, I'm looking for new fiction! Visit the @NorthbankTalent website for our submission guidelines 📚

#firstdayback #mswl #amquerying

Liesa Abrams
@BatgirlEditor
Editor
Batman-loving editor of MG and YA books. Editor-in-Chief at (new!) Labyrinth Road imprint @ Random House Children’s Books. (Tweets are my own.) She/her
17 MSWL
3 Tips

In realizing that my last movie was “Pain and Glory” & I just ordered the book “Pain,” it occurs to me I sure have a brand. My #mswl is easy for agents to target via Mad Libs style mashup titles of language for sex, sadness, grief, or anguish!

Dana Chidiac
@chidiaqian
Editor
Senior Editor at Holt BFYR. I spend a lot of time thinking about how things—words, streets, yarn, and food—fit together. Tweets are mine.
29 MSWL

Anything about language, whether that's visual (I once saw an internet thing where the animals were made out of Arabic script 🤯) or a plot thing (about an English language learner? About... spelling???? 👀) or a nonfiction thing (hello emojis). #mswl