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5/ About 31% of my list is SFF, but I am at an agency with a fantastic track record in literary fiction. I would love to read more upmarket, contemporary, and lit fic by emerging authors, especially (but not exclusively) living in Canada.

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4/ Some of my current KidLit faves are: @BrittneyMMorris' SLAY, PET by @azemezi, @itsrorypower's WILDER GIRLS, anything by @JessieSima, HURRICANE CHILD by @kacencallender, @strangelykatie's TEA DRAGONS, anything by @BenHatke, LOOK by @zanopticon.

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4/ Only 26% of my list is KidLit of ANY kind. I'm super picky about what I take on, but I represent PB, chapter, MG, and YA, and would love to see more voicey, character-driven stories in all of these categories in my inbox in the new year.

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3/ Only 11% of my list is non-fiction! Please send me your deep-dive journalism, progressive true crime, essay collections, and science books! Think @esmewang's COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS or @yourewrongabout.

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2/ My primary focus is #OwnVoices stories by Black and/or BIPOC authors, disabled and chronically ill authors, and LGBTQ2S+ authors. I love the #SpineSquad with all my heart, but it is still a majority white group and my goal is for that to change in the future.

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Yasmine 🍊 ياسمين | ⵢⴰⵙⵎⵉⵏ @YasmineJibril
I’m not going to lie, Historical Fiction is in desperate need of diversity and discussion on social justice and its association with how we tell history. It’s the most underdeveloped genre.This is a great thread and diverse historical fiction with relevant themes that interrogate the same questions we’re asking today are definitely on my #MSWL

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June Hur @WriterJuneHur
More historicals set in non-western countries, please & thank you. Because the more non-western historicals there are, the more we normalize that history outside the west was as fascinating & complex. twitter.com/lillielainoff/…#MSWL this please, and with the added caveat that I'd be looking for these to be written by authors from these countries or with this heritage.

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Disney Animation @DisneyAnimation
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, Disney Animation and Pan-African entertainment company Kugali will team up to create an all-new, science fiction series coming to #DisneyPlus in 2022: Iwájú. Check out a first look at visual development art from the series. pic.twitter.com/9iuWFDr61T🤩 This looks amazing! Can’t wait to watch!
(And I’d love to work on some kids books with the same feel. #mswl)

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OH MY GOD I totally forgot—
CATRA. GIMME ALL YOUR CATRA-ESQUE CHARACTERS.
Angry, broken, distrustful characters who are Soft for that One Person. Who make TERRIBLE decisions bc ANGRY AND HURT but are good people deep down!!

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Neurodivergent rep (particularly PTSD but seriously I want it all ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH REP

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Queer contemporary—delve into hard topics but also make me smile!! Like contempts lighter in tone than other genres

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YA thrillers (NOT ADULT DO NOT SEND ME ADULT THRILLERS)

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Loss of faith—more so in role models and institutions/communities than religion

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Poison magic. Just... creeping, quiet, sneaking poison magic

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Always hope, no matter how dark the story or journey is. I don’t do well with bitter, cynical endings—there HAS to be a light for the MC to reach for, in some capacity