Agents: on my #MSWL I’m looking for YA fiction centering the Stonewall Riots and trans POV. Email me!

YA fiction favorites & comps I’d love to see: CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, NEVERWORLD WAKE, THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON, ACE OF SPADES, THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER

YA fiction: Horror, mystery, thriller, grounded stories with a speculative element, magical realism/fabulism, Southern gothic, rom-coms (heavy on the com)

Here’s a Friday #mswl call-out for #history + #mystery! I love the #EnolaHolmes movies and just watched #lidiapoet. Would love to see more along these lines in the #ya and #upmarket spaces in my #submissions inbox. #amquerying #amwriting

I rep PB, MG, YA, GN, and select A genres. I keep my MSWL fairly up-to-date. There are a few areas that I'd love to build my list our more robustly in the coming months. #MSWL

Also if someone can figure out how to give me a cozy mystery as a YA, I want it. #MSWL

Also might be controversial, I want post high school (summer before college, or the first "year" of college) type stories. But since not every kid goes to college, I want to see how the come of age by leaving childhood behind.
Looking for YA themes though, not "baby adult" #MSWL

I want TED LASSO vibes, and Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT vibes, and VERONICA MARS voicey #MSWL #YA

I want:
-ace romance
-mermaids that never go in the water
-Ren Faires
-magic worlds that are different from what we have been seeing.
#MSWL #YA

I want:
-Dark Whimsy/Cozy Magic
-Twisty murders (LOVE Rian Johnson and if you can comp to the vibes there, even better)
-EPIC Romances (romantasy and romcoms and straight romances)
-Lush worlds and atmospheric writing. #MSWL #YA

But if we are going contemporary, I need to elevate it. Kit Frick is a forever comp, but if your book comps to TRULY DEVIOUS or FEMAL OF THE SPECIES, I would be here for it. #MSWL #YA

I am in the reading mood for fantasy right now. I want writing like Margaret Owen with the snap crackle and pop of Sarah J. Maas's characters #MSWL #YA

So I would love a writing style that vibes with these books: THE WINNER'S CURSE, THE GRACE YEAR, FINDING JUPITER, and BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING #MSWL #YA

Let's do a #MSWL thread for YA because I need more YA queries. Looking to sign more for my list.

Just landed in Bologna & excited for this year’s fair! Authors, I am looking for something new & exciting. My dream #MSWL is a YA Piranesi meets We Were Liars. If you’ve written such a masterpiece, please send it my way! Thank you! 🤗 💖 Sub guidelines at skylark-Literary.com

Sorry this is #mswl!

#MSWL YA or adult (agented): A big romantic fantasy from the POV of the villain (or one of the POVs is the villain, but like a real villain with a redemption arc or the heartbreaking lack thereof) (Maybe this makes no sense but this is what my heart wants right now lol)

YA/NA #MSWL: although sci-fi is still tough, I always say things in publishing are tough but not impossible.

I’d love a BIPOC grounded sci-fi mystery/thriller that can be comp’d to DEVS/Tales From The Loop/The OA.

I've gotten some lovely YA queries already that fit this, so will likely delete this Tweet tomorrow while I review, BUT leaving it up for one more day and anyone who sees it is welcome to send me their YA with these comps/concepts anytime #MSWL 💛

YA/NA #MSWL: I am looking for a horror from a BIPOC writer that can be comp’d to The Hacienda/Mexican Gothic/She Is a Haunting/Bad Witch Burning. And YA contemporary fantasies from BIPOC writers who are also interested in writing MG.