"Send me historical fiction or nonfiction from underrepresented voices."
Elizabeth Guthrie #MSWL

✨I'M OPEN TO QUERIES✨
#MSWL 🧵

I’m seeking high-concept, voice-driven adult fiction with strong emotional stakes, a clear hook, and broad commercial appeal. I’m drawn to diverse and underrepresented voices, as well as stories that feel fresh, strange, or genre-bending (1/8)

I am drawn to commercial hooks, lyrical writing, and voicy characters who jump off the page and pull you in. I love books that explore underrepresented folk stories and mythologies. Similarly, I am interested in non-Western settings. In fantasy, I adore a unique magic system. I am also a big fan of books about books. Across all genres and age groups, I would love to see projects from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodiverse, and chronically ill communities.

"Send me historical fiction or nonfiction from underrepresented voices."
Elizabeth Guthrie #MSWL

#MSWL I’m particularly excited to discover stories by and about underrepresented voices in all of the genres I’m looking for, and will be prioritizing those submissions

In YA, I'd love to see comtemporary paranormal romances and mysteries from fresh, underrepresented perspectives à la CEMETERY BOYS, IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED, and THESE DEADLY PROPHECIES. Please give me vampires, witches, ghosts, zombies, etc. especially from a unique cultural lens! #MSWL

#MSWL A book akin to “The Apothecary Diaries.” Think June Hur—a historical mystery with a slow burn romance, preferably in an underrepresented location and culture.

#MSWL I love “The Apothecary Diaries” and would love something similar. Think June Hur—a historical mystery with a slow burn romance, preferably in an underrepresented location and culture.

6/6 #mswl The above five posts are just scratching the surface. They’re what I’m looking hard for right now, but not all I’m looking for. Looking too for underrepresented authors & characters! See my full manuscript wishlist for all I want. Can’t wait to see what you all have!!

For a YA/crossover readership (my initial focus), I'd particularly love to see original, immersive speculative and fantasy novels (especially if inspired by an unusual setting or underrepresented history, mythology or culture), horror, dystopian, romance and thrillers.

I'm hoping to rep YA, New Adult, and Adult fiction written by, for, and about traditionally underrepresented communities -- authors who write in these categories and are BIPOC, neurodiverse, queer, disabled, immigrants, etc., please come say hi! I want to work with you. :) #MSWL

I'd also like grounded fantasy or magical realism, sci fi, dystopian, paranormal, and select romance. Additionally, I'm seeking contemporary, coming-of-age stories with characters from low-income families and historical fiction featuring historically underrepresented identities.

As an immigrant, I am passionate about championing marginalized creators and uplifting historically underrepresented voices. This will be a huge driving force for my list. Alright, let's get into the specific age categories!

"I would love more mystery, thrillers, and psychological horror centering BIPOC and underrepresented characters."
nourhasbooks.bsky.social #MSWL
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"I would love more mystery, thrillers, and psychological horror centering BIPOC and underrepresented characters."
nourhasbooks.bsky.social #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/

#MSWL cont.

-A big splashy YA speculative and/or horror with lots of commercial appeal
-SF or science fantasy with a fresh concept that would appeal to a mainstream audience
-I’m specifically looking for the above wish list items from underrepresented voices

Suspense/thriller: I want shocking, twisty books that are instant page-turners! Always looking for works by authors from underrepresented communities but in this genre especially. Would love to see something that also speaks to socioeconomic or other issues (but no focus on politics, please!).

14/ Finally, I want to connect w/ historically marginalized and underrepresented writers! We need the stories that only YOU can tell in this world. Queer/Trans protagonists, love stories, or just-existing-casually-because-that's-real-life; plus BIPOC perspectives and disabled voices across genres. 🙏

On the nonfiction side, I'm looking for fresh prescriptive nonfiction with a strong platform. I'm drawn to books made for an underrepresented audience, as long as there's a clear market for them. #MSWL

4/ HISTORICAL: underrepresented identities & unconventional heroines. Dual timelines, family secrets, lost histories. The setting should feel immersive. I'd love to see a nomadic set of characters—travel by train/ship/on foot. I'd love a Harlem Renaissance novel, or the next "Lessons in Chemistry."