I am actively growing my list in middle grade and young adult fiction, and adult fiction and nonfiction. Queries should be submitted through QueryManager. Emailed queries (or queries sent through Twitter, LinkedIn, the contact form on this website, etc.) will be deleted unread. For fiction, please include your query letter, synopsis, and first 20 pages of your manuscript. For nonfiction, please send your query, proposal, and the first 20 pages.

I am closed to queries as of 9/1/21. 

Also, check out my Manuscript Wishlist here.

What I'm looking for
Children’s:
Middle grade:

• Creepy and scary stories
• Contemporary with big hearts, humor, and unforgettable voices
• Mystery, especially with scavenger hunt or puzzle-solving elements
• Grounded stories with magical or speculative elements

YA:

• Horror
• Dark contemporary
• Queer and BIPOC rom-coms
• Thriller
• Mystery
• Magical realism
• Grounded stories with magical or speculative elements
• Lush, literary stories

Adult:
Fiction:

• Upmarket and book club fiction with great hooks and writing that leans literary
• Sharp women’s fiction
• Domestic and psychological thrillers, especially by BIPOC authors
• Mystery
• Humorous and satirical novels, with ensemble casts or stellar protagonists
• Horror of all stripes, especially horror plus other genres, like mystery horror or romantic horror
• Multigenerational family sagas (I would love one by a BIPOC author set in the South)
• Grounded stories with magical or speculative elements
• Southern Gothic

Nonfiction:

• Narrative nonfiction or memoir about sports or adventure (Alone on the Wall, Wild)
• Pop science (Oliver Sacks, Mary Roach)
• High-interest nonfiction, particularly histories and stories about fascinating people and issues that haven’t been told before (The Radium Girls, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
• Cookbooks and culinary histories
• Science- or culture-focused memoirs and narrative nonfiction (My Brain on Fire, Educated, Full Body Burden)

 
Some specifics:

• My favorite books—MG, YA, and adult—are those that are set in our world but with elements of weird: Karen Thompson Walker’s The Dreamers and The Age of Miracles, Marisha Pessl’s Neverworld Wake, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton, Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas, Kevin Wilson’s Nothing to See Here, The Riverman by Aaron Starmer. Please send me your weirds!
• I love stories about food, stories with lots of food, good descriptions of food, etc.
• An Alabamian, I would love to see diverse Southern voices writing stories set in the South.
• Across the board, I am looking for projects from underrepresented writers.

 
What I’m not looking for:

• Picture books
• Chapter books
• Children’s nonfiction
• Romance
• Westerns
• Fantasy or science fiction (except in the cases above, basically our world with a magical/weird twist)
• Political, crime, or military thrillers
• Short stories