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Manuscript Wish List
Updated April 2021
As an Agent for The Harvey Klinger Literary Agency. I am looking for character-driven books that grip me from the first page until the very end. I want fantastic world-building, a clear plot, and want to know your main character's desire by the time I get to page ten.
Time shouldn't exist when I read your manuscript. I want to be hooked and pulled into your world. Great writing is awesome, but your characters matter most to me. I want books that make me cry, laugh, and to feel connected to your main character. For thrillers, I want to be on the edge of my seat and have no clue on how your book is going to end.
I want to vouch for your main character and cheer them on by the end of your story. I'm especially open to BIPOC and LGBTQ voices.
*I am not accepting emailed submissions, if you email me your query. They will remain unopened and deleted.*
Submission Guidelines--
For Fiction (MG, YA, Adult):
If you would like to query me for agent representation
- Please include a query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages of your manuscript. To submit please click
Here
For Graphic Novels/Picture Books:
- (Art and Text): attach 10-20 sample page spreads in jpg or pdf format, summary/synopsis typed (or copy/pasted) into the box provided in the QueryManager form, and provide link to online portfolio
- (Script only): first 10 pages of script typed (or copy/pasted) into the box provided in the QueryManager form
- To submit please click Here
I am open to Queries!
I am looking to represent Author/Illustrators for Picture Books, and Graphic Novels. And writers for Middle Grade, Young Adult and Adult genre Fiction and am actively building my list in the following categories:
Illustrators:
Creators that illustrate any age group from picture book, middle grade, young adult, and graphic novels.
Picture Book:
Creators who bring a distinctive, well-developed point of view to their work.
- Anything sweet to hard topics written in a creative way and will tug on the heartstrings.
- Stories about friendships, animals, and the earth.
- Heartfelt, whimsical stories that revolve around kid issues.
- Stories about baking, food, music (any sort of craft), interactive, and educational (as simple as learning how to bake a cake).
Graphic Novels:
- Superheroes/young detective/scientist who can share their story in a concise and creative way.
- Really open to anything. If you think I may be a good fit then send it to me! :)
Middle Grade:
- Contemporary (something really cute, out of the box, character desire that molds the MC)
- Friendship (a story about two friends who do everything together, solve things, and really want to make their friendship work--diverse friendships)
- Mystery (twists & turns, young detective who has a desire to solve the case, something out of the box, cute voice)
- Sci-fi (cute voice, a young scientist/inventor on the brink of discovering something that shapes the MC and is meaningful to the MC, think Meet the Robinsons)
Young Adult:
Stories about friendship, enemies-lovers, sibling relationships, heists, a diverse cast, family (the importance of family/the brokeness of family and how they come together), mother-daughter/father-son relationships (either strained or close), and remind us how valuable life truly is.- Sci-Fi (a Dystopian feel, think Divergent, hacking, neurolinks, AI blend with reality)
- Contemporary Romance (think To All the Boys, a sweet romance that develops over time, I want to believe in love again)
- RomCom (a love story that provides comedic elements, meeting in a unique moment/setting)
- Mystery (think Riverdale, twists & turns, should not give me any hints)
- Paranormal (vampires, werewolves, blend of reality & fiction with a love story) No Zombies.
- Contemporary (unique settings, grips on the heart strings--think If He Had Been with Me)
- Crime Fiction (thorough investigation for murders and other cases, strong MC with a clear desire)
- LGBTQ (a love story that progresses over time, no triangles, funny quirks that will show how love transforms into something beautiful)
- Thriller/Suspense (cliffhangers, want to be on the edge of my seat)
Adult:
- Physiological Thriller/Suspense (think Karin Slaughter’s The Good Daughter)
- Mystery (twists & turns, want a surprise ending, should not give me hints on who “dun” it)
- Contemporary Romance (a love story that conquers all, no love at first sight)
- Romantic Suspense (a love story with suspense elements webbed in)
- RomCom (a love story that provides comedic elements, meeting in a unique moment/setting)
- Paranormal (vampires, witches, etc. blend of reality & fiction with a love story) No Zombies.
- Sci-Fi (soft sci-fi, blending the two worlds)
- Crime Fiction (want to feel connected to the MC and clearly shows MC’s desire to solve a case)
What I'm NOT looking for:
- Fantasy
- Short story collections
- Inspirational works including religious overtones
- Erotica
- Non-Fiction
- Memoir
- Horror (please nothing with Zombies)
- Westerns
- Novellas
- Anything Political
- Poetry
- Screenplays
Fun Facts About Me:
- I have 5 dogs and think I’m a dog whisperer (shh).
- Since the age of 11 my favorite band are the Jonas Brothers (will always be them) hehe :)
- My favorite color is Pink.
- I worked at Disneyland for 4 and half years as a lead while studying for my Bachelor’s Degree.
- My Zodiac sign is Aquarius.
- All time favorite book is Pride & Prejudice.
- Marvel Fan (favorite character is Tony Stark) and DC (Oliver Queen).
- The sitcom I watch the most and never get tired of is FRIENDS.
- Occasionally, I sing in the car, and positive I’m not good at it.
- Movies that always make me cry are The Titantic, One Day, P.S I Love You, and A Walk to Remember.
- I live in Southern California, currently hiding from the sun.
Favorite Books:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Everyday by David Levithan
- Come Back To Me by Mila Gray
- Sunday’s at Tiffany’s & First Love by James Patterson
- Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
- The Last Thing You Said by Sara Biren.
- The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
- Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline
- If He Had Been with Me by Lauren Knowles
- The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
- Rewrite by Gregory Benford
Movies:
- A Walk To Remember
- Tangled
- One Day
- P.S. I Love You
- The Peanut Butter Falcon
- How To Lose A Guy in Ten Days
- Walle
- Definitely, Maybe
- The Avengers
Shows:
- FRIENDS
- Younger
- New Girl
- Arrow
- This Is Us
- UPLOAD
- The Vampire Diaries
- YOU