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REPRESENTING ADULT FICTION AND NON-FICTION
I’m seeking a variety of projects in fiction and nonfiction. I’m especially looking for voice-driven commercial and upmarket fiction titles, edgy psychological thrillers, mysteries, and light horror. I’m always drawn to characters that are haunted by something, whether figuratively (a secret, a past, an obsession) or literally (a ghost, a demon, or the like). I’m also actively seeking character-driven stories featuring women in power, unhinged women, and stories of female rage. I have a soft spot for unreliable narrators, family sagas with dysfunctional families, protagonists in their 20s-30s navigating adulthood, protagonists on the cusp of major life changes, and stories that focus on friendship dynamics. I am also drawn to titles that explore the diverse experiences of underrepresented groups and challenge our understanding of diasporic experiences and/or cultures. Bonus points if these stories are also fun and celebrate joy.
For nonfiction, I welcome fresh and accessible perspectives on big ideas or industry deep dives as well as personal narratives on pop culture, art, and nature. I love and appreciate books that offer incisive commentary on culture, socio-economic structures, corporate underbellies, health and wellness, and lifestyle. My taste in non-fiction gravitates towards books that generally challenge what we know or explain what we might not know.
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Upmarket fiction
Commercial fiction
Horror*
Mystery / thriller*
Rom-coms*
Speculative fiction
Magical realism / Fabulist
Re-imagined folklore (grounded in a modern setting and with contemporary elements)
“Literary plus” (literary fiction with propulsive genre elements)
Select historical fiction* (note: I’m only interested in historical settings from the 1960s and onwards)
* Welcoming books in these genres with characters of all backgrounds, but especially seeking books featuring BIPOC characters.
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Cultural criticism
Social justice
Memoir plus / hybrid memoir
Investigative journalism
Big idea/concept books made accessible (financial literacy, tech, industry deep-dives, climate change, nature, etc.)
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Traditional memoir (I’m only seeking memoir plus)
Self-help
True crime
Sci-fi and fantasy
Novellas
Poetry
Cookbooks
Kidlit/ YA
Historical fiction focused on WWI, WWII or Cold War conspiracies and/or spy-adjacent books.
Apocalyptic fiction
Political and/or espionage mysteries or thrillers
Books that center wars or civil conflicts.
Recently published favorites / would love the next
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Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
We Spread by Ian Reid
A Novel Obsession by Caitlan Barsach
The Guest List by Lucey Foley
The Push by Ashley Audrain
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Greenwood by Michael Christie
Astra by Cedar Bowers
Careering by Daisy Buchanan
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer
The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila
My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin
My Murder by Katie Williams
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The Anthropocene, Reviewed by John Green
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Halal Sex by Sheima Benembarek
Having and Being Had by Eula Biss
A History of my Brief Body by Billy Ray-Belcourt
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
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Found family
Setting as character
Child protagonists in adult fiction
A slow burn will they/won’t they romance
A second chance relationship (romantic or otherwise!)
Murder mysteries with a villainous victim
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BIPOC-centered narratives in these genres: horror, mystery, thriller.
Gen-Z/ Millennial financial literacy book, with accessible writing and information.
Contemporary novel-in-stories where the characters are connected through one event, place, or person.
The “unhinged woman” narrative with BIPOC characters.
Heist story with high stakes and gritty tension. Think Six of Crows for adults, minus the fantasy.
Anything that you can read to the soundtrack of Taylor Swift's Reputation album.
Horror novels with a big layer and/or critique on class, society, or social dynamics.