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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.

    • 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.

    • 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.)

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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.