PLEASE NOTE: I update this MSWL occasionally. Updated 6/28

Thank you so much for querying me. I am looking forward to reading your work. Please consider submitting to one agent at a time at Aevitas--the one who you best thinks fits your work.

I represent and welcome writers of all voices. Clients with books in the market include: Cambria Brockman, Sara Goudarzi, Cheryl Head; Irene Li and Margaret Li; Tamara Miller, Jennifer Morita, Wanda Morris, Kwame Onwuachi, Nishita Parekh, Sebastian Plata, Phoebe Rowe.

MSWL

Overall I’m looking for adult novels across genre, but especially mystery/thriller/suspense with a strong voice, excellent writing, characters I care about, a propulsive plot, and a strong sense of place. I am also drawn to writers in the genre but whose novels are often about something else—relationships, an industry, a culture, a historical event—including those that help us understand ourselves and our world better. Always interested in unputdownable, twisty suspense that surprises me—the type of book you can’t wait to tell your friends about. And mystery/thrillers with light speculative, paranormal, and horror elements welcome too--think horror for people who generally don't read horror, paranormal, speculative... 

I'm sometimes asked if I'm looking for a series in the crime genre--yes (!), but the first book must be a standalone with the potential to be a series.

Other genres I am seeking:

Book club fiction & women’s fiction with emotional heft.

Grounded speculative or near-future sci-fi.

Historical fiction that feels like a window into a period--but reads in a compellingly urgent way rather than something over and done with in the past;

A few writers who I admire. If your writing is similar, get in touch:

Erin E. Adams, Kate Atkinson, Alyssa Cole, Lily Brooks Dalton, Samantha Downing, Mark Edwards, Araminta Hall, Peter Heller, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alma Katsu, Angie Kim, Jessica Knoll, Danya Kukafka, Attica Locke, Jess Lourey, Liz Moore, Ann Napolitano, Celeste Ng, Alex North, Maggie O’Farrell, Tom Perrotta, Kiley Reid, Tracey Sierra, Simone St. James, Peter Swanson, CJ Tudor, PJ Vernon, Sarah Waters, David Heska Wanbli Weiden.

Notes:

I strongly encourage debut writers to work with beta readers, critique partners, writing workshops and so on to develop their writing as much as possible. Building a community with other writers will be invaluable to you.

Take advantage of all the excellent resources for writers out there, many with online access. Organizations and sites like AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs), WritersHelpingWriters.net, Loft Literary Center (with online classes), Grub St., or if you have a speciality like mysteries or thrillers check out Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers (ITW), Horror--HWA (Horror Writers of America) as well as podcasts and newsletters The Sh*t No One Tells You About Writing, Book Riot, The 5 a.m. Writers Club, The 7 a.m. Writers Club...there are lots more.

TIP: Read your pages aloud--no matter the genre, you'll be able to 'hear' when something isn't smooth, when it's overwritten, when you've overused a word too many times, and more.

The #1 mistake I see writers make is submitting their work to me too early and often it's because they've not received feedback from another (unbiased) reader. I expect to work with authors editorially (and enjoy the process) but I will do my best work if your manuscript is ready for me.