Send a Query to Alyssa Maltese at Root Literary

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I do NOT represent poetry, memoirs, short story collections, screenplays, novellas, early reader books, chapter books, religious texts, picture books, graphic novels, or illustrations.

I am NOT the best fit for high/epic fantasy, novels in verse, space operas, paranormal romance, crime fiction/detective novels, cozy mysteries, legal thrillers, romantic thrillers, pulp fiction, sick lit, stories set in mental hospitals, most things related to sports, grifter-themed stories, torture porn, gratuitous gore, or fairytale retellings (though I do have a soft spot for Arthurian legend).

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