My heart belongs to stories written by BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors.

I’m primarily seeking literary fiction, upmarket fiction, and queer romance. I’m also open to soft sci-fi (grounded, set in the near future) and literary-leaning historical fiction (set in the recent past).

A little about me: Before I joined The Caldwell Agency, I worked in the editorial side of the publishing industry for over six years. I have an MFA in Fiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. In my downtime, I like to write (currently working on a novel) and perform with my indie band. I live in Southern California with my chosen family: my wife, one of my best friends, and my one-eyed chihuahua, Bug.

Thank you for considering me!

Victoria (they/them)

Things I’m drawn to in stories:

• character-driven fiction with a strong voice

• BIPOC characters

• LGBTQ+ characters

• mentally ill characters

• neurodivergent characters

• chronically ill and physically disabled characters

• characters who’ve had difficult childhoods

• characters who are repressed

• characters who’ve felt like outsiders for their whole lives

• characters who want something or someone desperately

• coming of age stories (traditional and late-stage)

• dysfunctional family dynamics

• chosen family and close friendships (whether wholesome, complicated, or toxic)

• friends to lovers

I’m not a good fit for:

• White, male, cishet* protagonists

• Stories without people of color

• Cishet* romance

• Fake dating

• Science fiction set in the distant future, on a version of earth that is unrecognizable, or in space

• Fantasy

• Action/adventure

*cishet = cisgender and heterosexual

Some of my favorite books published within the past decade:

• On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
• America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
• Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
• Severance by Ling Ma
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado