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Thank you for thinking of me while you look for representation. I'm grateful to anyone who takes the time to query me and considers me as a potential partner for their career. Please know I aim to respond to all queries within 2-4 weeks in 2026 and requested materials within 6-8 weeks. Feel free to nudge me if time has passed.

Before you begin, I encourage you to check out my manuscript wishlist via my website to know a general list of what I am looking for and what I am NOT a good fit for.

You can find what I am looking for in more detail HERE: https://www.emilyforneybooks.com/mswl

My taste is wide ranging, but for the most part I look for books with high concept commercial hooks, timeless stories with complex characters, escapist tales, and big, sweeping worlds.

In YA books, I am most interested in:

When high concept plot meets high concept thought, with life or death consequences. Thoughtful, multi-layered stories about love and loss and first experiences in the contemporary space. Darker speculative work. Murder, magic, monsters. Something gothic, creepy, or spooky. Adventure stories with a lot of movement, exploration, but also have solid grounding in the heart and emotions of the kids within the story. Stories with a play pattern. We usually see the term used in young children's media (think kid's cartoons with a particular format for each episode that kids can remember well). For instance, the Gallagher Girls series, The Princess Diaries, Camp Confidential, all of these books have specific calling cards for young teens to hold onto through each book. Think also books with houses, factions, districts, mystery patterns, etc.

In adult, I seek:

Stories that are sweeping, deeply political, has strong subplots and ensemble casts, but also enjoyable and accessible to readers who wouldn't necessarily call themselves fantasy readers. Book club and upmarket fiction. Longer slice of life stories with layered storytelling with big reveals in smaller spaces. Beautiful, sweeping, maybe even tragic stories with intricate worlds that don't sacrifice plot for shock value. Romantic, steamy fantasy romances. Rom-coms and young romances that are just plain fun. Something to celebrate love and meet cutes and the start of a relationship that's part of a "deal gone wrong" or a summer exile. Isolated environments and books where readers, particularly romance readers, can just have a good time and enjoy themselves. Adult fantasies with plenty of layers, multi-POVs, deep political and religious plots, thoughtful world building. Books set in college, with characters in their early to late 20s, at the messy stage of adulthood where not everything fits and there are too many forks in the road.

Please note I am NOT accepting unsolicited picture books, chapter books, middle grade, non-fiction, novellas, or graphic novels at this time.

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