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I am always honored to be included on a writer's submit list, so thank you. Please query either Joanna or me, but not both. Our accounts are linked and we share queries. NLA’s website has full details of what I’m currently looking for. Please visit my submission guidelines before uploading your submission. I do not review submissions for middle-grade novels, picture books, memoir, nonfiction, screenplays, short-story collections, poetry, or material for the Christian/inspirational market.

Currently I’m looking for:

* Literary or upmarket commercial novels

* High-concept, character-driven novels with one foot squarely in genre

* Absolutely delightful and emotionally engaging novels that can be read over and over again because experiencing that world and those characters is a joy

* Character-driven novels in the thriller, speculative, or science fiction and fantasy realm that illuminate the world we live in through the lens of an imagined world

* Historical novels that feature a narrative voice and story that is under-represented in history or a story never before told

* Young-adult novels that pack a serious or a delightful emotional punch delivered in a contemporary setting, #ownvoices, or in a past, future, or imagined world•

Because AI-generated writing cannot be copyrighted and because we are overwhelmed with submissions we suspect are not human-generated (and the honor system of asking writers to disclose AI use is not currently working), NLA reserves the right use a third-party AI-detection tool as part of our submissions evaluation process if necessary.

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