My inbox is currently closed so that I can focus on responding to the many queries I've received. I hope to be caught up by April. If you'd like to query me then, please read about me and my wish list below!

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 literary-leaning sci-fi (grounded, set in the near future) and 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 band (Late Stage Dirtbags). 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:

• BIPOC characters

• LGBTQ+ characters

• mentally ill characters

• neurodivergent characters

• chronically ill and physically disabled characters

• character/voice-driven narratives

• 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

• Sports 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
• Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
• Severance by Ling Ma
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston