Top of my wish list are:

• Upmarket commercial adult fiction with a literary sensibility in the categories of:

  • humor (Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Prep, Heartburn)

  • mystery (Girl Waits with Gun, Thursday Murder Club, A Most Agreeable Murder)

  • romance (Normal People, Americanah, The Night Circus)

  • historical fiction (Year of Wonders, Homegoing, Atonement)

• YA and middle grade mystery, including contemporary mystery, mystery-comedy, whodunits, cozy mystery, paranormal or supernatural mysteries, historical mysteries, and thrillers

• Hooky, feel-good young YA and middle grade with light fantasy elements like Freaky Friday, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, or escapist fare like The Princess Diaries

In YA, I am also looking for:

• Romance with a speculative element or an unusual form/structure/timeline

• Insecure for teens, i.e., frank, funny contemporary stories about romance and friendship

• Historical romance from a BIPOC perspective

• YA with distinct settings outside of school—for example, stories that take place on vacation or in summertime, or a road trip or workplace story

In middle grade, I’d also like:

• friendship stories a la Lisa Greenwald, Sarah Weeks, and Wendy Mass

• funny coming-of-age contemporary graphic novelists (illustration and text)

I always love:

• humor

• rich ensemble casts

• coming-of-age stories

• fish-out-of-water stories

• friendship stories

• subplots built around nuanced family dynamics, particularly parent-child or sibling relationships

• MG with an accessible, classic literary sensibility like When You Reach Me

• books with descriptions of elaborate feasts