Top of my wish list are:

• Big, commercial, hooky, feel-good YA with a sense of humor and light fantasy elements like Freaky Friday or Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, or escapist fare like The Princess Diaries

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

In YA, I am also looking for:

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

• Fantasy/romantasy grounded in our world, historical or otherwise (think: Chloe Gong)

• Historical romance from a BIPOC perspective

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)

• hooky, funny contemporary mysteries and adventures

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