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Internal, character-driven stakes are just as, if not more, important than external, plot-driven stakes. Characters and their deep-seated motivations are the true source of momentum in the story, and it's through characters that even familiar plotlines become distinct and unforgettable. What I'm reading for is the heart and purpose of a story, and all the commercial hooks or world-ending threats you can throw at me can't replace those.
I most love books that have something important to say—either sociopolitically or about life itself. While I respond to both literary and commercial writing, I can’t resist stories with real depth and thematic weight. Whether gritty and unflinching or authentic with hard-won joy, I'm drawn to raw emotions, emotional immediacy, and cathartic character arcs.
Genres I am looking for in YA and MG include:
- Horror
- Thriller
- Romance
- Contemporary
- Speculative fiction set in our world
- Historical
Picture book fiction
SFF not set in our world
Books set in outer space
Superhero stories
Stories with animal protagonists
For pure fluff, fun, and escapism, I'm probably not the right collaborator.
Kade Dishmon (they/he) is an assistant editor at Peachtree Publishing and Peachtree Teen acquiring middle grade and young adult fiction. Some of their most recently published acquisitions include YA folk horror AND THE TREES STARE BACK by Gigi Griffis (A Kirkus Best Book of the Year, A JLG Gold Standard Selection, A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Title, A CCBC Choice Book) and YA dark fantasy THIS RAGING SEA by De Elizabeth, which is also available in the UK, Poland, France, and Germany. Kade has also acquired and edited fiction for Holiday House Publishing, another division of the Walker Books Group. He is based in NYC, and his own writing is represented by Daniele Hunter at McIntosh & Otis, Inc.
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