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A query letter is your introduction to an agent or an editor. There are general rules of thumb to follow, but you also want your letter to stand out and get noticed. Whether you're new to crafting this all-important letter, or you're looking to refine a query letter you've already written, you'll come away from this class with insights and inspiration that will help you put your best foot forward.
This Clinic Will Cover:
- What a query letter is and who it's for
- The key ingredients
- How to stand out
- Feedback on your query letter
- Live Q&A
Stefanie Molina-Santos is an Associate Agent at Looking Glass Literary Agency. She has worked in and around publishing for the past ten years and sits on the board of Literary Agents of Change. Stefanie represents kidlit through adult fiction and nonfiction and prioritizes underrepresented authors, especially BIPOC authors, across the board. Stefanie is currently seeking MG, YA, and Adult fiction and nonfiction. In MG and YA she loves gutsy, messy main characters in a layered narrative--bonus if there are sports, unique hobbies, or world-saving involved.
She’s open to all genres in MG and YA, but prefers gutsy contemporary and grounded fantasy, social and social-ish horror, and mystery with a strong sense of adventure. In Adult fiction, she’s specifically seeking all things cozy and feel-good, as well as mysteries, thrillers, suspense, fantasy (grounded and/or cozy, no epic), women's fiction, and high-concept romance, with a strong preference for BIPOC protagonists overall. In Adult nonfiction, she’s hunting for cookbooks and baking books from people of color, including first, second, third (& so on!) -gen immigrants finding their ways back to their roots, as well as health/fitness-centric, body-neutral cookbooks; and nonfiction that sits at the intersection of advocacy and the following: sports and exercise science, health and fitness, nutrition, medicine, and animals; though any nonfiction intersecting with advocacy is welcome in her inbox. Across the board she appreciates anticolonialism and decolonization; non-Western-centric perspectives (and folklore); and protagonists that disrupt the status quo.
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