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Alex Land

Mad Woman Literary Agency
Open to queries · confirmed 1mo ago

What they’re looking for

From their profile

Alex Land’s Evergreen Wishlist! Alex Brown is a Locus Award finalist who loves rooting for the Final Girl—especially if she’s a monster. Alex’s YA Horror Comedy debut, Damned If You Do, was a Junior Library Gold Standard Selection and was also placed on Taysha’s Reading List. Alex is the co-editor of Night of the Living Queers and the editor of The House Where Death Lives, a YA Horror anthology that also received the JLG Gold Standard distinction. Alex served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and Author Mentor Match and is passionate about working with writers to amplify the heart of their stories. Alex loves collaboration and is excited about working with her clients to form sustainable, long-term careers in publishing. Alex has worked with New York Times Bestselling authors, Stonewall Honors recipients, and many other critically acclaimed authors on various projects. She’s always ready to root for and brag about all of her clients.

Fun facts about me

I used to work in TV on a little show you may have heard of on the CW called Supernatural! Submission Guidelines I’m open to queries from marginalized writers ONLY. If you’re a marginalized writer, please use my link! Guidelines & Details Vital Info alex@ Website Associate Literary Agent

Fiction

Action/Adventure, BIPOC Literature, Fantasy, Folklore, Gothic, Historical, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Psychological Thriller, Romcom, Science Fiction, South East Asian Literature, Speculative, Thriller, Young Adult

Favorite sub-genres

AAPI Fantasy, AAPI Horror, AAPI Sci-Fi, Adult, Adult Horror, Adult Rom Com, Adventure, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Asian Diaspora, Asian Fantasy, Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, BIPOC, BIPOC Fantasy, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, BIPOC Sci-Fi, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Contemporary Fantasy, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Cross-genre, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Diaspora Narratives, Ensemble Casts, Feminist Horror, Feminist SF/F, Funny MG, Gothic Horror, Hauntings, Horror Comedy, LGBT YA, LGBTQ+ Fantasy, LGBTQ+ rom coms, Literary Horror, MG/YA, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Horror, Middle Grade Humor, Middle Grade Mystery, Middle grade magical realism, Modernized Mythologies, Monsters, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural and Diverse Thriller and Mystery, Mythic Horror, New Adult, Paranormal, Paranormal Horror, Paranormal Thriller, Romantic Comedy, Supernatural Elements, Supernatural Horror, Suspense, Urban Fantasy, YA Crossover, YA Fantasy, YA Historical Fantasy, YA Mystery, YA Rom-Coms, YA Romantasy, YA SF/F, YA Thrillers, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA horror, YA thriller/mystery, Young Adult, crossover, crossover adult, crossover appeal, dark academia, diverse and own voices, found family, fun SF/F, ghost story, queer horror, whimsical I’d like the next…

Adult

The Luminous Dead, The Only Good Indian, Sundial, The Final Girls Support Group, Legends and Lattes, Fantasticland, Yellowface

YA

The Valley and the Flood, The Dead and the Dark, There’s No Way I’d Die First, Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything, She is a Haunting, Graceling,  I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me, The Getaway, Inheritance of Scars, Together We Rot

MG

The Otherwoods, Hide and Seeker, Ravenous Things, The Curse of Eelgrass Bog, Freddie vs. The Family Curse My favorites include…

TV

Yellowjackets Interview with the Vampire (the TV show) Abbott Elementary

Movies

The Babadook Talk to Me M3Gan Abigail 10 Things I Hate About You Palm Springs Happy Death Day