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Ameerah Holliday

Serendipity Literary Agency
Open to queries · confirmed 1mo ago
Lately
Who’s going to write me a Black queer ballroom book? #
7mo ago

What they’re looking for

From their profile

I am primarily interested in middle grade, young adult, and new adult fiction. I enjoy contemporary literature, RomComs, literary fiction and novels in verse. I look for writing that explores diverse experiences with elements of intersectionality. I’m drawn to stories that take you on a journey through growth and I love a good friendship story! I’d currently like to see: Stories featuring BIPOC leads Ace-spec stories Stories featuring Muslim characters Black Women’s Fiction Latinx Middle Grade Stories featuring diverse LGBTQ+ leads (no heavy trauma please) For non-fiction, I’m interested in writing derived from performing arts or passion projects, pop culture social comentary, minority entrepreneurs, LGBTQ+ experiences and discussions of mental health in minority communities.

Fun facts about me

I am based in San Diego, California and have attended Comic-Con every year since 2012 (I even cosplay)! I also write poetry occasionally (I prefer the term poetess to poet) and I am dancer with formal training in ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop. Submission Guidelines Please complete our submissions form including your query letter, bio and the first 50 pages of your manuscript (fiction) or your proposal (non-fiction) as an attachment. If you’d like me to receive your submission personally, please feel free to mention me in your query. Guidelines & Details Vital Info @SerendipityLit, Ms_Holliday93 Website Agent

Fiction

Commercial, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary, Middle Grade, New Adult, Poetry, Romance, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult

Non-Fiction

LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, Psychology

Favorite sub-genres

#ownvoices, Business, Diversity, Fashion, Intersectionality, Magical Realism, Mental Health, Pop Culture, found family, friendship I’d like the next… Amari and the Night Brothers Pose in book form with teen leads

BIPOC & LGBTQ+

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Felix Ever After My favorites include… For TV, I love a show that is heavily stemmed in friendship like Boy Meets World, Netflix’s The BabySitters Club and Julie and the Phantoms. Black or POC women or teens trying to navigate normal lives like Moesha, Insecure, and Pose. And most shows with strong supernatural elements have my heart like Charmed (1998), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Lovecraft Country and Supernatural. For books, I am currently obsessed with Kristina Forest, L. Divine, Ebony LaDelle, George M Johnson and Danez Smith. I love romance novels with a magical element like the ones written by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Anya Bast, the fun of a Jasmine Guillory novel or the honesty of a Helen Hoang story.