Mira Landry (pronounced Meer-ah) is an associate literary agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Born and raised in British Columbia, she has lived on four continents, traveled to over eighty countries, and now resides in Colorado with her husband where she still seeks adventure in both real life and on the page. She’s dedicated to building writing and literary communities through events and educational programming. This has extended to her co-hosting a new podcast, Writers Who Read, analyzing recently published novels using Literary Forensics™. In non-fiction, Mira is looking for a wide variety of projects, including but not limited to narrative non-fiction, self-help, how-to, journalism, essay collections, and select memoir. Mira represents most categories and genres of adult fiction, with a preference for literary and upmarket, or upmarket-leaning commercial fiction that has book club potential. In all writing, she enjoys strong interiority and sensory-immersive descriptions and only considers projects with well-crafted character arcs and themes. Projects that explore society and culture are ideal. In both fiction and non-fiction, Mira would specifically love to see more work from Indigenous/ First Nations authors, as well other historically marginalized and underrepresented voices. She is not looking to acquire middle grade, children’s books, or inspirational, and is not the best fit for slasher-horror, erotica, or books about parenting/motherhood/ pregnancy. Here’s what Mira would love to see in her query box, but she’s always open to being surprised:
For non-fiction
Indigenous/ First Nations voices speaking about politics, science, climate, and more. Climate, sustainability/ restoration/ regeneration, environmental topics. Behavioral economics, psychology, behaviour and development topics. Subjects relating to inclusive feminism, such as abortion rights, trans rights, politics, and medicine. Subjects relating to anti-racism, especially around education, medicine, and politics. Sports, athletics, and fitness (not diet or weight-loss) topics. New developments in medicine and health. Memoir from an insular community, or lesser-known community. Memoir from a female athlete or female professional in STEM (with platform). Accessible work about global conflicts and politics. All things art-related, from how-to to self-help to development to memoirs, including writing craft. Ideally, all non-fiction proposals have an established platform.
For fiction
Any Indigenous/ First Nations works—magical realism, horror, romance, literary, sci-fi, urban fantasy, especially if they include any of the items below. Contemporary sci-fi/ thriller/ action with space science reminiscent of Armageddon or Contact where it’s mostly in our current reality with speculative plot. (Love-story sub plot a bonus!) Atmospheric upmarket speculative fiction that is lush and beautiful, maybe plays with time or nature or has a witchy component (a la Alice Hoffman). Sophisticated Suspense (in the vein of Megan Abbott), dark and sensory-driven, that avoids expectation. Fresh dark academia from an unheard perspective with original voice/prose. Non-western horror, ideally with strong themes that reflect modern issues. Especially would love to see this with a love-story tied in. Sports romance (LQBTQ+ ideally but not necessary), especially something that subverts toxic masculinity. Magical realism that feels psychological and twisted, with an unreliable and/or unlikable narrator. Anything that gives the vibes of being in a pop-culture art show or wax museum. Think bright, bold colors, off-beat characters, unpredictable and quirky. Ocean-side settings, especially in any of the following places: Ireland, Pacific Northwest, Alaska/ Yukon/ NWT/ Nunavut/ Arctic, Turkey, Croatia, Philippines, South Africa. Stories that center around normal, capable people, MacGyvering their way to victory. Unrequited love in women’s fiction where it works out for the best Fun facts about