Cherrita Lee

…advocate Vivien Thomas – surgical pioneer Mary Touvestre – Civil War spy and hero William Cathay / Cathay Williams – Civil War hero Claudette Colvin – Civil rights hero Gwendolyn…

Mark Falkin

…SHORE by Michael Capuzzo ILL WILL by Dan Chaon KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain (but in another industry)         Film: Sideways, Ken Burns The Civil War, Blazing…

Tricja Okuniewska

Civil War/post-Civil War era. On the completely opposite side of the spectrum, I’d love to find a gothic horror novel or a horror that can sit in the thriller space…

Gary Mitchem

I’m the senior editor at McFarland and looking for nonfiction manuscripts on a wide range of subjects, but especially sports and literary studies….

Thalia Leaf

…bounds, but for popular topics like the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, or World War II, I would need to see a truly new take. I’m looking for more manuscripts…

Jane Chun

…that aren’t about epic, large-scale wars. If it is about war, I’m more interested in seeing the personal ramifications war has on a select group of characters and the ways…

Stephanie Stein

…with an elevated sense of structure and atmosphere: think magical schools (The Poppy War, The Name of the Wind) or space academies (Red Rising), secret societies, tournaments and competitions, or…

#MSWL and Taking Risks    

…Trinity reveals Elizabeth is half-Fae, she finds herself at the center of a plot to save the magical races of Ireland from a brutal civil war. As Commander of Trinity’s…

Sarah Davies

…or cultural situations (Israel-Palestine, France, modern Scandinavia?). * Sexy, relatable historical set in a fascinating period of the past (not US Revolutionary War or Civil War). * A very scary…

Karyn Fischer

…Water Paint; Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue, Lovely War) Pre-1950s historical fiction Something set in a bookstore or library (bonus points if there’s magic) Something with spectacle and magic…