Andrea Somberg
Harvey Klinger Inc.
My Manuscript Wish List®
I represent fiction and nonfiction for adult, young adult and middle grade audiences. For nonfiction I am primarily looking for narrative nonfiction that adds to our current conversation and that helps us understand our world in a new, unusual way. For fiction, regardless of whether it’s literary, upmarket book club fiction, speculative or horror, Â fantasy, science fiction, mysteries, thrillers, YA or middle grade, I am looking for a narrative voice that pulls me in (vague, I know, but true!). Manuscripts that particularly make me sit up and take notice these days are:
Upmarket bookclub fiction or literary fiction that engages with the challenges in our current world
Narrative Nonfiction that has something to say
Intergenerational family sagas (adult) or that feature intergenerational families and relationships (adult, YA and mg).
Novels that explore cultural heritage (adult, YA, and mg).
Novels that have a speculative edge  (adult, YA, and mg).
Elevated horror (adult, YA)
Magical realism or books with a speculative element (adult, YA and mg).
Projects from underrepresented or BIPOC authors (adult, YA and mg)
Psychological thrillers (adult and YA)
Mystery novels (female PI or detective) or literary/upmarket fiction that feature a mystery in the vein of God of the Woods (adult)
Adventure/Survival Types of Stories (mg)
MG novels that will make me laugh
MG or YA novels that will make me cry
Any novel with great characters and a compelling storyline
That being said, I’m really just looking for projects that I fall in love with and since I can’t always predict what that is going to be!
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to andrea@harveyklinger.com
Please send along a query letter and the opening five pages of your manuscript to an****@***********er.com
Consultations
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Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
"Big Idea/Think", #ownvoices, #wndb, 'big think', AAPI Fantasy, AAPI Horror, AAPI Sci-Fi, Accessible Literary Fiction, Action-Adventure, Adult, Adult Horror, Adult Rom Com, Adult Romantasy, Adult SFF, Adventure, African Diaspora, African Fantasy, African Sci-Fi, Africanfuturism, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Apocalyptic, Artificial Intelligence, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, Asian Fantasy, Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, BIPOC, BIPOC Fantasy, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, BIPOC Sci-Fi, Beauty, Book Club, Books about books, California, Caribbean Literature, Character -Driven History, Character-Driven Horror, Character-driven SciFi, Chick Lit, Chicklit, Children's, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Cli-Fi, Climate Fiction, Commercial MG, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial YA, Commercial adult fiction, Commercial and Literary, Complicated Relationships, Concept SF, Contemporary Culture, Contemporary Fantasy, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary YA, Contemporary Young Adult, Cozy Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Cozy mysteries, Crime & Thriller, Crime Fiction, Cross-genre, Cyberpunk, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Dark topics with a light touch, Detective, Diaspora Narratives, Disability, Diverse Protagonists, Diversity, Domestic Fiction, Domestic Suspense, Domestic Suspense/Thriller, Dystopia, Dystopian, East Asian Literature, Ecology, Economics, Engaged Activism, Ensemble Casts, Environment, Epic Fantasy, Epistolary, Expat/Exile Literature, Experimental, Fabulism, Fairytale Retellings, Family Drama, Fantasy, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy YA, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist Horror, Feminist SF/F, Femoir, First Person, Folklore, Food Writing, Found Families, Funny MG, Geek Culture, Gothic, Gothic Fantasy, Gothic Horror, Grounded, Grounded fantasy, High Concept, High Fantasy, High-Concept Literary Commercial Fiction, High-concept YA, High-concept YA/MG, Historical (as long as the period is of consequence), Historical Fantasy, Historical Fantasy; Fantasy Grounded In Reality, Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction YA, Historical RomCom, Historical Women's Fiction, Historical mysteries, Horror Comedy, Humor, Humor YA, Immigrant Experiences, Immigrant Voices, Indigenous Futurism, Indigenous Sciences, Intersectional Feminism, Intersectionality, Investigative Journalism, Issue-Driven, LGBT YA, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ Romance, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi, LGBTQ+ rom coms, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAP, Latine Diaspora, Latinx Fantasy, Latinx Horror, Latinx Sci-Fi, Latinx stories, Layered Family Stories with multiple narrators, Layered Rom-Coms and Comedy of Manners with a cultural component, Lifestyle, Literary Crossover, Literary Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Literary Horror, Literary MG, Literary Middle Grade, Literary Noir, Literary Science Fiction, Literary Thriller, Literary YA, Literary YA & MG, Literary YA/MG, Low Fantasy, MG, MG Action Adventure, MG Fantasy, MG Horror, MG Nonfiction, MG Sci-Fi, MG adventure, MG contemporary, MG mystery, MG/YA, Magic, Magic Realism, Magical Realism, Magical Realism YA, Magick, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health, Middle Grade, Middle Grade Adventure, Middle Grade Contemporary, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Horror, Middle Grade Humor, Middle Grade Mystery, Middle grade magical realism, Minority Voices, Modern Retellings of Fairy Tales, Modernized Mythologies, Monsters, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural, Multicultural Romance, Multicultural and Diverse Thriller and Mystery, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Muslim, Mysteries, Mystery / Crime, Mythic, Mythic Horror, Mythology, Narrative, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature, Nature Writing, Near future, Near-future SF, Neo-Victorian, Neurodiversity, New Adult, New Weird, Noir, Outdoors, Own Voices, POC, Political Thriller, Pop Culture, Pop History, Pop Psychology, Pop Science, Popular Science/Psychology, Portal fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Psychological Horror, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, Racial Justice, Retellings, Robots, Robots/A.I., Rom-com, RomCom, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Thriller, SWANA Fantasy, SWANA Horror, SWANA Sci-Fi, Same-Sex Romance, Sci-fi Thriller, SciFi Romance, Science Fiction YA, Science Fiction and Fantasy Favorite sub-genres: Absolutely all of them!, Science nonfiction, Scottish, Second World SF, Shakespeare Retellings, Short Stories, Slice of life, Slipstream, Smart Beach Reads, Social Emotional Learning, Social Issues, Social Justice, Social Science, Social Sciences, Soft Fantasy, Soft Science Fiction, Solarpunk, South Asian, South East Asian Literature, Southern Fiction, Southern Gothic, Southern Literary, Space Opera, Speculative, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Middle Grade, Speculative Thriller, Steampunk, Steamy RomComs, Strong Females, Study Abroad Stories, Subernatural Horror, Superheroes, Supernatural, Supernatural Elements, Supernatural Horror, Suspense, Sustainability, Tech Thrillers, Techno-Horror, Thriller, Thrillers, Time Travel, Time Travel Romance, Transformative Justice, True Crime, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Nonfiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Upmarket YA, Urban Fantasy, WWI, WWII, West African Literature, Western Romance, Westerns, Women's Fiction, Women's Issues, Worldbuilding, YA, YA Contemporary, YA Contemporary Romance, YA Contemporary Romance with layers, YA Crossover, YA Fantasy, YA Historical Fantasy, YA Mystery, YA Rom-Coms, YA RomCom, YA Romance, YA Romantasy, YA SF/F, YA Sci-fi, YA Science Fiction, YA Thrillers, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, YA horror, YA rom com, YA thriller/mystery, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction (Historical Fiction only), Young Adult Narrative Non-Fiction (Both Contemporary and Historical Narrative Non-Fiction), Young Adult Non-Fiction, Zombies, afrofuturism, aliens, alternate history, animal fantasy, anti-capitalist sci fi, award-winners!, bad at feelings, beach reads, body horror, book club fiction, books in translation, campus novel, character-focused fiction, character-focused stories, children's diversity, classic retellings, comedy, coming of age, commercial, commercial middle grade, commerical, commerical women's fiction, contemp, contemporary, contemporary MG, contemporary middle grade, contemporary women's fiction, court intrigue, creatures, crime, crossover, crossover adult, crossover appeal, culinary, current affairs, dark academia, dark fantasy, diasporic, diverse, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, domestic thrillers, dramedy, eco-fiction, enemies to lovers, epic, epistolary novels, fairy tales, family saga, family stories, fantastical, fantasy of manners, feminine narratives, folklore history, found family, friendship, friendship stories, fun SF/F, gaslamp fantasy, ghost story, gothic romance, groundbreaking structures, high concept fiction, high-concept science fiction, historical, historical mystery, historical romance, hopepunk, horror, immigration, inclusive sf/f, indigenous futurisms, interactive, international, invisible disability, just one bed, just... all the tropes, light Sci-Fi, light fantasy, literary, literary mystery, literary suspense, locked room, love stories, medpunk, memoir, metafiction, middle grade non-fiction, migration, music, mystery, mythpunk, narrative non-fiction, narrative non-fiction YA/MG, near-future science fiction, noble bright, non-Western fantasy, non-Western historical fiction, non-western settings, psychology, queer, queer horror, queer narratives, quirky, realistic fiction, rivals to lovers, rom-coms, romantacy, romantasy, romantic New Adult, romantic fantasy, romantic suspense/mystery, sci-fi, science fantasy, science fiction, science fiction epic, science fiction horror, scifi thriller, slow burn, slow burn romance, small-town romance, soft science, southern, space adventure, space horror, speculative slice of life, spooky mg, stories that don't fit neatly into a genre, subversive, sweet romance, traditional fantasy, traditional mysteries, tropes tropes tropes, two people one bed, upmarket genre fiction, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, visible disability, weird fiction, whimsical, witches, witty
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