Alex Brown
Mad Woman Literary Agency
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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 Adult, YA, and MG queries!
Please use my Query Manager link!
Vital Info
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
