Britny Perilli

Britny Perilli (she/they) is an editor at Running Press, acquiring a range of books and products across four imprints: RP Adult, RP Kids, RP Minis, and RP Studio. She specializes in licensed publishing for both adult and children, as well as working on agented and collaborative work-for-hire books and projects. Britny is a Millennial nerd and her lists and acquisitions definitely prove it with books about anime, manga, video games, comics, cosplay, tabletop games, and more!

Britny loves pop culture and wants to work on books that explore and celebrate the different corners of the nerd and geek space and the amazing fandoms and communities that make them up. While all voices are welcome, she is prioritizing Black, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQA+, disabled, and other marginalized voices, offering their perspectives and commentary in the areas of pop/geek culture and fandom.

Young Adult Fiction

Britny is looking for upbeat, contemporary YA that is packed with humor, tenderness, and joy. She loves to read about protagonists that are passionate about their hobbies and interests as well as stories set in geeky or nerdy spaces–think movie festivals, video and tabletop gaming competitions, libraries, comic book and game shops, etc–and her goal is to be the foremost geeky fiction editor in publishing so please send her all your geeky stories and MCs.

Please note: Britny’s fiction list is very small (roughly 3-4 titles a year), so please be extra mindful of her asks when sending submissions her way.

WANTS ASAP:

• Ace and Demi protagonists
• Joyful stories with disabled or chronically ill protagonists
• Passionate, joyful Black, AAPI, and Latine protagonists
• Platonic love, strong squad, and complex friendship stories
  
• Contemporary, cozy, joyful fantasy and science fiction (This means the story must be contemporary and grounded in our world with a light fantasy or science fiction element. EX: Sabrina the Teenage Witch (90s version), Buffy, Arrival, Eureka, etc.)
• Adaptations or re-framing of classic stories from myth, pop culture, etc. from queer or marginalized perspective

YES, BUT SEE ABOVE . . .

• Romance or romantic comedies
• Geeky stories centered on cis-white protagonists

DO NOT SEND:

• Straight genre projects (SSF, mystery, thrillers, horror, etc.)
• Projects where the main conflict is centered around a queer character “coming out”
• Projects where the main conflict is centered on a disabled or chronically ill character “overcoming” their disability or illness
• Issue-driven projects where the central conflict revolves around topics like abuse, drugs, murder, rape or rape-culture, etc.
• Projects where the story centers on pregnancy or a pregnant main character

Please note, in an effort to better prioritize her time and respond to agents in a timely way, any YA sent that falls into the “Do Not Send” list will be automatically deleted.

Adult Non-Fiction

RP Entertains is Running Press’ non-fiction list offering entertaining, informative, voice and format-driven books for enthusiastic fans and their communities. Britny is especially excited and is actively prioritizing proposals from writers from from Black, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQA+, disabled, and other marginalized communities writing about fandom and pop culture. She is also working on a wide variety of licensed books and products, and is always open to working new writers for these work-for-hire projects.

For adult non-fiction projects and proposals, Britny is looking for . . .

Middle Grade & Young Adult Non-Fiction

RP Kids is focusing on non-fiction book projects that “delight, inspire, and entertain” and authors that write with passion, have a unique perspective, and a style that is informative, but also fun. Britny’s wheelhouse is specifically in areas of fandom, pop culture culture, and the amazing communities that make them up. She is specifically interested in hearing the perspectives of writers and illustrators from Black, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQA+, disabled, and other marginalized communities and is prioritizing work by those creatives at this time.

MG and YA non-fiction projects and proposals, Britny is looking for . . .

• Books on the following topics:
  • video games
  • tabletop RPGs
  • comics and graphic novels
  • anime and manga
  • cosplay
  • film-making
  • television
  • iconic/beloved properties, mediums, and genres (specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mystery)
• Interactive or heavily illustrated books and products that tie into the topics above.
• Unique format-forward ideas that tie into the topics above like guidebook and card deck, storytelling game with book, content rich guided journals
• Voice-driven explorations and celebrations of popular mediums, topics in fandom, or genres including video games, comics, manga, anime, tabletop gaming, film, etc.
• Fun, Illustrated guides and how-tos for nerdy young creatives including topics like making a tabletop role-playing game, making graphic novels, cosplaying, podcasting, etc.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to britny.perilli@hbgusa.com

I’m currently only accepting submissions and proposals from agents.

If I have asked for your proposal or manuscript because of a specific pitch event please send your full proposal with sample material or the first 5 Chapters of your novel as attachments with the subject line that let’s me know which Pitch event this proposal was from (for example: #DVPit Query) and include your pitch and a short bio in the body of the email.