Jen Bouvier

I’m generally not the best fit for performing arts themes, bigotry-centric books, reality TV themes, holiday books, memory loss-based premises outside of a nuanced disability representation approach, sports romance, novels-in-verse, or anything very heavy on politicial intrigue.

Currently looking for:

I’m open to most sub genres in the commercial and high-concept realm. Currently, I am particularly eager to see more High Fantasy, Paranormal, and Horror. I’m not the right fit for Historical or Thrillers right now.

• I want big high-concept premises. I love working with prolific, ambitious authors.
• I am perpetually lacking F/F and would like to see intense sapphic love stories in the upper YA range with high tension and high chemistry.
• Morally grey characters and antiheroines or even villain romances
• Cursed families and/or stories unpacking generational trauma
• New spins on mythology and folklore, but authenticity is a must. Particularly interested in Korean, Turkish, anything from East Africa. I’d love to finally find a Greek mythology retelling by a Greek author!
• Anything inspired by Bioware or Bethesda games
• High-drama, obsessive love stories with lyrical, quotable prose that makes you put the book down and think
• Welcome to Nightvale vibes
• A book set during an apocalypse
• In Paranormal, it’s key the paranormal beings include a new take we haven’t seen before. I’d love to see a paranormal theme park or something creative involving vampires or mermaids. I’m really missing 2010s style PNR – please send me your romance!
• In High Fantasy, a creative magic system and/or worldbuilding is essential for me. I’m looking for big, intricate worlds that can span multiple books here. I enjoy darker takes, but a special wish is a hilarious, campy Princess Bride-style story with a strong voice to match. (No pirate/seafarer settings, please)
• In Sci-Fi, accessible and fresh is key. I’d like to see anything comped to Black Mirror. I’d love to bring dystopian back on a hopepunk/solarpunk type note and would love to see sentient cities or spaceships. (no space opera, steampunk, or colonization narratives, please)
• In Horror, high-concept mythological or folklore elements. Cryptids and anything subtly referencing Supernatural without being a straight up monster hunter/monster of the week situation. (No gore, please)
• In Contemporary, books depicting a positive outlook on mental health or disability representation à la Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz. (Nothing dark or without HEA/HFN, please).

• A fresh meet cute is very important!
• STEM-centric books. Biologists, physicists, medical doctors. Professions you don’t see a lot in books are my thing. Would love some women firefighters or carpenters—generally anything challenging gender stereotypes!
• Always love a 90s/00s movie retelling
• Settings I’d love in this genre: museum, animal shelter, outer space, at sea, wildlife rehabilitation

• I personally take Historical Romance on quite selectively, so I’m looking for very special projects with long-running series potential. I’d love a prolific author looking to do 2-3 books a year here who’s not shy to put the work in, with the goal to build a longlasting relationship and a lucrative career.
• I enjoy both serious and hilarious tones in historical, as long as the voice is strong.
• More approaches like in the Bridgerton TV show, starring marginalized protagonists whose marginalization does not cause them to face scrutiny or carry the narrative as the central “conflict.”

• Thriller and/or speculative elements. If you can see your book on the big screen and easily fit in with authors like R.F. Kuang, Christina Dalcher, or Nita Prose, I’d love a look. (No serial killers, sexual assault, or pregnancy/motherhood-centric books, please)
• The next Time Traveler’s Wife or anything playing accessibly with timelines/time travel

Fun facts about me:

I love crystals and witchy stuff, I speak eight languages, and my favorite Pokémon is mightyena.