Laura Southern
Wolf Literary
My Manuscript Wish List®
Laura loves lyrical prose and character-driven narratives. In adult, she is looking for fantasy, science-fiction, and horror with lush worldbuilding and voice that vibrates off the page. She’s a fan of villains, setting as character, and stories that dive headfirst into the weird or strange. Romcoms and romantasies with sharp, witty prose are also high on her list. As a Texan native, Laura has a soft spot for narratives set in the South, particularly when told from diverse perspectives and featuring LGBTQ+ narrators.
In young adult, Laura is interested in speculative fiction across any subgenre, as well as select contemporary fiction. Laura loves the fae, magical animals, dark academia, marching band, new twists on quest narratives, genre-blending, found family, mythological retellings, and dragons.
Laura is not open to picture book, middle grade, or nonfiction queries at this time.
Submission Guidelines
Laura accepts queries exclusively via QueryManager. Please submit your query, synopsis, and the first 20 pages of your manuscript.
Vital Info
I’d like the next…
My favorites include…
Books: Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Jennifer Geisbrecht’s The Monster of Elendhaven, A.K. Larkwood’s The Unspoken Name, Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House, Andrea Stewart’s The Drowning Empire Series, Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon, Emily Henry’s Beach Read, Grace D. Li’s Portrait of a Thief, and Rosie Danan’s The Roommate.
TV Show/Movies: Fleabag, Saltburn, Breaking Bad, Smile, Princess Mononoke, Normal People, The Witcher, Stranger Things, and Hacks.
