She’s a huge fan of expansive world building and atmospheric settings. "In SFF in both the Adult and YA spectrum, Suzie loves strong characters and voice-driven stories that break out of the typical tropes of their genres. In contemporary, she loves high concept trope driven stories by authors like Christina Lauren and Jill Shalvis, and she’d love to a great and dark romantic suspense series like Karen Rose and Elle Kennedy. Some of her favorite historical romance authors are Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, and Courtney Milan. She enjoys when the heroes/heroines act against their stereotypes and surprise her while still being swoonworthy. "In Romance, she’s a fan of strong characters with agency who are proactive participants in their own stories.
She’s also especially interested in Psychological Suspense featuring strong and complicated protagonists who have dark secrets. She also loves magical realism in the vein of Sarah Addison Allen or Alice Hoffman. "In Women’s Fiction, she’s looking for upmarket bookclub fiction, historical that explores cultural heritage particularly untold non-European historical events, contemporary fiction that exposes a new light on a topical issue, or that features quirky, dysfunctional families. She’s especially looking for inclusive and diverse stories with new and unique voices in all genres and age groups. "SUZIE IS LOOKING FOR: Women’s Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult and literary Middle Grade. (Via email) From Her Manuscript Wish List: Suzie loves strong characters, unique and diverse voices, and stories that break out of the typical tropes of their genres. She's specifically looking for women's fiction, debut fiction, and narrative non-fiction. She represents all brands of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction. "New Leaf Literary & Media is a full service management and representation firm that will be with you before and beyond the sale." ( Link) Web Presence:Ĭonfessions of a Wandering Heart (Old blog). Suzie loves strong characters and voice-driven stories that break out of the typical tropes of their genres, and she’s always looking for unique new voices in stories.” ( Link)
On the children’s side, she is interested in select YA and MG. She loves women’s fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, and debut fiction. "Suzie represents all brands of children’s and adult fiction. She’s been part of the team at New Leaf Literary & Media since its inception in 2012. She got her start as an intern at FinePrint Literary Management where she was hired as an assistant before making the move to literary agent.
In her spare time, she read everything she could, which prompted her move to publishing. About: “Prior to joining New Leaf, Suzie graduated film school, earned her Masters of Education, taught high school English, and coached a swim team.
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