It's here!!
My twisty, queer fantasy about a pair of trans friends-turned-rivals is officially out in the world--It's full of magic, secret passageways, and the kind of want that has teeth and claws, and I can't say what it means to be sharing it.
✨COVER REVEAL✨
I'm so thrilled to share the cover for A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS, a YA fantasy about a pair of trans rivals at an elite magic university full of secrets, coming 9/12/2023!
Designed by the brilliant Deena Fleming, and illustrated by the incredible
@CoreyBrickley
I’ll be dropping into
#PitMad
throughout the day! If I 🖤 your pitch, I would love to see your query and first 50 pages as an attachment at lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com📚
It’s official—I am now represented by
@thejordache
at
@NewLeafLiterary
! I’m thrilled to finally make the announcement, and I really can’t express how excited I am to be working with her!
Hi
#PitMad
! I’ll be dropping in throughout the day—if I 🖤 your pitch, I’d love to see the query and first 50 pages at lee.queries
@gmail
.com. You can put
#PitMad
in the subject line and send pages as an attachment📚
Good morning
#Pitdark
! I’ll be dropping in throughout the day—if I 🖤 your pitch, I’d love to see your query and first 50 pages at lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com. You can put
#PitDark
in the subject line, with the pages as an attachment💀
I’ll be dropping in to
#PitDark
throughout the day! If I 🖤 your tweet, I’d love to see the query and first 10 pages at lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com 💀👻🔪
In some personal news, I'm really excited to share that as of August, I'm once again represented by
@thejordache
!
It's meant so much to have Jordan in my corner the last few years, and I can't express how thrilled I am to continue working with her at
@awfulagent
✨
ICYMI!!
I've officially moved to
@LookingGlassLit
! Natalie Lakosil has put together an absolutely brilliant team, and I'm beyond excited to be working with them!
One more week until A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS is out💀💀💀
I haven’t had a chance to share this yet, but the finished copies are here and they’re ridiculously gorgeous
Back for
#PitDark
today! If I like your pitch, I'd love to see your query and first ten pages at victoria[dot]queries[at]irenegoodman[dot]com ATTN: Lee 🖤🦇
Hey
#DVPit
! I’ll be dropping in throughout the day. If I ❤️ your pitch, I would love to see your query and first 50 pages at lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com—you can put DVPit in the subject line, and send the pages as an attachment
Thrilled to announce that I'm representing
@hachepueyo
!
Her writing is dark, fantastical, and absolutely gorgeous! I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this book, and I can’t wait for everyone to see what’s in store🐍🐍🐍
After trying out Query Manager for a few weeks, I'm actually switching back to using an inbox.
I'm still responding to all QM queries, so no worries if you've already submitted, but moving ahead, you can reach me at leesubmissions
@lookingglasslit
.com (cont.)
Always wanted to do this! In honor of
#TransDayOfVisibility
, I’m giving away 3 query critiques to trans and non-binary writers--to enter, you can *either* 🖤 and retweet OR dm me and I’ll privately add you to the drawing🏳️⚧️
Winners to be chosen Friday and notified via DM
Now that
#pitmad
is winding down, friendly reminder that it’s okay if you need some time to process before you start answering requests. You can (and should!) research the agents who requested your work to make sure they’re a good fit. They will wait for you.
I am incredibly excited to say that I’m going to be working with
@melisszakhavas
! This book is wickedly dark and full of twists, and I can’t wait to see it out in the world🖤
And here is the ✨news✨!
I'm thrilled to announce I'm now represented by
@LeePaigeOBrien
at
@IGLAbooks
.
I couldn’t ask for a more enthusiastic champion for my dark fantasy about a serial killer in a holy city, and I’m so excited for the journey ahead!
✨Overjoyed to announce I’m now represented by
@LeePaigeOBrien
of IGLA✨
I’m so thrilled with Lee’s vision for TO A DARKER SHORE, and I know they’ll be an incredible champion for all my lush, romantic, fat-positive, autistic fantasies, and many other exciting projects to come.
I'm looking for commercial fiction in MG, YA, and Adult-I'm open to a range of genres, but I'm always excited to see fantasy and I've especially been on the lookout for horror and thrillers.
For more, you can find my MSWL at
#amquerying
✨Query status update✨
@LitAgentMarini
and I will both be closing to unsolicited queries after August 6th so we can get caught up! We’ll be re-opening again on September 7th.
You can also check our status here:
🎃Query update🎃
I've finished responding to outstanding queries and requested MSs sent before I closed in June 2023--I'll be reopening soon, so more to come, but if you *haven't* heard back on something, please follow up at lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com!
Just came out of a
#SirensAtHome
discussion about queer SFF, and I would love to see more queer spec fic where the main relationship is a friendship
#MSWL
This blurb is from the incredible
@AJWhiteAuthor
, NYT bestselling author of HELL FOLLOWED WITH US, who called it "a spellbinding debut you won't want to miss!"
(His new book THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH is out now and I'm not remotely okay)
🔥😈COVER REVEAL😈🔥
THRILLED to share the cover of TO A DARKER SHORE, my YA romantic fantasy about an autistic inventor going to hell to avenge her best friend sacrificed in her place—only to find him alive but monstrously transformed.
🔥By one of my favorite artists,
@flaroh
✨Book news!✨
Thrilled to announce my debut, A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE, coming Fall 2023 from
@PageStreetKids
.
I can hardly express what it means to bring a YA fantasy with autistic and fat main characters to bookshelves, and I can’t wait for you all to meet Milo and Gia.
I was totally swept away the first time that I read
@tay_simonds
’s work, and I’m thrilled to be working with her on this incredible YA space fantasy!✨🌙🪐
✨over the actual moon✨ to share that THE SONG BETWEEN STARS (aka space mermaids) and I are now represented by
@LeePaigeOBrien
at
@IGLAbooks
!!!
SO excited to work with them on my story about a girl who loves the stars, a boy who fears them, & the monster hunting them both😩💜🌙
Dipping into
#PitchDis
this evening—if I 🖤 your tweet, I’d love to see the query and first 50 pages at lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com! You can put
#PitchDis
in the subject line and send pages as an attachment!
I've donated two items to Books for Palestine auction--a query package critique (query, first 10, and synopsis)+20 minute video call, and a signed copy of A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS📚
The auction is live and you can find them here:
So, I’m writing another series! And I’m so proud of it!
The cast? Terrifying and queer, with Native kids at the center. The romance? Dark and messy. The morals? Grey, at best.
Hinged? Un.
GODLY HEATHENS asks: if you can’t outrun your demons—do you fight back? Or embrace them?
To celebrate VICIOUS TURNS coming out next week, I wanted to share some blurbs📚
This first one is from
@RosieeThor
, who called it "a dark academia full to the brim with secrets." They've written some of my favorite books, and I'm really honored to have a blurb from them
Hey
#DVPit
! If I ❤️ your pitch, I’d love to see your query and first ten pages! You can send them to victoria[dot]queries[at]irenegoodman[dot]com ATTN: Lee
Thanks and best of luck to everyone!
Bit of professional news: I am now represented by
@LitAgentMarini
and
@LeePaigeOBrien
at IGLA. I cannot wait to share the things we’ve got in the works. 🖤
You can preorder A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS through the B&N preorder sale until Sept 8th for 25% off!
It's a YA fantasy about a pair of trans rivals at an elite university full of secrets, and it officially hits shelves next week💀🖤🏳️⚧️
💀ARC GIVEAWAY💀
Goodreads is giving away 25 ARCs of A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS, my YA fantasy about dangerous magic, trans friends-turned-rivals, and an elite university full of secrets🏳️⚧️🖤💀
You can enter here to win a copy until August 15:
I'm really thrilled to be having the book launch for A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS with The BookMark Shoppe in Brooklyn!
If you're in the area and like dark academia, queer YA, and rivals who feel normal about each other, come join us on September 12th at 7pm!
Today’s the last chance to bid on the
#BooksForPalestine
auction! I'm giving away a query+50 page critique and zoom consult 📚 You can find me (and a ton of other incredible bookish items) here--
I'm donating a query and first 50 pages critique, plus a consultation call📚 Donations are still open until May 28, and bidding starts June 1
#BooksForPalestine
GODLY HEATHENS COVER REVEAL!
It's here!!!!!! I haven't stopped screaming about this cover since I saw the first concept art. This book - and its wicked, tender MC, Gem - mean so much to me, and I am THRILLED this is their introduction to the world. :')
Instead of giving any more attention to “She Who Will Not Be Named,” please check out these amazing books by trans/non bianary authors who deserve all of our love.
These stories are important.
These characters are important.
These authors are important.
It's been a few days, but thanks again everyone for all of the responses to the cover reveal! I've been so overwhelmed, and I'll be responding as much as I can during the week!
Deleted my last tweet for phrasing. What I actually want to say is, I want to join with a lot of others in the Jewish community right now in echoing and amplifying the messages coming out of Palestine.
VICIOUS TURNS is a book that I wrote alongside my own coming out as trans, and it's meant a ridiculous amount to me. I'm probably going to be pretty scarce today, but I wanted to say a huge thank you to the entire team that helped work on it, and especially to
@thejordache
, who
Not sure who started 5 things from my WIP meme, but I want in:
-A queer kid with a compass
-Underground passages
-Instant coffee
-Magic
-Anxiety for everyone
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
A few years ago,
@KannClaire
’s LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE was one of the first books I’d seen with on-the-page ace characters, and it meant the absolute world to me. I really can’t put words to how exciting it is to see all of these recommendations threads for
#AceWeek
happy Ace Week 🥳🥰 here are some ace recs (a few still on my tbr too) and a rainbow for us! A few years ago I could barely find ace characters, and now I'm building a small but solid collection and it's so so good 😭 more please!
🌙✨Only ONE WEEK until Prayer is out in the world, and I’m thrilled to share this final blurb from the incredibly talented and incredibly sweet (how does she write such vicious plot twists?!) Alexandra Overy, author of These Feathered Flames and This Cursed Crown💖💖💖
I'm finally on IG and the sky app--if anyone wants to find me, I have the same handle everywhere!
Mutuals, let me know if you're over there! I'd love to start getting in touch on other platforms!
fought for this book from the beginning in more ways than I can count, to
@emilydaluga
, whose edits helped bring so much of the story to life, and made it even messier, queerer, and more magical, and to
@maggielehrman
for all of her help seeing this book through pub.
If you like cold war-inspired military academies, crying, and found families that would kill and die for each other (over and over and over again), I literally can't shout loudly enough⏱️⚙️⌛️
Periodic reminder that I have a Cold War inspired time loop novella out in three weeks and you can have a lot of feelings and cry for less than the cost of a PSL.
✨⚔️🌙Happy pub day to a A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE!!! 🌙⚔️✨
Congratulations Leanne!! I'm so excited to see this incredible book out in the world, and I can't wait for everyone to get to read it✨
🌙✨Today Milo’s prayer wakes Gia’s vengeance, and their book is out in the world!! A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE is available now💖
It's a dream come true to be published, but even more for it to be with this book, centering and celebrating a fat heroine and an autistic hero.
🌙✨COVER REVEAL🌙✨
I'm so thrilled to share the cover for A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE, beautifully designed and illustrated by Emma Hardy.
It means the world to me how this cover brings to life for YA fantasy readers my fat and fierce heroine.
AND SHE'S GONNA BE STAMPED IN FOIL💖
If you're interested in querying me, I'm planning to re-open in the fall--I'll post updates here as I get closer, and I've just finished setting up on Query Manager, so you'll also be able to check back there at
An element of the
#PublishingPaidMe
discussion underexplored by White gatekeepers is justification. Yes, there are the indefensible “Black people don’t read” positions. But there are also the “The P&L doesn’t justify it,” which are especially insidious b/c they seem defensible.
Thanks again to everyone for all of your patience while I got caught up!
Once I reopen, you'll be able to find me on Query Manager! I'm closing out my IGLA query inbox, since I'm no longer there, so this is only for materials sent to me before the summer!
Hey
#writingcommunity
, I'm about to start querying for the first time ever, and nerve-wracking is an understatement. What do you guys do to psych yourself up before you send your work out?
On
#TransDayOfVisibility
, I’m elated to share this mind-blowing illustration of Wyatt and Emyr from THE WITCH KING, by
@alinalasvegas
. Trans artist, trans book, and trans author. Love to see it.
Their art will be featured in the preorder campaign, launching 4/20. More soon. 👀
Linking to BDS for anyone looking for (one possibility for) concrete action, though there are already some really good resource threads floating around
Always wanted to do this! In honor of
#TransDayOfVisibility
, I’m giving away 3 query critiques to trans and non-binary writers--to enter, you can *either* 🖤 and retweet OR dm me and I’ll privately add you to the drawing🏳️⚧️
Winners to be chosen Friday and notified via DM
Correction!! I absolutely blanked and put in the wrong domain for my email address--if I liked your pitch, my email is lee.queries
@irenegoodman
.com!
(Serious apologies for any confusion, and major thanks to the person who pointed this out to me)
I'm still closing out the last outstanding queries and manuscripts from IGLA, since I've been working through a backlog. If you're still waiting to hear from me, I can't thank you enough for your patience, and I'll be in touch soon!
Made my wordcount for
#NaNoWriMo18
! Now off to sleep, and by sleep I mean crocheting a cloak while listening to the audiobook for
#BlackWingsBeating
.
This year's
#NaNoWriMo18
has been pretty touch and go for me, but I've just validated, and I'm excited to say that there's now 50k words of witch hunters, mirror queens, and lesbian dragon knights that did not exist at the beginning of the month.
#amWriting
#OhGodIHaveToEditNow
@matokah
@sim_kern
I've spent all morning trying to figure out how to articulate why this court decision is so frustrating, and I feel all of this. It needed to happen, but it's just so stunningly insufficient.
You can preorder A HUNDRED VICIOUS TURNS through the B&N preorder sale until Sept 8th for 25% off!
It's a YA fantasy about a pair of trans rivals at an elite university full of secrets, and it officially hits shelves next week💀🖤🏳️⚧️
@SeraphIRenn
Thanks for asking! Outside special cases like pitch contests, we're a "one agent at a time" agency, but if she passes, I'd love to see it!
What an amazing lineup of YA authors! 📷
Come meet Lee Paige O'Brien, Michelle Knudsen, Janay Harden, and Kendall Kulper!
Learn more about their books and read their bios on our website:
@michelleknudsen
@Kendall_Kulper