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Something with characters that seem so real I can’t stop thinking about them. Most of all I’m looking for something that makes me And of course I’d love to see OwnVoices stories. I’m in an interracial relationship so am very happy to see this represented in books! A note on diversity, if you are writing outside your experience, please let me know what inspired the story and what your connection is to that culture or experience. (Rainbow Rowell, Jeff Zentner, Sarah Crossan) Having trouble fitting your MS into one genre? That’s the book for me! (think how hard it is to put anything by Patrick Ness into one genre!) Let your writing shine! Show me what you’ve got. Draw me into the world or character right away. A vibrant, unique setting (real or imagined!) I love books with romance and books with a focus on female friendship-if your book has both GIVE IT TO ME PLEASE. I adore fantasy grounded in the real world (Laini Taylor, Maggie Stiefvater, VE Schwab, Libba Bray) I would love something with a bit of magical realism (Jandy Neson, Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap, Moira Fowley Doyle's Accident Season, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender) Think we might be a good fit? Here is what I’m looking for: I’ll probably dress up like a character from my Pitch Wars mentee’s book! I’m a huge fangirl! I’ve dressed up as Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Daenerys from Game of Thrones, Paige from The Bone Season, to name a few. It is AMAZING and I am a very proud writing partner! I was actually the very first person to read Krystal’s highly anticipated debut OUR CHEMICAL HEARTS. My writing partners include superstars like Samantha Shannon, Melinda Salisbury, and Krystal Sutherland. I’m active in my critique group and work with super awesome authors. I also am on the working group for the YA Lit Con (YALC)- the UK’s biggest YA convention! I also regularly interview authors and chair author events. I know the industry! My day job is at the reading charity BookTrust and I get to work with all the major children’s publishers in the UK.

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Plus I'll be there to talk through plot problems, character development, and will help make their query IRRESISTIBLE. I plan on doing a round of structural edits with my mentee and line edits.

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I also was lucky to have TWO amazing editors working simultaneously on WING JONES, so I’ve learned a lot about how to make a book really shine.

What this means for a mentee is I’ve had experience working with a big publishing house and a smaller independent one. In the UK I went with wonderful Walker Books who are also the UK publishers for amazing authors like Patrick Ness and Jandy Neson. Within two weeks I had 8 offers from UK publishers and a pre-empt offer from Delacorte/Random House in the US. I’ve been through the querying trenches and have come out on the other side! After getting lots of rejections on my first two manuscripts, I wrote WING JONES which was the book that got me my agent and my book deal! In May 2015 I signed with the amazing Claire Wilson at RCW and in July we went out on submission to publishers. I know how important any feedback is for querying writers which is why I will provide a query critique to everyone who submits to me. The feedback I received from the mentors was invaluable-and encouraged me to keep writing. I’ve been in your shoes! I submitted to Pitch Wars two years in a row and while I was never picked, I learned so much in the process.

So, why should you submit your manuscript to me? I can’t wait to find a really amazing YA novel and help make it the best book it can be. Hi! I am absolutely THRILLED to be a Pitch Wars YA mentor this year. I'm so proud to be celebrating this incredible anthology - and all of the amazing women in the world who life each other up. Eliza isn't threatened or intimidated by Wing's speed and skill, instead she wants to encourage Wing to be the best that she can be. All of the girls on Wing's track team are supportive of each other, especially Wing's friend Eliza. In my YA debut, The Heartbeats of Wing Jones, female friendship and support plays a huge part of the story. I think it is possible to be ambitious and want to do your very best while still supporting and lifting up other women, especially in the publishing industry. Often, the media portrays women as catty and competitive, but I think in reality, women are each other's best allies and supporters. I love celebrating amazing women and their achievements! I am so lucky to have so many wonderful women in my life who have supported and encouraged me, and whenever I can, I try to do the same for them. One of my favorite things about being a feminist is the sense of female solidarity-and how women can lift each other up.

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