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Shelly Romero
Azantian Literary Agency
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About
Shelly Romero is an agent at Azantian Literary Agency, which was founded by Jennifer Azantian and focuses on speculative fiction and children's literature. Romero joined the agency and works primarily with middle grade and young adult projects. She has a background rooted in a love of genre fiction and diverse storytelling.
Currently Looking For
Shelly Romero has expressed interest in middle grade and young adult fiction, particularly speculative stories including fantasy and science fiction. She is drawn to own-voices narratives, Latinx and other underrepresented perspectives, and stories with strong emotional cores. She has noted interest in mythology-infused stories and contemporary YA with genre elements.
Submission Guidelines
I am seeking MG, YA, and adult novels, especially those by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors. Her MSWL below is by-no means exhaustive. If your manuscript does not quite fit in with what’s listed below but is still in the vein of, please submit it. FICTION horror (almost all the subgenres & especially for all age categories!) Honduran authors thrillers/mysteries commercial fiction slice-of-life à la One Tree Hill, the OG Gossip Girl, The Sandlot, Real Women Have Curves sci-fi spec fic erotic novels, especially featuring BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA characters in kink spaces set during college and non-college post-high school stories coming-of-age cults gothic romance midwestern gothic vampires stories by Latine/x authors from Central America and the Caribbean fantasy (picky with second-world fantasies) high concept comped to classic Disney Channel Original Movies comped to some of my favorite movies or in their same vein southern gothic playing with formatting such as mixed-media & epistolary novels that give the story a “found footage” type of vibe anything comped to Guillermo del Toro, David Cronenberg, or Clive Barker character-driven stories multiple povs historical fiction set during the Edwardian and Victorian eras but featuring BIPOC and queer characters; post-Civil War; in the 80s through the 00s secret societies/clubs/organizations sororities comped to Balder’s Gate 3 or Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Please don’t send me: picture books, chapter books, or graphic novels hi
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